The DeanBeat: It’s the community, stupid. Again.

Every company has to ask itself if its actions are good or bad for the gaming community.

EA improves SimCity online access with 40 times better server response times

Electronic Arts says twice as many people can play the city-building game at the same time now.

Admitting it was ‘dumb,’ EA adds SimCity servers and offers players a free game

EA has added servers and offered free games to help appease disgruntled SimCity players.

GamesBeat weekly roundup: SimCity plagued by server issues, Ubisoft does not condone whaling

If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.

Maxis: It’s ‘fair’ that reviewers ‘punished’ SimCity for server issues

An internal memo from Maxis general manager Lucy Bradshaw reveals some of the developer's feelings on the launch.

SimCity not working for you? 5 alternative city-building games

If you're done with SimCity, we have some city-building alternatives that might have what it takes to fulfill your needs.

EA closes SimCity servers for maintenance, and even the alert message is broken

Electronic Arts is patching in an update to improve SimCity's servers, which are struggling under high demand.

Electronic Arts’ digital revenue will surpass physical game sales this year (infographic)

Digital games are overtaking retail releases, and the effects are showing with one of the biggest publishers in the industry.