Game Horizon’s Q&A with Will Wright on the future of games

The creator of SimCity and The Sims talks about the state of the game industry and the art of game design.

Electronic Arts lists the games SimCity owners can choose as a gift

EA denied refunds to upset customers but hopes a free game will restore some good will.

Maxis: ‘Yes’ — we could ‘have built a subset offline mode’ in SimCity

A modder revealed you can continue playing SimCity even when not connected to a server. Maxis responds.

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.

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.

While SimCity stumbles: Kalypso discounts Tropico on Steam, and SimCity 2000 tops GOG charts

The Tropico publisher is swooping in to capitalize on EA's errors.

EA puts brakes on SimCity marketing campaign as servers continue to malfunction

The publisher is suspending the city-building game's ad campaigns.

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 server errors inspire a wave of memes (gallery)

Unhappy gamers take to Photoshop and meme-making to express their displeasure with SimCity.

Amazon stops selling digital copies of SimCity as EA shuts off in-game features (update)

EA turned off leaderboards, achievements, and the game's fastest speed setting.

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 addresses SimCity issues — bringing in more servers and disabling some features

The game's always-online infrastructure is collapsing under high demand.