SimCity, a city-building simulation series that was first released in 1989, has always been a virtual sandbox for aspiring urban planners, with a seemingly endless array of options–you could lay down ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. A lot has changed since 1989, not least of which is SimCity. The series has undergone a couple of major overhauls since the classic city-building game ...

Maxis' 2013 reboot of the SimCity franchise will always be remembered for its disastrous launch more than anything else. But now, more than three years removed from that debacle, SimCity creative ...

SimCity is one of the greatest video game franchises of all time, if only because it demonstrates something important: Designing a city from scratch is very hard, and it’s impossible to make everyone ...

On Tuesday, city-building fans will finally experience the new SimCity (MAXIS/Electronic Arts) after a decade-long wait. I recently had the pleasure of chatting with Kip Katsarelis, Lead Producer on ...

The new SimCity is bustling like never before. You’ll notice the difference right away—unlike previous versions of the hit computer game, this one is actually ...

Ever since I was young, I've been playing SimCity. I first started playing the original version in the early Nineties, and then graduated to SimCity 2000. I then jumped ahead much later to SimCity 4, ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Finally. After months of demands, the long-awaited Update 10 for SimCity has made the city-building simulation available for offline play. Still, it's ...

With the SimCity franchise approaching the quarter-century-old mark, developer Maxis decided it was time to refresh the series. Wired.co.uk wanted to know what goes into reconstructing the world's ...

When I was a kid, I was obsessed with SimCity 2000, a computer game that tasked players with building a city from scratch then running it like a despot. It was the best gun-free game out there even if ...

SimCity is a visually striking homage to a classic series that takes city building in bold new directions, but troubling business decisions and technical snafus spell trouble. Building a city is hard ...