Tag archive: SimCity

We've all heard of life imitating art, but a video game? That's exactly what has happened, intentionally or not, with the economic plan proposed by presidential candidate Herman Cain, who currently leads the race for the Republican nomination. Known as the “999 plan,” Cain's proposal is to impose a nine percent tax on corporate income, a nine percent sales tax and a nine percent tax on personal income across the board. As… Read More

While One Laptop Per Child computers are already slated to have a handful of open-source games included on them, one major game publisher will take that list of games to the next level by donating an old-school classic from its archives. Electronic Arts announced on Thursday that it would donate the original 1989  version of SimCity on every OLPC sold. Besides being a fun way to get kids using the computer, EA believes SimCity can… Read More

Players of the next-generation SimCity game will not only have to worry about tax rates, traffic and zoning, they’ll also have to start figuring out how to keep their cities’ carbon emissions down. Electronic Arts announced on Wednesday [PDF] that it will collaborate with energy supplier BP to incorporate climate change into SimCity Societies. Like all the choices offered in the SimCity series, players won’t be… Read More

The SimCity franchise is making a comeback, but it may not exactly be what fans expect. News of SimCity: Societies broke yesterday from Games for Windows Magazine, but as further details trickle out, it appears we're in for something quite unlike the original SimCity games. For one, the game won't be developed at Maxis at all, leaving any hope of Sid Meier's heavy involvement squashed. Instead, Tilted Mill Entertainment… Read More