SimCity Blog

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  Under the Hood of SimCity's Traffic

  Hello, I’m Alexander Harkness, and I’m a Software Engineer working in the transportation team of SimCity. I’ve primarily been working on implementing the behaviors for the vehicles, rail, boats, and helicopters during my amazing time here at Maxis. I wanted to take some time out of my usual duties to explain to you all how the traffic system works and how you can make the most of it.

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  Software Engineer Alexander Harkness

  Mar 23, 2013
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  For Our Patient And Amazing Mayors - A Free PC Download From Origin

  Our SimCity Mayors are incredibly important to the team at Maxis. We sincerely apologize for the difficulties at launch and hope to make it up to you with a free PC game download from Origin.

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  The Maxis Team

  Mar 17, 2013
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  SimCity Traffic Update

  Hello, Mayors! We’ve been busy collecting your feedback since the game launched, and I wanted to show you some of the changes we’re currently testing.

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  Lead Gameplay Scripter Guillaume Pierre

  Mar 16, 2013
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  SimCity Update: Straight Answers from Lucy

  I hate to disturb you when you’re playing SimCity, but I’d like to offer some straight answers on the topic: Always-Connected and why SimCity is not an offline experience.

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  Maxis SVP Lucy Bradshaw

  Mar 15, 2013
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  SimCity Update 8

  Hello, I’m Stone Librande, the Lead Designer of SimCity, and I wanted to take a moment to address some of the questions that I’ve been hearing about our game. Now that we’re getting close to resolving our server issues, we’re putting a lot of attention on improving the simulation based on the community’s feedback.

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  Lead Designer Stone Librande

  Mar 14, 2013