SimCity offline update launching today, some server downtime

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Update 10, which brings offline play to SimCity for the first time, is launching today after successfully coming through final testing. An announcement on the EA forums reads, "Today at 6AM PT we will be releasing Update 10 with Offline play. This involves server down time and the game servers will be unavailable for a few hours."

EA unveiled Update 10 and the new single-player mode back in January, after a 2013 in which the publisher came under severe criticism for implementing an "always-on" system for the city-building sim. That system backfired when servers buckled under the weight.

EA has already said players can access their previously downloaded content in the single-player mode, and they can save their files locally. A new FAQ reveals players still have to sign into Origin to launch the game, but Origin can be put into an offline mode while the single-player mode is being played.

Posted: Mar 18, 2014 1:38 pm
Related Forum: PC Gaming Forum

Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2014/03/18/simcity-offline-update-launching-today-some-server-downtime/

Comments

MawderzPosted: Thu. Mar 20, 2014

Int
Craigyy Good, I've wanted this Offline mode since forever. Great move guys.

Craig is this game worth buying?

Yep, really good game for passing time and it's just fun overall.

IntPosted: Thu. Mar 20, 2014

Craigyy Good, I've wanted this Offline mode since forever. Great move guys.

Craig is this game worth buying?

-DanPosted: Thu. Mar 20, 2014

L33t-Ninja-Much still wont play it sims are boring i just do it with legos :D

Sim games are amazing to olay and can be so much fun

CraigPosted: Thu. Mar 20, 2014

Good, I've wanted this Offline mode since forever. Great move guys.

L33t-Ninja-MuchPosted: Wed. Mar 19, 2014

still wont play it sims are boring i just do it with legos :D

MawderzPosted: Wed. Mar 19, 2014

Event This is one of the main reasons I didn't buy it. But now that i've read this, I might go get it....

Yeah same, It's always nice to have the choice to play offline.

OasisPosted: Wed. Mar 19, 2014

Thespian Still dont understand why it wasnt with this when it came out.

They didn't include it because they wanted the world of sim city to be forever live, but they forgot that most people want the choice to play online or not.

EventPosted: Tue. Mar 18, 2014

This is one of the main reasons I didn't buy it. But now that i've read this, I might go get it....

ExoticWolfsPosted: Tue. Mar 18, 2014

They should of had this upon release, don't see why they didn't. I wish my PC could run games like this, if so, I'd be getting this game. I am sure people will enjoy the game much more and many more people will buy it.