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Posted 15 August 2012 - 04:43 AM

Electronic Arts has announced that SimCity will be coming to Mac in February 2013 as a digital download via the upcoming Mac version of its Origin store. Development of the latest incarnation of the popular city building sim is being led by Maxis. SimCity Mac will feature "the same deep, rich gameplay that will define the PC experience as players on both platforms compete or collaborate to create a new world, together."

“To the millions of SimCity fans out there, we’ve been listening and can proudly say that your calls have been answered. SimCity has a long legacy on the Mac and the team at Maxis is ensuring that it will be the deepest, richest and most accessible SimCity game yet.”

“Whether you owned a Macintosh or a DOS PC, we all have memories of laying down zones and reticulating splines from our youth,” said Lucy Bradshaw, Senior Vice President and General Manager of EA’s Maxis Label. “To the millions of SimCity fans out there, we’ve been listening and can proudly say that your calls have been answered. SimCity has a long legacy on the Mac and the team at Maxis is ensuring that it will be the deepest, richest and most accessible SimCity game yet.”

Attendees of gamescom 2012, taking place at Cologne Messe from August 15 – 19, can be among the first in the world to go hands-on with SimCity for PC. Future mayors will be able to experience the next generation of city-builders through a guided hands-on demo where they will also catch their first look at the SimCity World. This new feature set is the connective tissue that allows players to boast about their progress through CityLog, compete in Global Challenges, compare their accolades in Leaderboards and affect the global economy in the Global Market.

Eager mayors who are interested in getting an early start at changing the world of tomorrow can head over to www.SimCity.com/beta to sign-up for the SimCity beta. Participants will have the chance to play SimCity on PC before it ships in February. Those that are chosen will be asked to provide their views and feedback on their experience playing to help improve the development of the game.

For more than two decades, the king of city-building simulators has sworn in millions of virtual mayors from around the world. With its return in February 2013, SimCity will engage an entirely new generation of PC and Mac gamers as they take charge of their own customized cities and build a world that co-exists alongside friends. For the first time in SimCity franchise history, players’ decisions will have long-lasting repercussions that will extend beyond their city limits. Together, players will address real global challenges such as climate change, the search for renewable resources and natural disasters. It’s up to the players to decide whether to compete or collaborate to shape the world – for better or for worse.
More information about the game will be revealed in the days ahead. Learn more at the link below.
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Posted 15 August 2012 - 07:54 AM

Did you mention that the game's DRM requires it to always be online?
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Posted 15 August 2012 - 07:58 AM

And that EA spyware Origin is installed... Ew ew ew.
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Posted 15 August 2012 - 12:04 PM

So if you preorder this on origin now we'll get the Mac version ala SteamPlay? Not sure I want origin touching my Mac quite yet so I'm torn.

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Posted 15 August 2012 - 08:26 PM

Great. So I can now boycott this game on both Windows *and* OS X...
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Posted 17 August 2012 - 04:23 PM

View Postmacdude22, on 15 August 2012 - 12:04 PM, said:

Not sure I want origin touching my Mac quite yet so I'm torn.
Yeah, no kidding. I want to support Mac gaming, but if there's to be any Origin, I want it safely quarantined in the Boot Camp partition. The idea of letting it loose in OSX gives me the heebie jeebies.
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When there's a multiplayer version, I'm going to be on Frost's team. Well, except he doesn't seem to actually need a team...I mean, what's the point? "Hey look, it's Frost and His Merry Gang of Useless Hangers-On!" Or something.