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Electronic Arts's upcoming SimCity Limited Edition is now available for pre-order. Scheduled for an early 2013 release, development of the latest incarnation of the popular city building sim is being led by Maxis. SimCity Mac will once again give players the chance to construct and manage a thriving city. The Limited Edition will feature new characters, crime waves, a super hero HQ, and an evil villain lair.

SimCity

The defining city simulation is back! Create the city you desire and make the choices that shape your city and power the Sims within it. Every decision, big or small, has real consequences. Invest in heavy industry and your economy will soar—but at the expense of your Sims’ health as pollution spreads. Implement green technology and improve your Sims’ lives while risking higher taxes and unemployment. Team up with your friends to solve global challenges: launch a space shuttle, reduce carbon emissions, or build magnificent wonders. Compete on global and regional leaderboards to be the richest, the dirtiest, the happiest or the best place to visit!

Features:

• Constructible Worlds — Creative and customizable world that offers unique gameplay benefits, all with a fun tactile interface.
  
• Sims Matter — The Sims in your city speak to you directly and it’s up to you to respond to their needs. Will you listen and be the toast of the town? Or abuse your power for fame and fortune
  
• Specialize in What You Love — Mold your city as a casino resort, manufacturing hub, educational enclave, and more, and then watch as a unique look and feel spread throughout your city.
  
• Multiplayer — Build a region with friends for the first time! Collaborate or compete in regional and global challenges and make decisions that impact the greater SimCity World.
  
• GlassBox Engine — SimCity introduces GlassBox, the revolutionary simulation technology that gives you the power to impact individual Sims lives, manage city level simulation, and balance multiple city simulations at once.
  

Limited Edition Bonus Content[list]New Characters - Protector of SimCity™ MaxisMan vs. The Evil Dr. Vu and his henchman.
Crime Waves - The EvilDr. Vu is loose and will create havoc in your city. Normal police have their hands full against this Super Villain. The Evil Dr. Vu will solicit Sims to become his henchmen and carry out his dastardly deeds.
Super Hero HQ - Place MaxisMan’s headquarters in your city to combat crime and keep your Sims safe. Upgrade with the Turbo Machine garage and The Reticulator landing pad.
Evil Villain Lair - Place Dr. Vu’s Lair in your city to unleash a crime wave. As The Evil Dr. Vu commits more crimes, upgrade his lair with a special laboratory and a garage for the Evil VuMobile.

SimCity Limited Edition is available now for $59.99 (USD).

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[Riko]

Good luck with that (obnoxious DRM).

[Frigidman]

EA is another one of those 'over sized big heartless corporations that have incorporated a completely retarded DRM system that only hurts legit owners all in the name of fighting piracy that will still happen no matter what they do?'

Crap. Guess they are vying for #1 retard against Ubisoft.

[Wumpus]

Last I read Ubisoft is doing away with its retarded DRM. Maybe not in all cases, but in some form anyway. Will have to re-read to get all the details.

[Frigidman]

Interesting. Maybe the slew of forum posts, tech support, emails, bad reviews finally sunk in?

[UmarOMC1]

Any news from Mac Origin beta testers any place? Although I'm sure they're under a NDA...

[Cougar]

Wumpus, on 01 October 2012 - 12:50 PM, said:

Last I read Ubisoft is doing away with its retarded DRM. Maybe not in all cases, but in some form anyway. Will have to re-read to get all the details.

They are, but they've only removed the DRM from the PC versions. Macs still have it, at least with Brotherhood and Splinter Cell: Conviction.

Read this great Rock Paper Shotgun interview.

It's kind of hilarious/sad how they weasel out of the questions. But props to RPS on being persistent.

Regarding SimCity's DRM...as long as the game does interesting things with the internet to make it a better game, and it's not simply an authentication check, I don't mind. I always have SP games to fall back on in the rare instance my internet goes down. And the region-based gameplay sounds pretty damn cool.

I'm more concerned with Origin, and how it'll work on the Mac. WIll the Origin app have to be running? If so, that is much more bothersome to me. Hopefully, though, you'll be able to run it once to install the game and then forget about it.

Edit: By the way, does anyone know if we *must* specifically purchase the mac version, or will Origin give us the Mac and PC version like steam? It would be nice if I had the PC version to fall back on if the cider port is garbage.

[Frigidman]

Cougar, on 02 October 2012 - 10:09 AM, said:

Edit: By the way, does anyone know if we *must* specifically purchase the mac version, or will Origin give us the Mac and PC version like steam? It would be nice if I had the PC version to fall back on if the cider port is garbage.

Knowing EA, they want as much money as possible, so I would not be surprised if you have to buy each version separately =p

[Cougar]

Frigidman, on 02 October 2012 - 11:12 AM, said:

Knowing EA, they want as much money as possible, so I would not be surprised if you have to buy each version separately =p

Well, in the past, their cider games (Spore, The Sims 3) have been hybrid.

[Frigidman]

Yeah, those were Hybrid, but they never really made it clear to the average consumer. They make boxes and details like 'this is the mac version' and 'that is the pc version', suckering people into buying both, when its actually the same game on the platform branded products Marketing ploy heh.

(wait, Spore was hybrid??? ... hmm)