SimCity to return after 10-year holiday
Electronic Arts has announced it will bring out the first new version of its iconic game SimCity in a decade, with the new build due out in 2013.
The new version, SimCity for PC, will include 3D graphics, the ability to build bendy roads and, most importantly, add a multiplayer and social twist to the game. Friends will be able to set up cities next to each other and interact to develop regions and undertake challenges together, and specialize in certain industries. There's even talk of players being able to be bad neighbors and spoil other people's cities.
"We'd like to thank the millions of fans who have helped make SimCity synonymous with the city-building genre," said Lucy Bradshaw, Senior Vice President of EA's Maxis Label in a statement. "This is a franchise that means the world to us at Maxis and we're happy to be bringing it back home where we are reimagining it for an entirely new generation of players.
