karl
March 18th, 2013, 02:10 PM
Players who buy and register the latest version of SimCity before 26 March can choose a free game from a selection offered by Electronic Arts.
The free games, available as digital downloads, include recent releases Mass Effect 3, Plants vs Zombies and Bejeweled 3.
The move follows connection problems and glitches caused by EA's decision to make SimCity an online-only game.
Earlier EA admitted that the game was originally going to be single player.
However those proposals were shelved early in the development of the latest version.
The admission came as players are finding ways to get round the game's need to be constantly connected.
Lucy Bradshaw, head of SimCity creator Maxis, said an offline, single-player mode did not fit with its "vision" for the urban-planning game.
She said many players preferred the multiplayer version of the game.
Full story here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21828799
The free games, available as digital downloads, include recent releases Mass Effect 3, Plants vs Zombies and Bejeweled 3.
The move follows connection problems and glitches caused by EA's decision to make SimCity an online-only game.
Earlier EA admitted that the game was originally going to be single player.
However those proposals were shelved early in the development of the latest version.
The admission came as players are finding ways to get round the game's need to be constantly connected.
Lucy Bradshaw, head of SimCity creator Maxis, said an offline, single-player mode did not fit with its "vision" for the urban-planning game.
She said many players preferred the multiplayer version of the game.
Full story here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21828799