SimCity creative director leaves EA
Added: 16.07.2013 20:12 | 7 views | 0 comments
Ocean Quigley and pair of other lead Maxis developers leave Electronic Arts to establish new studio Jellygrade.
creative director Ocean Quigley and a pair of other lead Maxis developers have left Electronic Arts to establish a new studio--Jellygrade--Quigley announced today on Twitter.
"I'm done with EA. This is a small, independent studio," Quigley .
Joining Quigley at Jellygrade are Andrew Willmott and Dan Moskowitz, who worked on SimCity as simulation architect and lead gameplay engineer, respectively. The trio have been with EA for years, serving in lead roles on .
"We love making simulations," Quigley .
Jellygrade's new game is a simulation title for tablets that is focused on the dawn of life on earth, and will center on lava, water, rock, and the emergence of the first primordial creatures, Quigley said.
A few pieces of concept art are available on the . Quigley said he hopes to share more details about the project soon.
SimCity's launch in March was .
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| Maxis lead developers leave to form indie studio
Added: 16.07.2013 14:41 | 10 views | 0 comments
Strange new simulations coming from some of Maxis' best and brightest...
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| Black Ops 2 Buried Mined Games Easter Egg Richtofen/Maxis Guide
Added: 10.07.2013 19:17 | 10 views | 0 comments
SegmentNext - "In-depth guide to complete Richtofen and Maxis path of Mined Games Easter Egg in Black Ops 2 Zombies Buried".
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| RGN Podcast: EA + Maxis SimCity Could Be Reborn On Steam
Added: 10.07.2013 12:16 | 11 views | 0 comments
RealGamerNewz crew members Wilson and Jon get together to let the world know about a major shift occurring in the game industry with PC publishers who have previously tried to work against Steam now seemingly joining forces and breaks down the many reasons as well as exclusive tips that SimCity will be the next non-Steam game to head to Valve's #1 PC gaming digital distribution portal.
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| Still Playing: SimCity
Added: 07.07.2013 4:16 | 13 views | 0 comments
EDGE - Ben Griffin returns to Maxis citybuilder to see whats changed since its troubled launch.
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| EA considering offline mode for SimCity
Added: 05.07.2013 8:55 | 7 views | 0 comments
EA canvasing player feedback on offline mode and content for future expansion packs.
EA may be looking at the possibility of adding offline play and other features to SimCity as part of its future updates for its world-building series, according to a customer survey that has surfaced on .
The survey, , seeks player feedback on potential upcoming features. These include: farms, faster rebuilding after disasters, over and underpass roads, cities twice the size of current land plots, terraforming, cooperative city building with friends, and Classic mode. The latter is described as allowing players to, #147;In offline or online mode, play a single, fully functioning city using cheats and unlocks that allow you to create your perfect city.#147;
Among other possible changes are four new additions to an upcoming expansion pack. Simulate to the Sky is described as adding the ability to build up instead of out to create SuperScrapers. Players will also be able to zone the new building type residential, commercial and industrial concurrently, as well as create multi-layered transportation, and improve overall city density to raise populations.
Greed cities add a resource-consuming mega corporation that boosts profits; a robotics augmentation business, and increases the total amount of trash and pollution produced. Conversely, green cities add an academy to research advanced technology, generate wealthy, highly-skilled workers, and your city will better collaborate with others on research.
The last component of the new expansion pack is called Transform Tomorrow. It will allow players to watch their cities change as future technologies are added, or see your region become affected by the actions of your future cities.
Launching to low review scores and server troubles, Maxis co-founder Will Wright for consumers, saying that both EA and Maxis failed to adequately communicate with players.
GameSpot contacted EA seeking clarification regarding the customer survey. A spokesperson from the publisher was unavailable at time of publication.
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| Darkspore yanked from Steam amid reports of game-killing bugs
Added: 02.07.2013 18:11 | 5 views | 0 comments
Update: EA says "Maxis continues to support Darkspore and its servers."
Update: Darkspore has returned to the Steam, and EA has commented to GameSpot on the situation. "Maxis continues to support Darkspore and its servers," said an EA spokesperson. "We recently resolved a problem where players were having issues connecting to the game."
"n question came from a moderator who is not an employee of EA. That post has been updated to reflect accurate information. Players experiencing technical issues should contact for customer support."
Original story: The Steam version of has been yanked from Steam due to severe long-standing bugs that have rendered the game unplayable for some owners.
The removal () from Steam follows frequent reports of instability from Darkspore, which requires an active connection to the Internet in order to play, since its launch in 2011. One of the most frequent complaints on the game's official forums is for error code 73003, which first cropped up 12 months ago.
"Error has gone unfixed. Likelihood of it being fixed is zero," .
Another error, known as Error 3, made players unable to save changes or create new characters, though recent reports .
"Darkspore is no longer developed," warns Inquisitor_Laine on the Darkspore forums, "for almost all intents & purposes an abandoned title. If you cannot play the game & have flicked through technical issues for any fixes, then contact EA Customer Support; especially if it regards CD-Keys or refunds."
"Error 73003 has gone unfixed & remains an issue. Error Code 3 has arisen for the majority/all & remains an issue."
"I will however keep the forums here as clean & tidy as possible in my spare time. Why? Well why not. If it helps anyone with minor problems, or find their way somewhere, then that's great. I wish you all luck, no matter what path you choose with Darkspore."
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