RUMOR: SimCity 5 to be announced at GDC
 

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012...-5-is-founded/

EA, you stay out of Maxis' way on this if it's true.

Couldn't agree more Mookie. I still have Sim City 4 installed.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/simcity...report-6360586

Its funny I was just about to post this when I seen you already had made a post!

I'm going to look at Mass Effect... and just take a leap of faith and say this is going to be EAmolested.

Probably have day one DLC of Power Plants. Initial release will be Amish Sim City.

I must admit that I first was excited when I read the news, but I will remain sceptic, my biggest fear being the dumbing down.
A big question will also be the mod support, it's great to see that even after all these years, new maps and buildings for SC4 are still released on a daily basis by the community - very similar to our little community here. :DL

Here is a translated article of the gamestar interview with some first concept art: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=35585202
I can't say anything to its substance, only that other German game websites linked to it.

Here are some first facts, presented by a Gamestar reader who already owns the next issue of the mag:

- developer: Maxis (without Will Wright)
- release date: 2013
- new gfx engine: Glassbox
- modern info graphics instead of boring tables
- buildings are upgradable (for example the police station: After 10 caught criminals you will be able to upgrade)
- bended streets
- detailed city building
- local paper "Sim City Wire" which informs about city events (fires etc.)
- extensive multi player mode including rank list (for budget, raw material production etc.)
- complex depth of game
- catastrophies: boulders, vulcanos, explosions etc. confirmed
(source: http://www.gamestar.de/community/gsp...d.php?t=411270)

Especially the "upgradable building" thingy raises some alarms, I hope it won't be something like "click on 10 robbers to upgrade the police station" like some dumb facebook games...
I also hope with complexity they mean that it's complex for people over 12...

Still think sim city should have stayed 2D like back in the day.

SimCity 3000 http://www.bitvertiser.com/emos/love...on-in-love.gif

No Will Wright, EA in control and a studio that spend most of it's time the last few years churning out The Sims expansions... I dunno.

YOU DON'T CRUSH MY DREAMS OF A DECENT SUCCESSOR TO SIMCITY 3000/SIMCITY 4, YOU SHUT YOUR MOUTH RIGHT NOW!

+1 Street Cred.

Sorry Mookie.

We already have Simcity 5, it's just called Simcity Societies.
http://www.ea.com/simcity-societies

:haha:
After that blunder, I have zero hopes for the new Simcity game.

Hell they broke the Sims franchise with the Sims 3. While it did add some innovative stuff, 90% of the new expansions are bug riddled glitchy messes that get churned out every 6 months. Each expansion barely fixes any of the previous bugs(unless they're game breakers) and then adds a plethora of new bugs. If it's the same team, you shouldn't get your hopes up.

Sorry. :O:

I'm hopefull though. Proper city sim would be lovely. I've tried that CitiesXL thing, but... just doesn't scratch the itch.

Hopefull when EA is in control...

There's something wrong there but I can't put my finger on it.

HunterICX

Expecting much, no. Hopeful, yes. There's a difference. :O:

Hasn't EA been destroying hopes since the dawn of time?
so I wouldn't be so hopefull if I where you :O:

HunterICX

Silence! You won't have my soul just yet. *shakes fist* :stare:

Gonna take at least a few more years of hyperbolic marketing and time-honered franchises being turned into generic FPS games...

Bioware's new hit Dragon Age of Duty isn't going to be enough for you Arc? lol.

Also a Maxis without Will Wright, I don't have much confidence in that.

Add in EA and it just spells disaster. I swear the executives at EA are just like, "That sounds like a great idea for a game, get a team on get something rolling and on the shelves by next spring. Now for the important part.. lets plan the DLC."

I must assume that EA will delete the title off the wishlist of many people by infesting it with Origin or some crap like that.

But Sim City in general - oh my, where has all the time gone? Is it really over 20 years? I was so addicted to the first, and two later versions as well.

I still run a CD occassionally, with the soundtrack of the latest two incarnations. Some tunes were extremely charming.

Details:
http://pc.ign.com/articles/121/1219911p1.html

Some text on the matter and a trailer:
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012...ty/#more-97828