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SimCity is a city building simulation video game developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts
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Release Date
USA and North America
March 5, 2013
Japan
March 7, 2013
Europe
March 8, 2013
Platforms
PC Windows
Mac (Release date TBD Spring 2013)
Engine
GlassBox Simulation Engine
Also Known As
SimCity 2013
SimCity 5
SC5
SC2013
SimCity V
SimCity Reboot
Gameplay
Your goal is to plan and build a city, laying road, infrastructure, and buildings. You will have to manage your city making sure that the people are happy and dealing with any disasters that occur such as fires or earthquakes.
Controversy
There has been criticism regarding the game's DRM mechanism, which requires you to be connected to EA's servers while playing the game, even if you are playing in Single Player mode.