wraggster
March 18th, 2014, 22:40
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Update 10, which brings offline play to SimCity (http://www.joystiq.com/game/simcity-2013/) for the first time, is launching today after successfully coming through final testing (http://www.joystiq.com/2014/03/16/simcity-offline-mode-update-in-final-testing/). An announcement (http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/0/10023460.page?utm_campaign=simcity-social-na-socom-tw-serverstatus-update10&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&sourceid=simcity-social-na-socom-tw-serverstatus-update10&cid=20268) on the EA forums reads, "Today at 6AM PT we will be releasing Update 10 with Offline play. This involves server down time and the game servers will be unavailable for a few hours."
EA unveiled Update 10 and the new single-player mode back in January (http://www.joystiq.com/2014/01/13/simcity-getting-offline-single-player-mode-in-next-update/), after a 2013 in which the publisher came under severe criticism for implementing an "always-on" system for the city-building sim. That system backfired when servers buckled under the weight.
EA has already said players can access their previously downloaded content in the single-player mode, and they can save their files locally. A new FAQ (http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/9997776.page) reveals players still have to sign into Origin to launch the game, but Origin can be put into an offline mode while the single-player mode is being played.
http://www.joystiq.com/2014/03/18/simcity-offline-update-launching-today-some-server-downtime/
Update 10, which brings offline play to SimCity (http://www.joystiq.com/game/simcity-2013/) for the first time, is launching today after successfully coming through final testing (http://www.joystiq.com/2014/03/16/simcity-offline-mode-update-in-final-testing/). An announcement (http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/0/10023460.page?utm_campaign=simcity-social-na-socom-tw-serverstatus-update10&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&sourceid=simcity-social-na-socom-tw-serverstatus-update10&cid=20268) on the EA forums reads, "Today at 6AM PT we will be releasing Update 10 with Offline play. This involves server down time and the game servers will be unavailable for a few hours."
EA unveiled Update 10 and the new single-player mode back in January (http://www.joystiq.com/2014/01/13/simcity-getting-offline-single-player-mode-in-next-update/), after a 2013 in which the publisher came under severe criticism for implementing an "always-on" system for the city-building sim. That system backfired when servers buckled under the weight.
EA has already said players can access their previously downloaded content in the single-player mode, and they can save their files locally. A new FAQ (http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/list/9997776.page) reveals players still have to sign into Origin to launch the game, but Origin can be put into an offline mode while the single-player mode is being played.
http://www.joystiq.com/2014/03/18/simcity-offline-update-launching-today-some-server-downtime/