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SimCity News
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Monday, May 15, 2000 - 23:10
Monday, May 15, 2000 - 23:10
Check out the videos section for the latest Maxis product videos. You can see the videos for The Sims, SimCity 3000 Unlimited and a sneak peek of SimsVille!
Monday, May 15, 2000 - 23:00
Owners of SimCity 3000 Unlimited are able to upload their cities, buildings, and scenarios to the new SimCity Exchange. Be one of the first on your block to publish your SimCity 3000 Unlimited creations!
Tuesday, March 21, 2000 - 22:00
The entries are in! A distinguished panel of Maxis judges, including Will Wright, are evaluating your stories. We'll announce the nominees in each category this SimDay. It's going to be tough to judge this one -- we received a lot of great stories. Thanks to all who entered!
Thursday, March 16, 2000 - 22:10
ZDNet recently interviewed Will Wright as part of their "big thinkers" series. Some great insights into The Sims, SimCity 3000, and the mind behind them!
Tuesday, March 14, 2000 - 22:00
"This morning, Maxis announced the development of SimCity 3000 Unlimited, the follow-up to last year's second-best-selling game and highest-grossing title of 1999..."
Maxis Announces SimCity 3000 Unlimited
This morning, Maxis announced the development of SimCity 3000 Unlimited, the follow-up to last year's second-best-selling game and highest-grossing title of 1999. The game adds a suite of new gameplay options to SimCity 3000 like the addition of European and Asian building sets, weather effects, new disasters, 13 new scenarios, and a scenario creator that lets players make and trade their own mission-based levels.
"SimCity 3000 Unlimited is the ultimate SimCity experience," according to Christine McGavran, lead producer for Maxis' line of city-building games. "We've taken the most requested features from SimCity 3000 fans and added a bunch of our own to create this new version."
Maxis gave us three brand-new screenshots of SimCity3000 Unlimited for your enjoyment. They depict the new Asian and European building sets and the acid-rain disaster. Unlimited will release toward the end of May and does not require a retail copy of the original game to play.
By Amer Ajami, GameSpot
Thursday, February 10, 2000 - 22:10
This week we have Five New Skins and Four New Wall Lights -- all created by your friendly Maxis Artists.
Thursday, February 3, 2000 - 22:20
Check out ETOnline.com's "Sim Sweepstakes" on Monday for a chance to have Maxis' Artists render you as a Sim.
Sunday, January 30, 2000 - 23:00
Luc Barthelet writes about SimCity 3000 and The Sims.
A letter from Luc Barthelet, the General Manager of Maxis.
Dear Sim Fans,
Thank you for the success of SimCity 3000. In 1999, our favorite game was the top PC game in North America and an incredible success around the world. This would not have been possible without you. You made SimCity.com the most interesting game site ever, and created cities and buildings to share with all our friends and SimCity users. Thank you also for an incredible level of support from all the Webmasters that created and maintained hundreds of sites dedicated to SimCity. The strength of this community has inspired and motivated us to find even more interesting ways to support our fans.
We are now shipping The Sims, the new game from Will Wright, “The Living Legend”. This is a very exciting moment, as we all believe that this game has even more potential than SimCity. This is the most creative game to be released in a long time, and after playing it for several hundred hours already, I can say that it has more staying power than anything else I have ever seen.
While we were developing The Sims, we noticed how players would begin to tell complex stories around what their Sims were doing on screen. So we added features to The Sims to make this storytelling easier. As you play The Sims, you can take snapshots of game scenes at any time. These pictures are saved in a photo album along with comments you add. This photo album can then be posted on the Web to share with the world. We’ve found those stories to be so interesting that Maxis will soon launch a “stories” exchange to host the best houses and stories from Sims’ players.
Meanwhile at Maxis, we are continuing our development efforts. We want to continue to provide you with interesting content and downloads for The Sims on SimDay (Thursday). And of course we are working on other games. But for now, enjoy The Sims. Have a nice SimDay, I am going back to take care of my Sims.
Cheers,
Luc Barthelet
Luc@Maxis.com
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GM by Day, Mayor by Night
Sunday, January 30, 2000 - 22:00
Check out the All Games Network for a video demo of The Sims. Maxis' PR Manager Patrick Buechner will explain it all!