SimCity will finally get an offline mode, 10 months after its release and following months of complaints.
The offline mode is part of a free update, according to the SimCity blog. After updating, players will be able to load their cities in Single Player Mode, which will not require an Inernet connection.
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SimCity was released in March 2013 for PC but required players to connect to Electronic Arts' servers to play. This received a great deal of pushback from customers, especially after EA's servers couldn't handle demand during the first month.
Patrick Buechner, general manager of the Maxis' Emeryville studio, which is owned by EA, wrote in the blog post: "I’ve wanted to say those words for quite some time." He added the team was in the late stages of creating Single Player Mode, but still had to test and polish it before announcing a release date.
Modders would now be able to take full advantage of SimCity, according to Buechner, and Maxis plans to roll out its own modding tutorials as well.
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