Veteran computer gamers will remember the popular city-building simulation series created by Maxis with a dose of nostalgia. The original SimCity game was released in 1989 and since then countless hours and billions of brain cells have been spent on creating the best virtual habitat for your sims. This is because, and let’s face it, there is a lot of pleasure in watching a city grow from a bunch of houses and factories to a bustling metropolis lined with skyscrapers.
It’s hard to believe that it’s been almost ten years since SimCity 4 came out, but aspiring city majors now have something to look forward to. SimCity is back, with Maxis heading the development and promising to release the new title in 2013. Of course, the new simulation will bring a new game engine and new 3D graphics with, wait for it, curvy roads.
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