As I recently reported, SimCity will finally be getting an offline mode. According to a Lead Engineer, this took about 6 months work to rework significant parts of the game’s architecture. When writing on the official SimCity blog, Simon Fox wrote that the oft-requested offline mode and local save file usage took a great.

That’s right. Both EA and Maxis said it wasn’t possible, but the next update is bringing offline play to SimCity. This was revealed by Maxis’ general manager Patrick Buechner, who made an official post on the official SimCity website. Unfortunately we weren’t given any real indication of when this might be, Patrick just promised.

The newly released Mac version of SimCity is suffering from many launch issues, according to player reports. When the Mac edition of the game  released on August 29, the forums were flooded within hours with complaints from users unable to play the game. The complaints and issues stopping the game from running varied from.

SimCity 5 stirred up a storm of rage over Always On DRM, and here we talk about why it shouldn’t always be used for PC or console games. If there’s one way to upset a PC gamer, it isn’t bugs (they can be patched), it isn’t crappy textures or graphics (although we want better!).

EA has improved the server capacity for SimCity 5, and is also attempting to clear the air with an apology – with a free game. EA has now said that SimCity 5 ‘s servers have now improved significantly, with their capacity being increased by 120%. They have also said that people are experiencing 80%.