From the article: "Sims fans who purchased SimCity Societies and SimCity 4 may want to sit down. Are you seated? Good. I have some bad news for you, but just buckle down, you'll make it through. Of course its good news for other Sims fans who waited to get those games. EA will be selling SimCity 4, SimsCity 4 Rush Hour, SimCity Societies, SimCity Societies Destinations and The Sims Carnival SnapCity altogether as in The SimCity Box for $39.99. The big bundle will be available in June, 2008. Oh, and according to Amazon, the box includes a trial version of the Spore Creature Creator."
A new patch is now available for SimCity Societies. The 123 MB update adds two more disasters, six new events, new buildings, and also takes care of some more bugs.
Tilted Mill Entertainment released the third patch for SimCity Societies today. It weighs in at 68 MBs, and includes a variety of UI and performance enhancements. It also adds in a new feature - a UFO attack disaster.
Electronic Arts and Tilted Mill are set to release another overhaul patch for SimCity Societies, and this time, they promise to solve performance issues, among other additions and fixes.
Today Electronic Arts announced that SimCity Societies has been approved for manufacturing and is expected to begin shipping to stores across North America, Asia, Australia and Europe on November 13th. It is rated "E10+" by the ESRB and has a manufacturer suggested retail price of $49.99.
The free digital magazine includes previews of Bioshock and Crysis, as well as an interview with Richard Garriott about the new MMO, Tabula Rasa. The man who invented MMOs is hoping to re-invent them.