SimCity Societies On The Way

Full details coming soon

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Screen from SimCity 4
Screen from SimCity 4
Electronic Arts has confirmed rumours that a fifth instalment in its SimCity franchise, dubbed Societies, is under development.

Details are scarce, although a representative has said that Societies is a working title. The rep also said “it's completely different from SimCity 4, so they're trying to come up with something different than just calling it SimCity 5."

Further details are set to be revealed in the US Games for Windows Magazine, which will arrive with subscribers today. A full announcement from EA, complete with screens, is expected next week.

It seems likely that Societies will take the SimCity series beyond its traditional territory. Suggestive title and comments from EA aside, the game is being moved outside the publisher's stable of developers to Tilted Mill Entertainment. Tilted Mill specialises in simulation titles, and its latest offering, Caesar IV included citizenry management features.

Based on EA's usual publishing habits, the game will likely hit shops not too long before Christmas. If you really can't wait that long, there's always SimCity DS to dig into this summer.

And if anybody says, "Social Networking" or "Web 2.0"... we won't be surprised.

†Source: Joystiq
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Joji 6 Jun 2007 13:40
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Looking forward to SimCity DS and enjoy that neverending game feel.

I just pray EA don't run this series into the ground with their decisions. Tilted Mill? I'll scratch my head.
tyrion 6 Jun 2007 18:18
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Tilted Mill specialises in simulation titles

I seem to remember another simulation specialist being involved with Sim City games in the past. Maxis, I think they were called. I wonder whatever happened to them?
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Nobody 6 Jun 2007 22:01
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Maxis is busy on two other franchises created by Will Wright:

http://www.spore.com/
http://thesims2.ea.com/

(Though the latter part of Maxis is now called EA Sims Division)
Ditto 6 Jun 2007 22:35
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tyrion wrote:
Tilted Mill specialises in simulation titles

I seem to remember another simulation specialist being involved with Sim City games in the past. Maxis, I think they were called. I wonder whatever happened to them?


Not Bullfrog?
Gaz 7 Jun 2007 01:40
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Maxis was consumed by Electronic Arts
tyrion 7 Jun 2007 07:41
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Adam M wrote:
Not Bullfrog?

Nope, Bullfrog did Populous, Magic Carpet, Theme Park, etc. and were bought by EA before Peter Molyneux set up Lionhead.

Maxis did A-Train, Sim City, Sim Isle, etc and were bought by EA in July 1997.

In case nobody picked up on the sarcastic tone of my original post, I know what happened to Maxis, I just find it sad that one of their defining franchises has been taken off them and the justification for Sim City going elsewhere is that the new company "specialises in simulation".
Ditto 7 Jun 2007 07:44
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tyrion wrote:
In case nobody picked up on the sarcastic tone of my original post, I know what happened to Maxis, I just find it sad that one of their defining franchises has been taken off them and the justification for Sim City going elsewhere is that the new company "specialises in simulation".


Yeah, I was just pointing out that Bullfrog suffered pretty much the same fate (as it would appear do most of the companies EA purchases).
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