Developer EA Maxis has announced that the offline mode will be included in the upcoming Update 10, a free content patch that will at last free SimCity from its always-online shackles.
The announcement comes ten months after EA Maxis said that an offline mode couldn’t be done without a significant amount of engineering work.
Maxis chief Patrick Buechner revealed in a new blog post that the update was finally on its way, adding that "When we launch it, all of your previously downloaded content will be available to you anytime, anywhere, without the need for an internet connection. You can save and load to your heart's content."
The news come alongside an announcement this modding that SimCity would officially be supporting the modding community, allowing players to tinker with their no doubt cataclysmic cityscape to their heart’s content. Freed of the online component of the game, the modding community are now able make modifications without compromising the integrity of the online game.
When SimCity originally launched back in March 2013 the always online, coupled with server outages and cities no bigger than a postage caused widespread discontent among the strategy gaming community. The problems with the game were so harshly criticised because underneath it all there was a truly good strategy gaming lurking, bogged down with unnecessary extras.
Is it a case of too little too late for EA Maxis?
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