The Cities XL Beta

There have been a few beta keys flying around the web to get into the Cities XL Beta, if you manage to pick one up you can go here and enter int he code, Email Address, and they require your dxdiag info, which tells them your computer specs. You i hope everyone get's in, i have already registered as i found a key, so hopefully you can too!

Will Wright Ranked Third Top Developer Of All Time

IGN has been doing a top 100 countdown of the best game designers of All time, and today they have released 10-1 of the list. Will Wright managed to snag the #3 spot, behind the greats of Sid Meier, who led the civilization series to stardom, and Shigeru Miyamoto the legend behind practically anything nintendo. IGN had this to say about Will Wright

Will Wright is one of the true pillars of modern game design. His work on SimCity, The Sims, and the recently-released Spore has rightfully earned him a spot among the most celebrated designers working in the games industry today. Wright is well known for his far-reaching and eccentric analysis of the videogame industry as well as his fixation with popular culture. He is one of the few people in the business that can mesmerize a room with his observations on just about any subject you can imagine.

He's the creator of a string of wildly successful games dating all the way back to Raid on Bungling Bay in 1984, the aforementioned SimCity series in the late '80s and early '90s -- which defined the modern simulation in just about every way -- and of course, the enormously popular life imitator, The Sims. Wright has been intrinsically linked with all Maxis properties (a company he helped start) for years. The success of his wildly ambitious and approachable games has allowed him the freedom to continue creating titles that were sandbox experiences more than linear experiences.

Wright has continued to develop "Sim" games, which are among the most successful and widely-played gaming titles of all time. The Sims' popularity inspired Wright to create the even more ambitious Spore -- a procedurally-generated simulation that tracks development from single-celled organisms into an entire galaxy. It The concept sounded impossible before it became a reality in 2008, enjoying commercial success and critical praise.

"When you give someone a toy of a system," Wright told Apple.com last year, "it gives them a new perspective on it. They see that system as a dynamic, organic thing. Living in it in the real world, they don't notice day-to-day changes in it, but when that system is sped up over 50 years or more, they see the changes clearly. And they gain a new perspective on it."

Indeed, it's a new perspective that Wright provides the entire industry with every new idea he brings to the table.

You can view the full list here [IGN.com]

Help us Bring Back Simcity!

Two Simcity Posts?!  In a Row?!  I know its shocking.  Anyway we need your help!  If there are any Simcity fans, who might own a copy of SCS and have it registered, please post here if you want to bring back Simcity.  Thank you!

The Simcity Societies Forums, Dead?

Well... not quite.  The mods and admins have abandoned it, but there are still a few members that post.  Most of those posts are however rants about securom.  This Post reads:

"Well they managed to delete some threads but we're still here! EA needs to go out of business for that Securom sh*t. I think they should be forced out of business and every EA executive sent to prison for life."

So where exactly are the EA/Tilted Mill Employees or even Volunteers?  Its like they just abandoned a game and a community all within less then year of its release.  I always thought Simcity Societies had a little hope for it, i thought they could turn it around by adding new transportation modes, and zoning and the like.  But nope, they decided to screw over us Simcity fans.  So will we ever get another proper Simcity Game?

New Simcity Creator Advertisement

EA today released a new TV Advertisement for Simcity creator for the Wii and DS. The game is available now