EA to give everyone who bought SimCity a free game

Posted on Saturday, March 09 2013 @ 18:40 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
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In response to the public outcry over the botched launch of SimCity, EA announced that everyone with an activated copy of SimCity will receive a free PC download game from the EA portfolio on March 18th!
The good news is that SimCity is a solid hit in all major markets. The consensus among critics and players is that this is fundamentally a great game. But this SimCity is made to be played online, and if you can’t get a stable connection, you’re NOT having a good experience. So we’re not going to rest until we’ve fixed the remaining server issues.

And to get us back in your good graces, we’re going to offer you a free PC download game from the EA portfolio. On March 18, SimCity players who have activated their game will receive an email telling them how to redeem their free game.

I know that’s a little contrived – kind of like buying a present for a friend after you did something crummy. But we feel bad about what happened. We’re hoping you won’t stay mad and that we’ll be friends again when SimCity is running at 100 percent.
The blog post also mentions that server capacity has been increased by 120 percent in the last 48 hours and that most problems should be gone this weekend.


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Thomas De Maesschalck

Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.



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