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SimCity Beta This Month

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The SimCity Website is accepting registrations to test the upcoming reboot of the urban planning series. Here's word on the beta, which will run from January 25-28:

The day that Mayors have been clamoring for is almost here - Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:EA) today announced that the SimCity™ beta will run from January 25 – January 28. Those who previously signed up are already in consideration for access to the beta, limited slots are still available for late applicants. Eager fans who want to get an advance look at SimCity have a limited time to sign up at www.simcity.com/beta before the application process ends at 2am, GMT on January 21. Developed by Maxis, SimCity will be available March 8 and is available for pre-order right now.

“It is always an exciting moment to share a game that is still in development with its biggest fans prior to launch,” said Lucy Bradshaw, Senior Vice President and General Manager of EA’s Maxis Label. “This beta will help the team improve the live service aspects of SimCity to ensure a smooth and user-friendly experience at launch. I want to thank everyone for signing up - we are excited to share one of our most beloved franchises with our fans.”

Running from 5pm GMT on January 25 until 8am GMT on January 28, the SimCity beta offers fans the chance to play a one hour slice of the game** and to deliver feedback that will help shape the final product. As a live service, SimCity will continue to provide updates that evolve the experience, delivering a dynamic platform that grows and expands over time.

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Re: SimCity Beta This Month

Jan 20, 2013, 13:57

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Bhruic wrote on Jan 19, 2013, 16:11: I'm curious as to what they are trying to accomplish with this. You get to beta it for a whole one hour? Do they really expect that to be enough time to accomplish anything, let alone notice any bugs? They don't want people to be able to do everything, its like restricting you to the first 5 of 100 levels in a game. So basically you can play as much as you want starting dozens of new cities, but after playing a city for an hour, it will lock you out of it. You can then start a new city and apply what you learned to the new one. Blizzard did this with the diablo 3 beta, restricting you to just a fraction of Act I.

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Comment [quote="Dev"Jan 20, 2013, 13:57][quote="Bhruic"Jan 19, 2013, 16:11]I'm curious as to what they are trying to accomplish with this. You get to beta it for a whole one hour? Do they really expect that to be enough time to accomplish anything, let alone notice any bugs? [/quote] They don't want people to be able to do everything, its like restricting you to the first 5 of 100 levels in a game. So basically you can play as much as you want starting dozens of new cities, but after playing a city for an hour, it will lock you out of it. You can then start a new city and apply what you learned to the new one. Blizzard did this with the diablo 3 beta, restricting you to just a fraction of Act I. [/quote]

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