EA And Maxis Announce Free Download For SimCity Owners Due To Launch Issues, Reveal 1.1M Sales

EA And Maxis have announced SimCity has sold over 1.1 Million in its first 2 weeks on sale, of which around 54% were digital downloads. EA estimate it's Origin service had 44% of those 54% digital sales.

In just two weeks:

• SimCity players have logged more than 15 million hours of online gameplay.
• More than 5.7 million original cities have been created since launch.
• More than 780 million buildings have been built.
• SimCity mayors to date have built enough road and railroad tracks to circle the globe more than 40,000 times.

Due to demand for the game, Maxis have increased server capacity by more than 400% and increased the server optimizations by 40. However though, because of the difficulties the game has had over this launch period with features being removed and people being unable to play the game, EA and Maxis have announced that every player who has activated their copy of SimCity will receive an Email with directions to redeem a free game.

This free game period requires those with a copy of the game to register it before the end of 26th March, and the free game to be claimed by early 31st March. the free game will be available from EA's Origin Service and your choice of free game is out of the following:

Battlefield 3 (Standard Edition)

Bejeweled 3

Dead Space 3 (Standard Edition)

Mass Effect 3 (Standard Edition)

Medal of Honor Warfighter (Standard Edition)

Need For Speed Most Wanted (Standard Edition)

Plants vs. Zombies

SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition

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EA And Maxis Reveal SimCity Digital Deluxe Edition, Out Exclusively On Origin On 8th March

EA and Maxis have revealed the SimCity Digital Deluxe Edition. This Origin Exclusive, out 8th March, includes 3 themed city sets:

• Paris City Set – Includes the Eiffel Tower, Parisian-themed buildings and the Paris police station Ploppable and French Police Cars

• German City Set – Includes the Brandenburg Gate, German-themed buildings and the German rail station and unique German Trains

• British City Set – Includes the Big Ben Block Tower, London-themed buildings and the London bus station and Double-Decker Buses

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EA And DICE Announce Battlefield 1942 Is Now Free On Origin

EA And DICE have announced they have released Battlefield 1942 on Origin. in celebration of the Battlefield series hitting it's 10 year anniversary, the game has been released for free only on Origin. this version does not include any of the Battlefield 1942 DLC.

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EA Announce Sega, Team 17, Rebellion, And Kalypso PC Games Are On Origin From Today, There Are Now 35 Partners On Origin

EA have announced new partners have joined Origin. Sega, Rebellion, Team 17, and Kalypso bring the total of Origin partners to 35. games from these new partners will be hitting the Origin Store from today. you are now able to pre-order games, including Total War SHogun 2: Fall Of The Samurai, from today.

EA have also announced there are over 11 Million registered Origin users worldwide.

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