SimCity is a city-building and urban planning simulation massively multiplayer online game developed by Maxis Emeryville and published by Electronic Arts. Along with many of the cosmetic changes (such as up-to-date 3D graphics), SimCity uses the new GlassBox engine. “We try to build what you would expect to see, and that’s the game,” explains system architect Andrew Willmott, meaning that visual effects such as traffic, economic troubles, and pollution will be more obvious. Two other new features are a multiplayer component and finite resources.

SimCity (2013) System Requirements

Minimum:

  • OS: Windows XP/Vista/7
  • Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 4000+ or better or Intel Core 2 Duo Processor 2.0GHz or better
  • RAM: 2GB RAM
  • Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 2600 or better*, NVIDIA 7800 or better*, Intel HD Graphics or better*
  • Storage: 12GB HD Space

Recommended:

  • OS: Mac® OS X 10.7.5 (Intel HD Graphics 3000 users require 10.8.4 or later)
  • Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo
  • RAM: 2GB RAM
  • Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 2600 or better*, NVIDIA 7800 or better*, Intel HD Graphics or better*
  • Storage: 12GB HD Space