SimCity

As Benzinga reported last week, the release of Electronic Arts' (NASDAQ: EA) latest SimCity installment was greeted with much disdain as many gamers were having problems getting started on city construction. Server failures at EA plagued the game during its first week of release, prompting...

It is not uncommon for consumers to complain about the technical problems that plague some video games. It is rare, however, that a game is so problematic that it is universally panned by critics and consumers alike. SimCity might have set a new record in this regard, as it is being called a...

Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA), the perpetually imperiled social game developer, received a new and unexpected competitor this week when Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced that it is getting into game design. The company's first title (developed by the online retailer's new game division, Amazon Game Studios)...

If you were young in the ‘90s, chances are you or someone you loved had experienced the joy and addiction of SimCity. The PC simulator, which was later ported to PlayStation and other platforms, allowed players to build virtual cities unlike any other. Now, several years later, simple social media...