{"id":51508,"date":"2013-03-07T10:42:48","date_gmt":"2013-03-07T08:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=51508"},"modified":"2013-03-07T10:44:50","modified_gmt":"2013-03-07T08:44:50","slug":"simcity-sa-launch-to-be-stable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/51508-simcity-sa-launch-to-be-stable","title":{"rendered":"SimCity SA launch to be \u201cstable\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EA\u2019s new SimCity release is garnering some <a title=\"SimCity: a constructive success? \" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/51389-simcity-constructive-success.html \" target=\"_blank\">great reviews<\/a>, however, there have been many complaints with the server issues. EA has assured gamers who are yet to receive the game that issues will be fixed ahead of the international launch.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Due to the high demand for SimCity, Origin has experienced delays impacting a small percentage of users. We\u2019re working non-stop to resolve,&#8221; the company tweeted on the official Origin Twitter account yesterday. &#8220;We\u2019re making changes to prevent further issues, and are confident that Origin will be stable for international launches later this week,&#8221; it tweeted further.<\/p>\n<p>EA has already made provisional plans to reduce server load times, as two new game servers were added, along with a new server update which recently released.<\/p>\n<p>EA also recommended players to switch to another server if problems are being encountered. The problem which still exists is that existing saved games and cities-in-progress are tied to the server they were created on.<\/p>\n<p>Check out some of the international <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/51389-simcity-constructive-success.html\" target=\"_blank\">SimCity reviews<\/a> to find out more about how the game is faring; and you still have time to check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/51366-simcity-pre-order-balancing-your-budget.html\" target=\"_blank\">SimCity pre-order options<\/a> available before it launches tomorrow (Friday, 8 March 2013).<\/p>\n<h6>Source: <a title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OriginInsider\/status\/309046087728119809\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a><\/h6>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Read more about SimCity<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/49185-simcity-intro-trailer-reveals-space-aged-surprise.html\">SimCity intro trailer reveals space-aged surprise<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/48414-simcity-multi-city-features-detailed.html\">SimCity \u201cmulti-city\u201d features detailed<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/46379-simcity-5-release-date-announced.html\">SimCity 5 release date announced<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/videos\/39679-simcity-trailer-gets-an-inside-look.html\">SimCity trailer gets an inside look<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/38840-simcity-5-screenshots-give-a-close-up-view.html\">SimCity 5 screenshots give a close up view<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/36395-simcity-5s-always-on-internet-requirement-is-totally-worth-it-promises-maxis.html\">SimCity 5\u2032s always-on internet requirement is \u201ctotally worth it\u201d, promises Maxis<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EA addressing server problems ahead of international launch<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":49188,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[31,509,813,99,2180,2540,9183,9182],"class_list":["post-51508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-active","tag-ea-south-africa","tag-electronic-arts","tag-servers","tag-simcity","tag-simcity-5","tag-simcity-problems","tag-simcity-servers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/196"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51508"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51510,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51508\/revisions\/51510"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}