Monte Cristo’s CityLife is one of the most important city builders ever made. It saw its citizens as more than an evolving tax base; they had preferences, dislikes and social values that you had to work with. The result was a game that had neighborhoods, conflict and tough decisions.
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The Caesar series is easily the most successful ancient themed brand in the gaming world. 2006 saw the release of the fourth game under that title. It also spawned a legion of other Impressions developed city builders set in Greece, Egypt and China, a legacy that spawned two new studios - Tilted Mill and Firefly.
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Don’t miss John Harris’s interview with Tarn Adams, the creator of one of the best (and most user unfriendly) city/empire builders in recent memory. Dwarf Fortress is a game that is captivating, addictive and terribly, terribly mean.

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The fruit of my brief trip to EA Headquarters ten days ago can be found now on Gameshark.
A lot of people will not like this game. Societies turns its back on so many SimCity assumptions that the hardcore city building audience will be astonished. Not that this is a bad thing. I agree with Rod […]

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We won’t be getting that fourth Roman city-builder after all.
No official word on the reason for the cancellation. Originally slated for a 2006 release, it was supposed to be released later this month, but there hadn’t been a gold announcement so another delay would have been likely. Was the game just not finished yet? Did […]

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It’s a good thing that Heart of the Empire: Rome was delayed till 2007. It would have had a hard time finding room on my schedule. I must have built more acqueducts, plazas and temples this year than in any other, and that’s not even counting the hundreds of hours I sunk into Civilization.
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