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SimCity for Mac is finally here, and needless to say, many have waited years for this day. Unfortunately, the arrival isn’t going terribly smoothly for some, with user complaints ranging from installation issues to the game running only in a windowed mode. Put simply, SimCity for Mac is unplayable for some, and it’s an unfortunate situation that’s eerily reminiscent of its launch on the PC. A Maxis spokesperson tells us that its live support team is actively working with players that’ve encountered trouble, and for what it’s worth, installation of SimCity for Mac went off without a hitch on our end. In other words, don’t lose hope; if you’re looking to avoid potential frustration, however, you might want to give the developers a chance to iron out these launch day issues.

Update: Maxis has issued the following statement about the issues:

“We are pleased to advise that the installation-related issues some players experienced with SimCity on Mac have been resolved.”

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If you’re a gamer that has been around for more than a few years, chances are you have played Madden NFL at one point or another. Madden NFL has been the predominant NFL football game for the last 25 years. To celebrate the franchise’s 25th anniversary EA has announced the launch of Madden NFL 25. […]

EA’s kicking off its free-to-play mobile strategy with an iOS version of the much-anticipated Madden NFL 25. Available now via the App Store, the popular gaming franchise arrives on the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad as a gratis download, though there are (naturally) a slew of in-app purchases that Electronic Arts is hoping you’ll splurge on. For example, there’s an All Madden Bundle priced at $100. As far as gameplay goes, the publisher says this year’s Madden on iOS has been improved with much better touch controls, which should go hand-in-hand with stuff like Ultimate Team and its trademark official licenses for all 32 squads. Speaking of which, we’re really wondering who’s listed as the starting QB for the New York Jets…

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FIFA 14 is headed to pretty much every video game platform known to man next month, with many soccer (or football) fans to countdown when the next iteration of EA’s popular franchise will be made available. FIFA 14 will introduce a number of improvements over the previous version, although if you’re planning on purchasing the game on the PS Vita, you may want to hold off considering it’s been uncovered the game will just be a re-skin of FIFA 13. (more…)

FIFA 14 On PS Vita Will Be A Re-Skin Of FIFA 13 original content from Ubergizmo.

Have you played the original Plants vs Zombies? That was certainly a fun game to play, especially when you have completed all of the achievements, leaving you with a smug look on your face. Well, it seems that gamers of the original have been clamoring for a sequel for the longest time, and Plants vs Zombies 2 was released by EA on the iOS platform as an exclusive title recently, only to see it achieve a new record – surpassing the 16 million downloads mark, propelling it to the top spot on the App Store across 137 countries throughout the world.

This would also make it the most successful mobile game launch in EA’s history, where the day one downloads nearly doubled EA’s previous mobile record. Here are some more trivia for fans of the new sequel, where more than 11 billion suns were generated, over 2 billion zombie waves happened, with more than 4 billion plants planted, and 25 million hours clocked up by us humans trying to preserve our brains from them zombies. Have you also been bitten by the Plants vs Zombies 2 bug, and if you haven’t, what are you waiting for? Don’t you think it is time to prepare yourself for a zombie apocalypse that is knocking on your iOS device’s door? [Press Release]

Plants VS Zombies 2 Hits 16 Million Downloads Worldwide original content from Ubergizmo.