SimCity franchise

SNES-style pixel art cityscape of Shintoh, a cyberpunk megalopolis from Animus Proxy, shown as a SimCity-inspired Super Nintendo screenshot with neon skyscrapers, elevated highways, and dense urban infrastructure at night.

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Is SimCity Coming Back? A Nostalgic Look at the Franchise’s Future

January 9, 2013

From the original PC release to the oddly therapeutic SNES classic, SimCity shaped an entire genre of city-building games. This deep-dive explores the franchise’s rise, the 2013 reboot fallout, and where SimCity stands today, asking the big question fans still care about: is a new mainline SimCity ever coming back?