Hackers open up offline play, modding tools for SimCity
Found on Ars Technica on Thursday, 14 March 2013
EA and Maxis' claim that it would take "significant engineering work" to make a workable offline version of SimCity took another hit today. Hackers have released modding tools that disable the game's periodic server checks without breaking the simulation. The tools also unlock other features not in the final game.
It's been rather incredible watching the gaming community's reaction to SimCity's launch over the last week and a half, and it's impressive to see that community taking action to try to fix the myriad disappointments in the game as it was released.
I didn't really think that "soon" would mean a day later when I said that someone will fix this.