There are those careful, obsessive builders (like my junior-high self) who disabled disasters, when possible, in our SimUtopias. Then there are those diabolical builders (like my high-school self) who ...

Imagine if a hurricane, tornado and tsunami crashed into a city, one right after another. This week has been sort of like that for the new city-building PC game "SimCity." And things only seem to be ...

A beta for SimCity is coming next weekend, and Maxis is accepting sign-ups for it now. It will feature a "one hour slice" of the game.

The free downloadable demo will include the tutorial, a challenging scenario and two major disasters. WHEN: Look for it on June 12 at www.simcity.com. WHERE: The SimCity Societies free game updates ...