At E3 2012 in June 2012 , '' SimCity '' won 8 awards out of 24 nominations . On August 23 , 2012 , '' SimCity '' won Gamescom 's " Best PC Game " award . The Gamescom jury described the video game as having " fantastic graphics " and " struck the right balance between retaining the trademarks of the old parts and making it interesting for beginners " . On December 14 , 2012 , the '' SimCity '' development team ran a questions and answers session on the Internet community Reddit where they received criticism for the game 's DRM-mechanisms , which require the user to be persistently connected to Electronic Arts ' servers in order to be able to play the game . The video games-focused blog Kotaku also voiced concern over the issue , worrying that Electronic Arts could one day shut down their servers , rendering the game unplayable
E3 2012
E3 2012
SimCity (2013 video game)