illusionofjoy | The next Simcity?

Jeff Green, editor for Games For Windows recently posted the following in his weblog:

[The] July issue of GFW is being printed now and will be in mailboxes shortly, and it is, if I may be so bold, and I think I may since this is my blog, a great one. The cover story is one of those OMG WORLD EXCLUSIVES WE SAW IT BEFORE YOU DID HAW HAW stories that magazines love to crow about even though the Internet is making all that irrelevant anyway.

I'm not allowed to tell you what it is yet, but will be posting the cover next Friday, jeebus willing. Suffice it to say it's the new game in one of PC gaming's oldest franchises--a series w/bazillions of fans. Ryan Scott wrote the story and did his usual kickass job, because Ryan KICKS ASS.

Since that posting an image of the July cover has surfaced in various corners of cyberspace. The graphic features a computer-rendered city skyline with the phrase, "SIMCITY REBORN!" in large black letters across yellow police-tape in the foreground.

Makes one believe that the release of a new version of the game is right around the corner. Gamestop even has a listing for a previously unknown game entitled "Sim City Societies.

About the only thing any of us drooling geeks know right now is that EA is working on a new SimCity title - they announced as much some time ago. Any other information about said title, for example: whether or not it is the long-awaited fifth instalment of the SimCity series, is locked in the pages of Gaming For Windows and won't be seen for a couple more weeks.