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SimCity has had problem after problem since launch just a few days ago. Publisher Electronic
Arts knows this, and it has made the decision to temporarily stop actively promoting the
city-building game, at least online.
In a memo sent to affiliates (and obtained by IGN), EA asks for promotion for SimCity
to cease. The company has deactivated all links in Origin’s LinkShare program, which
a lot of companies use to promote EA games.
The full memo reads:
"Hello Affiliates, EA Origin has requested to pause all SimCity
marketing campaigns temporarily, until further notice. We have deactivated all SimCity text
links and creative and we ask you to please remove any copy promoting SimCity from your
website for the time-being. To be clear we are continuing to payout commissions on all
SimCity sales that are referred, however we are requesting that you please stop actively
promoting the game. We will notify you as soon as the SimCity marketing campaigns have
been resumed and our promotional links are once again live in the Linkshare interface.
We apologize for any inconveniences that this may cause, and we thank you for your cooperation.
Sincerely, Origin.com Affiliate Team"
Yesterday, Amazon briefly stopped offering the digital version of SimCity for sale. It
is now back and available to download from the online retailer, but a note reads: “Many
customers are having issues connecting to the "SimCity" servers. EA is actively working
to resolve these issues, but at this time we do not know when the issue will be fixed.”
We've reached out to EA for comment and will update you with any additional info we receive.
Until then, stay tuned to IGN.