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Kuosmanen, Ville (February 13, 2020). "Why SimCity died — and how an indie developer saved the city-building genre". Medium. Retrieved September 9, 2021.
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Lew, Julie (June 15, 1989). "Making City Planning a Game". The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 13, 2007. Retrieved May 18, 2007.

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Sarkar, Samit (March 4, 2015). "EA shuts down Maxis Emeryville, studio behind SimCity (update)". Polygon.
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Faylor, Chris (February 12, 2008). "New Sim Titles Unveiled: SimCity Creator, MySims Kingdom, MySims Party, SimAnimals, Sims Next-Gen". Shacknews. Archived from the original on May 12, 2008. Retrieved February 26, 2008.

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"History of Simcity (page 2)". SimCity.com. Archived from the original on March 12, 2009. Retrieved March 20, 2008.
"History of Simcity (page 3)". SimCity.com. Archived from the original on April 11, 2010. Retrieved March 20, 2008.
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