Gaming news is full of Sim City talk lately, and again, today we bring you more shenanigans from Maxis. But this time it’s all hopeful, no talk of broken servers, upset customers and tales of customer service woe. This time it’s all about the positive.

First up, today people who have registered their game should be receiving an email offering them a free game from the Origin catalogue. Exactly what game this will be, or if there’s a choice or how limited that choice is remains unclear but we shall soon know as those emails start rolling in. Keep an eye on your inboxes and your spam folder to see what wonderful surprises await you.

Secondly, there’s good news on the inner workings of the game. Lead designer, Stone Liberande has detailed on his blog a major improvement to the game in traffic management.  Soon the clogged up streets will be a thing of the past, but he has said that the non-consistent sims in the city will stay that way due to that kind of micromanagement not making the game experience any richer. But the road improvements will not only make for better looking traffic but should in theory make your emergency services do their job and save many a sim’s life.

Other features were pointed out including some of the disabled ingame features. Some of these are slowly returning to the game including regional achievements on a select few servers and now leaderboards which are active on the test server. Liberande has also stated that he’d like willin players to join the test server in order to speed up the leaderboard process. 

No timeline has been announced for the patch rollout, but it looks likely to be soon(ish), as ever we'll let you know as soon as we find out, if we can stop playig the game that is.

March has arrived, and with it comes a huge line-up of game releases. But do not fear! We’ve scoured the internet for what to expect in the coming month, and packed it all into a goodie bag of knowledge of what you can get your hands on this month. This time around we’re hitting you with a double team of content, as DJ Discord takes us on a tour through the release schedule, with moving pictures no less! More after the break...

Saints Row IV has an official release date and teaser out right now and you can watch it with us here at Split Infinity Radio, just because we're nice like that. Check it out after the break and get ready to hear more from our intrepid reporters at PAX later this month.

The game is due out on August 23rd and will be getting a head start on Rockstar's GTA V which is due out on September 17th.

As ever keep it locked to us for more info as it comes in, and enjoy the video.

Okay, so we got tired of dumb stuff happening, so we just said "to hell with it", and did a recording with the people we had (no Aasama's allowed). At least now I can finally record a new episode! Click the image or after the break to see the video.

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Every Thursday during Asian Insanity, I bring you the lastest music and news from Japan and Korea. The topics of discussion this week were the return of One Piece to Toonami, Square Enix's unveiling of Drag-on Dragoon 3 (Drakengard 3) and more.

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