Today's News:
1) Maxis states they are currently working on an offline mode for SimCity but can't promise when or if it will actually arrive. They also stated the constant requests for the ability to manage larger cities will not be possible due to how the engine handles the game.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/sim-...been-clamoring
2) A couple of Nintendo related news as Nintendo states the Pokemon Bank currently is scheduled to be released on December 27, the MonoGame Framework engine is currently being ported to the Wii U (used in Fez and Bastion), and Eiji Aonuma states he wants to change several things from the "Zelda tradition" in regards to gameplay.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...4-99-annually/
http://www.destructoid.com/nintendo-...u-262950.phtml
http://www.destructoid.com/legend-of...n-262916.phtml
3) Update to the European trademark applied for Half-Life 3 as it appears to have been pulled from the European Union database and currently rumored to either have been a hoax (like most HL 3 stuff) or pulled by Valve.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ssibly-a-hoax/