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Next year's SimCity reboot will be joined by a mysterious mobile spin-off

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Next year's SimCity reboot will be joined by a mysterious mobile spin-off
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Electronic Arts has let something slip in its most recent financial report. And no, it's not the fact that Medal of Honor didn't sell very many copies.

In the company's list of upcoming games, we see well-known titles like Crysis 3, Fuse, and Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel. But we also see that SimCity - the 2013 urban planning simulator - is listed for both PC and mobile.

That's the first we've heard of a mobile SimCity since 2010's SimCity Deluxe for iPhone and iPad. Intriguing, right?

I asked a PR rep at EA Mobile about the game. He told Pocket Gamer, "We don't have any further information at this time."

SimCity proper will be a top-to-bottom reboot of the city building game with a ridiculously ambitious engine that literally simulates everything from virtual traffic jams to coal. It will hit PC and Mac in March 2013.

We'll let you know when we find out more about the mobile version.

Mark Brown
Mark Brown
Mark Brown is editor at large of Pocket Gamer