The city is a thriving metropolis, filled with beautiful parks, trendy restaurants and shopping centers, the best schools, endless entertainment options and more. The people who live here are happy and content with their lives ~ and they're all looking to you to keep it that way. Will you invest in the schools? Will you build a casino resort to draw in tourists and boost the economy? Will you transform the city into a manufacturing region? Or will you produce mass pollution, leave people unprotected from natural disasters and let the city fall into disarray? The power is in your hands ~ how will you choose to wield it?Control your city on both the large and small scale in SimCity. GlassBox simulation technology lets you balance city-level simulations with multiple city simulations at the same time, so you can keep your eye on everything. Keep the Sims in your city happy by meeting their basic needs, and then grow the city by investing in schools, tourism, manufacturing and more. Design and shape the city of your dreams with immersive 3D environments and tactile interactions, and customize buildings to unlock additional functionality and gameplay benefits. Work with your friends in multiplayer mode to build a region, share resources, participate in global challenges and more. In this special Limited Edition, you can even bring superpowers into your city by building MaxisMan's headquarters to help keep your Sims safe or set up Dr. Vu's Lair to unleash a wave of crime on your city. MaxisMan will help protect your Sims, while Dr. Vu will recruit them to carry out his evil plans. What will your city look like?