Trade Depot / Global Trade HQ Time & Advertising 2020 Updates

The Global Trade HQ has long been a source of complaints from SimCity fans who find the system annoying. Check the  Check the 2020 updates to build a better world this year!

The main problems were initially believed to be the sheer level of demand overloading EA's servers as the app became the most popular SimCity game of all time as well as the fact that the timelock feature reduced players ability to easily search for items.

However, since the last app update there have been two major improvements to each player's Trade Depot functionality and timing:

1. The time limit between advertising new items has now dropped from 5 minutes down to just 1 minute making it easier and quicker to sell your items and generate Simoleons.
2. Even better the length of each item advertising period has also been extended to 12 hours meaning that your Trade Depot items can receive much more publicity on the Global Trade HQ resulting in an increasing chance of more sales and more Simoleons.

This is a great improvement that benefits all SimCity BuildIt players and hopefully there will be more nice surprises to come in future app updates!

SimCity BuildIt - The Rio Carnival, Lunar New Year & Valentine's Day Update

It is time to start the party with the SimCity BuildIt Rio Carnival,  Lunar New Year & Valentine's Day Update!

If you update to the latest version of SimCity BuildIt Version 1.10.9 then for three weeks only you can celebrate world-famous events in your city - delight your citizens by adding colorful fun with limited-time festivals, including:

• Rio Carnival: Light up your streets with the Carnival Stage, towering Parrot Statue, and more!
• Lunar New Year: Embrace the Year of the Monkey with fun and festive park!
• Valentine’s Weekend: Ignite love in your city with charming new ways to customize!

For anyone who does not yet have the SimCity BuildIt app then you can download it for free using the following link:



Or if you already have the game downloaded then you should also check out this useful SimCity calculator app as well:

SimCity BuildIt Halloween Haunt Update

SimCity BuildIt has released its second app update in just over a month and this time it is a special greetings for your city spirits in celebration of Halloween.

The Halloween Haunt update (version 1.7.7) means you can spook up your city for the Halloween season and lets you build five creepy new limited-time buildings.

Additional features of this newest update include:

• Watching your city light up at night with eerie effects
• Strategically placing Halloween buildings in new ways to boost population growth
• Enjoying more commentary from citizens and earn more rewards
• Improved performance to keep your city running smoothly

All you have to do from now until 31st October, is tap the Pumpkin Icon to find all the fun and enjoy a happy Halloween with all your SimCity residents.

For anyone who does not yet have the SimCity BuildIt app then you can download it for free using the following link:



Or if you already have the game downloaded then you should also check out this useful SimCity calculator app as well:

SimCity BuildIt Paris Town Update

After a relatively quiet two months SimCity BuildIt is back with the amazing Paris Town App Update!

App Version 1.6.4 lets you build Paris Town in your city and allows you to create beautiful new neighborhoods as well as boost your population using world-famous Parisian landmarks.

The SimCity Paris Update also includes the following upgrades and benefits:

• Build your Airport sooner at just 140,000 population
• Deliver and earn Parisian Special Items with Airport cargo shipments to unlock the special Parisian customization pack
• Buy and sell Parisian Special Items on the Global Market
• Helipads now have helicopters so you can bring your sky to life!

I have just downloaded this newest update and will report back later on the new additions which should help re-enliven the already fun to play game.

Top SimCity BuildIt Updates - Most Popular Blog Posts

As part of our review of blog posting here at SimCityBuildIt.Info we are looking at our top most popular posts in different categories.

The best of our SimCity BuildIt Updates posts have been by far the most popular with this blog's readers who have generated many thousands of pageviews for each post and the following list is a ranking of the top 5 most popular updates posts:

1) SimCity BuildIt "Tokyo Town" Update: 6 Steps Forward, 2 Steps Back! 
http://www.simcitybuildit.info/2015/03/simcity-buildit-tokyo-town-update-5.html

2) SimCity BuildIt Beach Boardwalk Update - 23rd June 
http://www.simcitybuildit.info/2015/06/simcity-buildit-beach-boardwalk-update.html

3) 4 Annoying Updates of the Global Trade HQ and Tips to Succeed! 
http://www.simcitybuildit.info/2015/05/4-annoying-updates-of-global-trade-hq.html

4) SimCity Road Upgrades & Road Rage!
http://www.simcitybuildit.info/2015/05/simcity-road-upgrades-road-rage.html

5) What are the Functions of Llama Cargo Airline's Airport in SimCity BuildIt?
http://www.simcitybuildit.info/2015/04/what-are-functions-of-llama-cargo.html

Take a look and review the top updates for SimCity BuildIt!

A=fter an intensive few months of blog posting here at SimCityBuildIt.info it seems like a good time to reflect and review the most popular posts for different areas of information.

The best of our SimCity BuildIt Tips have been incredibly popular with this blog's readers and the following list is a ranking of the top 5 most popular tips posts: - See more at: http://www.simcitybuildit.info/#sthash.Ks3FZCdV.dpuf

SimCity Road Upgrades & Road Rage!

Expensive Upgrades Can Cause Road Rage!

One of the key changes in the 7th May SimCity BuildIt Update was the ability to extend Road Upgrades from ordinary multi-lane roads into Boulevards, Avenues and even Streetcar Avenues (unlocked at level 34).

Unfortunately many players have been faced with requirements for mass-upgrades of many of their city's roads, plenty of which had already been upgraded previously to the 4 or 6 lane maximum.

Now it happens that there is an indicator that shows whether you have "Moderate" or "Heavy" Traffic Jams and the upgrade level requirements along with the costs.

For my 400,000+ city it cost more than 300,000 Simoleans to upgrade all the necessary streets to avoid complaints and reductions in Happiness levels - due to some accrued cash reserves I managed to get back my 100% Happiness after several days scraping, selling and saving to pay for my new roads.

Buyer beware!

8th May SimCity BuildIt Update - 7 of Something to Please Everyone!

Dr. Vu's Tower of Mayhem is Now Upgradeable

On 7th May EA Games released another new update for SimCity BuildIt and this time it looks like it has been a good all-rounder of an update which tackles various areas of annoyance or underdevelopment for the better.

There are the following positive updates to gameplay and general improvements including:

1. A New Social Feature which lets you click on Blue Speech Bubbles that appear inside other people's cities which reward you with a free item of any kind (materials, factory item, expansion, storage). These bubbles can appear anytime you visit the city of Daniel, a Facebook Friend or even a stranger so it is a pretty cool function.
2. Once you reach level 40 there is now a whole new "House of Worship" Specialization that can be opened up.
3. Dr. Vu's Tower is now upgradeable new visuals and 3 new disasters: the Giant Robot, the Tesla Coil (Lightening Storm) and the Tornado.
4. New Road Upgrades from Boulevard to Avenue and up to Street Cars.
5. More fixes in operational capacity for the Global Trade HQ.
6. Adjusted Population calculations for the Landmark, Entertainment and Gambling Specializations.
7. And to top it off there are now 16 new Achievements available at the Mayor's Mansion.

Overall not a bad little update and I am already finding the Global Trade HQ a bit easier to buy my selected items from, which makes for a nice change!

P.S. this update should answer a lot of questions that our readers have been sending in to us recently (some people may have updated automatically without realizing the significance of this fairly large update). Hopefully everything is clear now, if not then please continue to mail me for assistance!

SimCity BuildIt April App Update with 4 Key Changes of Importance

A new update was released on iOS (and presumably on android as well) in the April for the ever popular SimCity BuildIt Mobile App.

It is a minor update but includes four key changes of importance:

1. Behind the scenes technical improvements to fix occasional game crashes related to the Global HQ and Trade Depot.
2. Building Upgrade Bubbles no longer randomly change place.
3. No more "impossible" Cargo Ship Challenges (where they need too many items with not enough time to produce them). 
4. Mayor Daniel is now also selling City Limit Expansion items, Dr. Vu items and inventory expansion items.

While not life-changing these update out to help improve general game-play and overall opportunities to trade and expand more smoothly and quickly!

SimCity BuildIt "Tokyo Town" Update: 6 Steps Forward, 2 Steps Back!

On the 3rd of March 2015 SimCity BuildIt issued it's first major update since the initial launch back in November and it has come with a lot of interesting changes that improve gameplay and add more interesting aspects that both existing and newer players can appreciate.

Known officially as the "Tokyo Town Update" these are the 6 Steps Forward and 2 Steps Back that I have encountered since downloading the SimCity BuildIt update four days ago: