Flick off the lights. The party’s over. According to an announcement from EA this morning, SimCity Social, The Sims Social, and Pet Society are all going offline on June 14. Once those three titles go dark, Playfish’s social Facebook presence will fade into blackness, too.

When you really think about, the social city simulation experience can be summed up best in two words: real estate.  Everyone want to be the next Donald Trump.  Buying land expansions, building condos and commercial strips, collecting rent – it’s all about the money.  But these games all tend to overlook the most essential element of the realty market: buying and selling.

Welcome to the quick start guide for SimCity Social by EA. Start with a small city and build it into a huge metropolis! Gamezebo’s quick start strategy guide will provide you with detailed images, tips, information, and hints on how to play your best game.

When EA first announced SimCity Social, it was hard to not get a little excited. “Finally,” we thought, “a city-builder with depth and strategy and meaningful choices is coming to Facebook.” And based on the statements being pushed out by EA and Playfish at the time, it seemed like they were ready to deliver on that promise. Now that it’s here, though, that simply isn’t the case.

Duck and Cover: SimCity is coming to Facebook, and the shockwave is going to be huge. SimCity Social, a venture between EA studios Maxis and Playfish, offers a realistic city-building experience that’s atypical of traditional Facebook-based building games. EA isn’t shy about setting SimCity Social apart from Zynga’s fare, either, having chosen the tagline “More City, Less Ville” for the game.