Following ongoing server troubles, EA has suspended some of its online marketing campaigns for SimCity.

Over the weekend, affiliates of the publisher received an email (intercepted by Polygon) asking them to "please stop actively promoting the game" until further notice.

EA Origin says it has "deactivated all SimCity text links and creative and we ask you to please remove any copy promoting SimCity from your website for the time-being."

"To be clear we are continuing to payout commissions on all SimCity sales that are referred, however we are requesting that you please stop actively promoting the game," reads the email.

"We will notify you as soon as the SimCity marketing campaigns have been resumed and our promotional links are once again live in the Linkshare interface.

In an interview with Polygon, Maxis general manager Lucy Bradshaw said, "This was a responsible decision by our Marketing team to pause the advertising while we work through these issues. It will resume shortly."