SimCity developer Maxis shut down by EA

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Maxis Emeryville, the core EA Maxis studio and SimCity developer, has been shut down by owner EA today. Maxis was one of five studios working under the EA Maxis umbrella, and over the last six years has release Spore, Darkspore and SimCity - all of which launched with a lot of criticism.

SimCity designer and lead scripter Guillaume Pierre broken the unfortunate news on Twitter this evening. “Well it was a fun 12 years, but it's time to turn off the lights and put the key under the door,” he said.

After the news broke, EA issued a statement, clarifying that the three other studios in Redwood Shores, Salt Lake City, Melbourne and Helsinki would remain, and that Maxis was being consolidated into the others.

SimCity will continue to be supported and updated, and this won’t affect The Sims.

“Today we are consolidating Maxis IP development to our studios in Redwood Shores, Salt Lake City, Helsinki and Melbourne locations as we close our Emeryville location. Maxis continues to support and develop new experiences for current Sims and SimCity players, while expanding our franchises to new platforms and developing new cross-platform IP.

These changes do not impact our plans for The Sims. Players will continue to see rich new experiences in The Sims 4, with our first expansion pack coming soon along with a full slate of additional updates and content in the pipeline.

All employees impacted by the changes today will be given opportunities to explore other positions within the Maxis studios and throughout EA. For those that are leaving the company, we are working to ensure the best possible transition with separation packages and career assistance.”

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GrownPosted:

Hollywood_Undead
200 Well done EA, you money grabbing muppets


At least its not like activision and Slege/IW making the worst COD's of all time.
They're the real hogs.
EA atleast makes games in different genres unlike COD COD COD SAME COD AS LAST COD, NEW COD BUT SAME AS OTHER ONE. etc.


You also forgot to add that COD is a buy game now pretty much because they are money hnugry.

NeeksRoyalPosted:

I remember destroying the city in every random way possible.

XBL-ABPosted:

200 Well done EA, you money grabbing muppets


At least its not like activision and Slege/IW making the worst COD's of all time.
They're the real hogs.
EA atleast makes games in different genres unlike COD COD COD SAME COD AS LAST COD, NEW COD BUT SAME AS OTHER ONE. etc.

newtonballs26Posted:

Maxis gave us the Sims. Which the best one was Sims 2 for PC and PS2. Whoever is taking over please let us move our sim with the analog stick :D!

ParcoolPosted:

I never understood simcity because i sucked at it

FreshCheesePosted:

this game was shocking anyways

SkittlePosted:

The game never really appealed to me in the first place.

S7Posted:

honestly tried this game and wasn't to fond of it, don't blame them one bit!

GT-RPosted:

I don't blame them. The last few games they released were pretty damn shitty anyway.

TomPosted:

Well that sucks, but good for that no one is going home without a job.