The Maxis beast just had a few limbs removed. "Often in the video game industry, the size of a studio fluctuates in response to business conditions," an EA rep said in a statement. "In this case ...

EA has shut down Maxis, the dearly loved (and, much more recently, hated) studio behind the mega-hit franchises SimCity and The Sims, among other games. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window ...

Maxis was founded in 1987 by Will Wright and the company made its name with a series of simulation games, of “digital dollhouses,” as Wright described them. EA has developed quite the ...

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He has more than 17 years of experience covering video games, movies, television, and technology. Electronic Arts is closing Maxis, the studio behind the SimCity franchise, EA confirmed in a ...

However, some publishers, like EA, have long forced players who buy their games on Steam to download ... As mentioned already, on August 15, 2K and Firaxis announced that 2016's Civilization ...

Bit Reactor - the Maryland-based studio made up of veterans of XCOM and Civilization developer Firaxis Games - was announced to be working on a Star Wars release with EA and Respawn back in 2022.

It has been eight years since EA released The Sims 4. While it seems there's still plenty of life left yet in the game as it goes free-to-play, many fans have been wondering about the future of ...

In an online presentation dubbed Behind The Sims Summit, EA and its Maxis ... delivering on these games for you.” Project Rene is the next generation of The Sims. Maxis gave fans a glimpse ...