SimCity studio closes: Maxis' six most memorable moments
by Keith Stuart from on (#4BDV)
Publisher Electronic Arts has shut down its legendary studio, famed for the long-running Sim series of titles. Here is why it will be missed
In a move likely to upset simulation fans everywhere, games publisher Electronic Arts has announced that it is shutting down Maxis Emeryville, the studio behind the classic SimCity game and its many successors.
Development on the SimCity series will continue at other studios, and its hugely popular spin-off, The Sims, is now being made elsewhere by a dedicated team - but the company that legendary designer Will Wright founded in 1987 is effectively gone.
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