EA Shuts Down the SimCity Developer Maxis

It appears that EA has shut the down the programmer of SimCity and Spore, Maxis Emeryville. The primary Maxis studio has been developing SimCity and Spore games amidst other titles for virtually 26 years at present. On the other mitt , Maxis Redwood Shores, otherwise known as 'The Sims Studio'. Which are responsible for the evolution of The Sims franchise, will non exist afflicted by the closure of Maxis Emeryville according to EA.

No More SimCity from Maxis

Now the latest SimCity game was in all honesty not that great, and the launch itself was terrible, and apparently EA agrees (even though it was their own fault for wanting to brand information technology with Always Online DRM) with this since they take now shut down the studio. The site Beyond Sims starting time reported that, long fourth dimension staff member Guillaume Pierre tweeted earlier today that "information technology'due south time to turn of the lights and put the key under the door."

Well it was a fun 12 years, but it'south time to plough off the lights and put the key under the door. #RIPMaxisEmeryville

— Guillaume Pierre (@MaxisGuillaume) March iv, 2022

And here's @seeschmidt with the final @simcity disaster we'll design picture.twitter.com/opmPnI0UOf

— Guillaume Pierre (@MaxisGuillaume) March 4, 2022

In a Press statement EA said the post-obit:

Today we are consolidating Maxis IP evolution to our studios in Redwood Shores, Salt Lake Metropolis, Helsinki and Melbourne locations every bit 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 non impact our plans for The Sims. Players will continue to see rich new experiences in The Sims 4, with our commencement expansion pack coming soon along with a full slate of boosted updates and content in the pipeline.

All employees impacted past 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, nosotros are working to ensure the best possible transition with separation packages and career assistance.

Granted that the last SimCity wasn't what it should take been, merely it's always pretty sad to run across studios become shut down, especially if they are owned by Publishers such as EA.