SimCity and Sims 4 Development Continuing After Shutdown of Maxis Studio

Further proof that EA can take a perfect IP and drive it into the ground.

EA. Where IPs go to die.

As the games industry revenues increase and the stakes become higher and higher, where will the concentration of studios go? A few massive ones, EA, Ubisoft etc and indie firms or will the big firms collapse under their weight of their own bureaucracy?

My thoughts about maxis is that they hadn't put out a new product in years. They obviously were struggling. Then comes along Evil Angel... I mean Electronic Arts, looking for another victim to hollow out - but offering big money. the Maxis execs fall willingly for the okey-doke, they could care less about the employees or the fans of the series. they wanted a quick personal cash infusion and whatever happens to Maxis - well so what! I'm rich, b***h - and EA gets what they really want - intellectual property so they can sue the hell out of anyone who makes a game similar to Sim City (look what they did to Zynga when they came online for their less than genuine effort to make a f2p city builder - they had Zynga in court and on the ropes gasping for air 5 seconds after they acquired Maxis).

So it is a large part EA, but it's also Maxis greed and no confidence in their product. And like all of these deals the few at the top get mega rich and the rest get tossed out like rotting lettuce off a produce truck. I'd bet money the top people at Maxis aren't hurting at all by this - they got PAID for the pig they put lipstick on and sold at the fair. And that's entrepreneurship 101...

EA are we even shocked anymore, bioware is next

so... bullfrog, westwood, now maxis... waiting for bioware...

worst company EVER !!!

Boooo

Maxis never delivered what their customers wanted so they may as well shut up shop, and good riddance. Sim City was a total disappointment.

So what's gonna refill EA's cocaine bucket now?

What??? NOO!!!! I loved windows xp pinball!!!!!! :(::::::::::::::::::::::::::: this is so sad

<< LINK REMOVED >> But TBH every huge corporation is like that.

<< LINK REMOVED >> they truly are. and yet i cant stop playing sims. love hate relationship.. i certainly wont be paying like 60 bucks for that stupid work expansion pack though.

RIP Maxis, thanks for the old Sim Farm.

Well EA Games behind close doors want to close down Maxis company to save money and have games and lose people who work there to get more money in there pocket if that case EA Games worst company.

It was inevitable - everyone knows when you play with EA you LOSE...

I still want them to do another SimCity. A good one.

Well since they are just closing the location its no big deal. Maxis cast themselves to the wayside when they put their names on sim fail. It sucks for the workers that are being told either move to a new home or your fired. They can continue to develop their effed up vision of what a city building game is while the rest of us wait for Cities: Skylines to release next week.

I hope they fired that stupid woman who was responsible for all the bad decisions that ultimately led to the downfall of Maxis.

RIP Maxis, Westwood Studios. :(

Hope EA Games Fails in the Market.

I am not interested in EA games anymore nor there crappy quality games.

Maxis is way past its prime!

The sad thing is EA now has a better kill/death ratio than I've had in a looong time.

Another iconic developer who's shell of a body has had its soul sucked out and left to rot at the way side by EA.

Damn you to hell, EA

Simcity 4 was good. That's a compliment, still a damn good game.

It's really not surprising. EA has a long history of buying studios milking their franchise to the extreme, for which Sims was pretty mch THE parade example, and closing them down. Maxis is not the first and defenitly won't be the last, it's only a matter of "when" and not "if".

EA is a like a swarm of locusts sweeping everything up and sh*tting it out the other end.

Lucky this wasn't a Sony dev either, would have more doomsday predictions!

Sims City Series, Medal of Honor Series and Red Alert series GOOD JOb EA...

This is what EA does, they are the borg.

FAQ Every time EA come to the Mix ...this IS what happen...Jesus FAQ..

We won't sya that WE told you that this would happen to maxis.

Goodbye Maxis, You gave me Sim City 200 and Sim Copter, you just sell you'r soul to EA

EA kills many companies that they get their hands on, BIoware hasn't been the same since SWTOR and watch Respawn rot to the ground in a few years.