Maxis

Wright and EA own equal percentages and are the main shareholders. Wright, 49, co-founded Maxis Software in 1989, and Electronic Arts bought it eight years later. He is behind some of the game company's biggest hits, most notably "The...

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...the Stupid Fun Club. Wright, who has made blockbuster games from SimCity to The Sims to Spore, was one of the key brains behind EA's successful Maxis studio, which has sold billions of dollars worth of games. Wright's last title, Spore,...

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...video games, movies, television, the internet, as well as toys. Mr Wright, 49, co-founded Maxis Software in 1989, and Electronic Arts bought it eight years later. He is behind some of the game company's biggest hits, most notably "The...

In this article: Will Wright, Electronic Arts, Sims, Spore, The Sims, Maxis Software, and John Riccitiello

...feature--and also spawned a series of hit expansions. As a result, EA spun "The Sims" off of its original studio, Maxis, and turned it into one of the company's main labels. And now, with the release of "Sims 3", EA has both a chance...

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...8th April 2009 21:45 GMT Will Wright, one of the most renown game designers in the world, is leaving Electronic Arts and Maxis to focus on Stupid Fun Club, an "entertainment think tank" he founded in 2001. Wright has been at Electronic...

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...space-dwelling civilization. Published by Electronic Arts and developed by Wright's Emeryville, Calif.-based studio Maxis, "Spore" takes a microscopic look at players' choices and their repercussions. Unlike Wright's people simulator...

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...in September of last year. "We were overwhelmed by the massive response to the game from the millions of people that created, shared and played in the 'Spore' universe," said Maxis general manager Lucy Bradshaw. "This year we're going to...

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...as a consulting producer to The Sims (2000). According to Bing Gordon, when Electronic Arts had bought Maxis, the developer of The Sims, Will Wright was working on a project about home improvement. It was Bilson who emphasized the storytelling...

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