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Video: SimAnimals - Deadly and Cute Creatures TrailerOriginal at YouTube
• Sat, Feb 14
By rss@youtube.com (NintendoStuffChannel) Name: SimAnimals Developer: Maxis Publisher: EA System: Wii and Nintendo DS Experience what happens when a cute animal and a deadly animal come face to face. Author: NintendoStuffChannel Keywords: simanimals sims wii ds ea maxis Added: February 14, 2009
News: More studios affected by EA layoffs
Original at Fragland.net
• Wed, Nov 11
It seems that more studios will be affected by the layoffs at Electronic Arts than first expected. Further studios getting hit are Sims and Spore creators Maxis and social network gaming company Rupture Studios. Employees that will not be laid off will be relocated to EA headquarters in Lo...
EA/Maxis: Spore Islands [Facebook]
Original at El Mundo Tech
• Thu, Nov 5
By elmundotech EA, EA SPORTS, EA Mobile, POGO, Maxis, and Spore are trademarks or registered trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Nintendo DS and Wii are trademarks of Nintendo. All other trademarks are the property of their respective licensors. Mac is a trademark of Apple...
Maxis Layoffs Include Outspoken Spore Dev Chris Hecker [Maxis]
Original at Kotaku
• Fri, Aug 28
By Michael McWhertor Electronic Arts' recent attempt to "focus" Spore developer Maxis—which was a nicer way of saying some people got laid off—includes one of its more rant-ready folks, Chris Hecker, a Technology Fellow at the company. Remember him?
Maxis Hit With Job Cuts, EA Confirms [Disturbance]
Original at Kotaku
• Wed, Aug 26
By Stephen Totilo The layoffs were in the Emeryville studio, which is Maxis headquarters and the base of operations for Spore development. The Sims franchise, which was born at Maxis, is built out of EA's Redwood Shores offices, where The Sims 3 was created by the Sims Studio team.
The Sims 3 Conquers the United Kingdom
Original at Softpedia
• Thu, Jun 11
Romania By Andrei Dumitrescu, Games Editor The Sims 3 is set to be huge. On its first day on sales, the Electronic Arts and Maxis made life simulator managed to go to the top of the United Kingdom videogame chart, displacing UFC 2009: Undisputed, ...
Will Wright Talks Fighting Robots, Movies and New Games [Stupid Fun Club]
Original at Kotaku
• Wed, Apr 8
By Brian Crecente Will Wright may be leaving Maxis and Electronic Arts, but that doesn't mean he's leaving gaming. In fact some of his biggest ideas are for future games, he told us today. They started showing some of the ideas to Electronic Arts and the publisher got interested. "They were the perfect VC for us...
Will Wright Leaves EA, Does Something Stupid [The Sims]
Original at Kotaku
• Tue, Apr 7
By Michael McWhertor Will Wright created Maxis with Jeff Braun in 1989, which was acquired by EA in 1997. Will is the visionary designer of blockbuster game concepts like Spore™, The Sims™ and SimCity™. Lucy Bradshaw, VP and General Manager at Maxis™, will continue to run Maxis and the Spore franchise. Lucy's te...
Spore Game Springs Up On Wii; New Spore Titles Announced
Original at Gaming Bits
• Thu, Jan 22
Spore Hero Arena (Nintendo DS) - Fall 2009 Spore Hero Arena for Nintendo DS™ builds on the success of 2008’s hit Spore™ Creatures and allows players to create fully-3D Spore creatures and take them into battle with an array of other creatures across the galaxy." From EA and Maxis
Opinion: Finally, SimCity for the iPhone
Original at iPhone Buzz
• Wed, Dec 17
It is published by Maxis (now a division of Electronic Arts) and originally released for the Mac and Amiga in 1989. And, if you're new to the SimCity ... EA announces SimCity for the iPhone Trading Markets (press release) SimCity For iPhone Falls Short, Rolando Rocks (AAPL) Silicon Alley Insi...
Spore Gets Patch 1.03 Small fixes and some freebies
Original at Softpedia
• Wed, Nov 19
Romania - By Andrei Dumitrescu, Games Editor Electronic Arts and Maxis have release the third patch for their evolutionary game Spore. There is not much in the way of ... Analyze That: Piracy, DRM and Goo How 2D Boy gets it while EA does not Softpedia all 2 news articles
Spore Patch 1.03 Released, Adds 24 New Limbs
Original at Shacknews
• Mon, Nov 17
A new patch for EA Maxis' Spore is now available to download from FileShack. The update resolves a few bugs and adds 24 free exoskeleton limbs for enhanced creature creation, bringing the PC lifeform management game up to v1.03 in the process. Bug Fixes Fix for esc key not bringing up Options i...
Spore patch available for the Mac
Original at Untitled
• Thu, Nov 6
By Dennis Sellers EA and Maxis have released a new patch for the Mac version of Spore, reports Inside Mac Games. The patch includes fixes for bugs reported by players, gameplay tuning, the option to select multiple items for deleting or banning in the Sporepedia, and a “cool new planet style.”
Joystiq interviews Spore's Chaim Gingold and Chris Hecker
Original at Joystiq
• Sun, Nov 12
By Scott Jon Siegel CH: It's interesting, the whole Maxis absorption by EA, and creating brands within the EA, Redwood Shores studio and all that. It's really interesting to watch. Like The Sims now has its own division, which is separate within EA. It's not even part of Redwood Shores. It's this entire division...