Shuts down Maxis
The main Maxis studio at Emeryville, CA, is shut down by Electronic Arts. Maxis is the developer of games such as SimCity, Spore and many other games. Despite the shutdown, the Maxis brand lives on. The ‘in-development’ projects are to be taken care of by EA’s Redwood Shores. EA:
Today we are consolidating Maxis IP development to our studios in Redwood Shores, Salt Lake City, Helsinki and Melbourne locations as we close our Emeryville location