News EA will not sell The Sims 4 wedding pack in Russia due to laws against same-sex marriage Sims team says add-on will not be released anywhere that federal laws would require changes to storytelling Feb. 10, 2022 James Batchelor
News Catharina Lavers Mallet takes over as Maxis boss Joe Nickolls steps down to spend more time with his family April 23, 2021 Christopher Dring
News EA partners with TBS for four-episode The Sims reality show The Sims Spark'd will see 12 community personalities compete in creative in-game design challenges July 8, 2020 Rebekah Valentine
Feature The joyful representation of The Sims EA Maxis senior producer Michael Duke on creating studio longevity, improving representation, and building a lasting franchise Aug. 23, 2019 Rebekah Valentine 1 comment
News Maxis and GLAAD collaborate to remove gender restrictions from The Sims After a year in development, a free update will place The Sims 4 among the most gender positive games in the industry's history June 3, 2016 Matthew Handrahan 5 comments
News Lucy Bradshaw leaves EA Senior VP concludes 23-year stint at publisher as Maxis moves under EA Mobile's oversight Sept. 24, 2015 Brendan Sinclair 1 comment
News EA shuts down Maxis Emeryville SimCity studio closed as franchise IP development redistributed to other studios worldwide March 4, 2015 Brendan Sinclair 7 comments
News EA Maxis: SimCity offline took six months to complete Simon Fox describes complicated process in adding long awaited feature Jan. 15, 2014 Matthew Handrahan 9 comments
News SimCity reversal: EA finally adding offline mode Nearly a year after a disastrous launch, SimCity will be receiving a free update to install an offline mode as an option Jan. 13, 2014 James Brightman 11 comments
News The Sims 4 promises "single-player offline experience" The always-online that tripped up SimCity won't be present in next Sims May 7, 2013 Mike Williams 4 comments
News EA brings SimCity to the classroom SimCityEDU is a new EA-developed learning tool Jan. 20, 2013 Mike Williams 1 comment
News EA Maxis opens new Finnish studio Will focus on developing Sims titles for mobile Sept. 28, 2012 Rachel Weber
Feature EA Maxis: PC isn't dead Why SimCity lead producer Kip Katsarelis isn't afraid to back PC gaming Aug. 29, 2012 Rachel Weber 7 comments
News Report: EA jobs will go within Pandemic, Maxis and C&C team Studios affected include makers of The Sims and Mercenaries Nov. 11, 2009 Kath Brice 3 comments
News EA launches new Spore Facebook game Spore Islands released exclusively onto social network platform Nov. 5, 2009 Kath Brice
News Will Wright expands into "play industry" with 3 new projects Future is broader than console and social gaming, says Sims creator Oct. 8, 2009 Kath Brice
News EA cuts back staff at Maxis Spore and The Sims team hit by layoffs, franchises unaffected says publisher Aug. 27, 2009 Matt Martin
News Spore most pirated game ever EA Maxis' title breaks past the 1.7 million illegal downloads barrier to top the piracy chart Dec. 8, 2008 James Lee 6 comments
News Spore breaks 1 million barrier Will Wright's life sim title is "off to a great start" Sept. 25, 2008 Phil Elliott
News EA threatens Spore ban for DRM talk Publisher makes threats to lock players out of game for complaints over SecuROM...then back-tracks Sept. 24, 2008 James Lee
News EA responds to Spore DRM complaints Publisher defends its policy to limit installations as necessary against piracy Sept. 15, 2008 James Lee 1 comment
News EA: Spore has gone gold Much anticipated sim-everything title will see a Europe, US and Asia Pacific release in early September Aug. 15, 2008 James Lee
News EA to license Spore TV and movie rights - Wright Publisher hopes to the game will appeal to a wider audience than The Sims Aug. 14, 2008 James Lee
News Spore sees over 250,000 creatures created in a day Maxis thanks community "creativity and passion" June 19, 2008 Robert Purchese