EA's shutting down Maxis Emeryville, home of SimCity and Spore

The studio originally behind SimCity, The Sims, and Spore is shutting down. Electronic Arts has confirmed that it's closing Maxis' Emeryville location and redistributing its portion of the work on The Sims 4 and SimCity to other Maxis branches. The studio has expanded significantly in terms of headcount and geography since it was co-founded by Will Wright in 1987 and acquired by Electronic Arts in