A relic from the first big boom of simulator games has resurfaced as Maxis' SimRefinery has been found and is totally playable. Before it was acquired by Electronic Arts in 1997, the company was ...

Maxis, game developer of the widely-beloved life simulation franchise The Sims, has kicked off 2026 with a lengthy blog post ...

Cameron Lucas is a writer who has been dedicated to the medium for over four years, and an avid player of video games for all of his life. After the better part of a year at Game Rant as a feature ...

A game being cancelled is sad, but developers losing their jobs is more important. EA seems to have cancelled a new Sims game at the same time that they laid off staff at Maxis. The rumor first came ...

The Sims 4's development team has released its first big info drop of 2026, revealing Project Rene's status as a mobile game and potentially teasing The Sims 5 in the process. There's been a lot of ...

Maxis is a much different studio than it was back in the glory days of SimEverything, but now that the dark times of modern SimCity have passed and The Sims 4 has found its footing, it seems that the ...

EA revealed they still have Maxis studios in other locations, and they are picking up some core staff in their HQ. Called Maxis Emeryville at the time of its closing, this original studio was actually ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. It has been eight years since EA released The Sims 4. While it seems there's still plenty of life left yet in the game as it goes free-to-play ...

The game studio behind classics like "SimCity," "The Sims" and "Spore" has shut down. Nearly three decades ago, Maxis Software launched the revolutionary game "SimCity," which gave players free rein ...