EA closes SimCity and The Sims developer Maxis Emeryville
Maxis Emeryville is no more. According to Kotaku, owner EA is closing the main location for Maxis, the studio behind the SimCity and The Sims franchises. Other Maxis offices will remain open.
Supersonic sees big growth for ‘rewarded video ads’ in mobile games (interview)
Gil Shoham of Supersonic talks about video ads and what it takes to survive in mobile gaming today.
Five bugs and jokes in The Sims that went on to become features — and two that did not
The Sims team runs down the list of programming accidents that made it into the finished game -- and a couple of pretty funny goofs that didn't.
Following The Sims and Second Life, Rod Humble’s third act takes on religion … in a strategy game
Humble thought he'd about done it all when it came to games, but playtesters of his newest religious strategy title took even him by surprise.
Your thirst for DLC, GTA Online, and Warcraft brought the digital gaming market to $1.1B in January
Digital revenue on PC and console was up 18 percent in January year-over-year. Even Capcom benefited from this.
Porsche will let you race the new Cayman GT4 right now … in EA’s Real Racing 3
This is the first time an automobile manufacturer has revealed a new car in a mobile game.
WooHoo! The Sims celebrates 15 years today
Senior producer Lyndsay Pearson reflects on killing Sims and their pets.
On The Sims’ 15th anniversary, one fan reflects on how it changed his life
Bill Schloss says The Sims helped him decide whether to tell the Navy about his life as a gay man.
How Space Ape aims to become one of the big hairy brutes of mobile gaming (interview)
Space Ape has a chance to be one of the big players in mobile games. Will its next game do the trick?
