Tim LeTourneau was a co-creator of The Sims.
Tim LeTourneau was a co-creator of The Sims.
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The Sims co-creator Tim LeTourneau passes away

Tim LeTourneau, one of the creators of The Sims franchise at Maxis and a game creator at Zynga, has passed away.

LeTourneau’s wife Donna acknowledged the passing on social media, and a Reddit post from a member of the Maxis team said they were “shocked and devastated to hear that we lost Tim LeTourneau this weekend.”

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.