A press release today has issued that Will Wright is leaving EA/Maxis to work full-time with his "Stupid Fun Club". Lucy Bradshaw is now head of Maxis. The Press Release:
quote:REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - (Business Wire) Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) announced today that EA is making an equity investment in Stupid Fun Club, Will Wright’s new adventure. Stupid Fun Club is an entertainment think tank developing new Intellectual Properties to be deployed across multiple fronts including video games, movies, television, the internet, and toys. Will Wright is leaving EA to run Stupid Fun Club.
EA and Will each own equal percentages of Stupid Fun Club and are the principal shareholders. In addition, EA has the right to develop game concepts that spring from Stupid Fun Club projects. Will Wright is represented by Creative Artists Agency.
“The entertainment industry is moving rapidly into an era of revolutionary change,” said Will Wright. “Stupid Fun Club will explore new possibilities that are emerging from this sublime chaos and create new forms of entertainment on a variety of platforms. In my twelve years at EA, I’ve had the pleasure to work alongside some of the brightest and most talented game developers in the industry and I look forward to working with them again in the near future.”
“We believe in Will’s vision for Stupid Fun Club and we’re looking forward to partnering with Will and his team long into the future,” said John Riccitiello, EA’s Chief Executive Officer. “Will is a great designer and he’s been part of a great legacy of globally recognized game franchises like The Sims, SimCity and Spore. The teams that have been leading those franchises in recent years have a lot of exciting content coming.”
“Will has been an inspiration to our teams, and it’s been rewarding for us to bring his ideas to life,” said Lucy Bradshaw, VP and General Manager at Maxis. “In addition to legendary games, Will’s legacy at EA will be the many talented people who worked with him and will now continue to contribute their own vision to the art of game development.”
Will Wright created Maxis with Jeff Braun in 1989, which was acquired by EA in 1997. Will is the visionary designer of blockbuster game concepts like Spore™, The Sims™ and SimCity™. Lucy Bradshaw, VP and General Manager at Maxis™, will continue to run Maxis and the Spore franchise. Lucy’s team is working on the upcoming expansion pack, Spore Galactic Adventures, as well as other game concepts including Spore Hero, Spore Hero Arena and Spore Creature Keeper. Rod Humble is head of the EA™ Play Label and his team will launch The Sims 3 in June of this year.
About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), headquartered in Redwood City, California, is the world’s leading interactive entertainment software company. Founded in 1982, the company develops, publishes, and distributes interactive software worldwide for video game systems, personal computers, cellular handsets and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under four brand names: EA™, EA SPORTS™, EA SPORTS Freestyle™ and POGO™. In fiscal 2008, EA posted GAAP net revenue of $3.67 billion and had 27 titles that sold more than one million copies. EA’s homepage and online game site is www.ea.com. More information about EA’s products and full text of press releases can be found on the Internet at http://info.ea.com.
Electronic Arts, EA, EA SPORTS, EA SPORTS Freestyle, POGO, The Sims, SimCity, Spore and Maxis are trademarks or registered trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.
Will also posted a little note at Sporums, which can be viewed at: http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/list/0/25461.page#673029
Today SimSational has been updated with all things Apartment Life!The eighth expansion pack to The Sims 2 has been added to our extensive library of Sims games which includes a list of the new features which can be found in the game.
Also, you can find all the latest Apartment Life screenshots in our Screenshot Gallery
The game is scheduled for release on August 21st in Europe and August 27th in North America.
The general thought surrounding the Sims community is that FreeTime is the last expansion pack for The Sims 2, ready for The Sims 3 to come into place.However, the author of Prima's FreeTime Strategy Guide has thrown a spanner in the works; he says that FreeTime "is not (unless something big has changed) the last expansion pack", which he posted on Prima's official forums.
This, of course, should be taken with a pinch of salt until EA announces anything, but if this is the case, could we be seeing a final Makin' Magic-style expansion? Or a Superstar remake? For now all we can do is speculate!
The seventh expansion pack for The Sims 2 has finally been released world wide. Do you have the game yet?Tell us what you think of the game in the Comments link below!
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EA have announced that international pop artist Natasha Bedingfield has recorded her hit single "Pocketful of Sunshine" in Simlish for the upcoming expansion pack for The Sims 2, FreeTime.It song is accompanied by a video on the official UK site. It is expected the track will feature on the Pop radio station of our Simmies' stereos and boom boxes so they too can experience the hit song!
Use the link below to see the video and hear the song. The expansion pack is due for release late this February.
- Watch the video at the official UK site
- Find out more about FreeTime here at SimSational
- See the FreeTime screenshots
EA have officially announced the 7th Expansion Pack for The Sims 2, called 'FreeTime' (oddly the missing space is correct, as is the capitalised 'T').This latest expansion is focusing back on life in the home, a first for a Sims 2 expansion! The game will give your Sims a whole range of hobbies and activities to carry out by themselves or with friends and family.
The description from EA says:
"Now your Sims can rediscover the joys of leisure time! Awaken your Sims' true passions in life as they discover and excel at all-new activities. Whether they're tossing a football with the family, practicing ballet, restoring cars with friends, or building train sets, your Sims now have more ways to build skills, enhance friendships, and make their lives more successful. Craft new, unique items for your Sims to use in their daily lives including clothing, pottery, and more. Your Sims will even unlock secret rewards by mastering their hobbies and advancing all-new careers. Explore a wide variety of new hobbies that will change your Sims' lives!"
The game is scheduled for release February 2008.
- Click to see the FreeTime Screenshots!
- See our FreeTime information page
- Visit the FreeTime Product Page at the official site
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