Company: Maxis (EA)
Games
The Sims 4: Realm of Magic
Interact with familiars, cast spells on Sims around you, and concoct potions for friends and enemies.
The Sims 4: Get to Work
Determine whether your Sims are headed towards the big promotion or becoming the workplace menace.
The Sims 4: Discover University
Hit the books and show your school spirit in The Sims 4 Discover University Expansion Pack.
The Sims 3: Dragon Valley
Welcome to Dragon Valley, a land of myth and fantasy.
Latest news
You can now customise your Sims without gender boundaries in The Sims 4
Maxis have updated The Sims 4 allowing players to customise their Sims without forcing them into gender boundaries. This is the first time a Sims game has allowed players to customise their characters this much. We expect this to be the standard for all Sims games in the future. Here’s what Maxis had to say about the new update on their latest blog post: “For the first time, you'll be able to customize your Sims without the gender boundaries previously set in place. This means you can now create Sims with any type of physique, walk style, and tone of voice you choose – regardless of their gender.”
SimCity 2013’s creative director explains what went wrong with the game
In an interview with Game Informer, Ocean Quigley (creative director of SimCity 2013) explained some of the problems that occurred during the development of the game. Quigley explains SimCity 2013 was originally planned to be a single-player game, just as all the games before it. It was EA’s decision to push for an always online experience that would eventually go on to ruin the game. Our review was delayed in order to wait for the game to be fixed, but the fact that players had to wait for a fix in the first place was frustrating. When the game launched back in March 2013, players were forced to wait in queues with wait times lasting over an hour.
Darkspore getting shuttered next week
Spore was unfortunately an unholy mess when it first launched back in 2008. The game was supposed to be SimEverything (that was actually its original title), but ended up feeling restricted and unfinished. Several spinoffs were released, including Darkspore, which was a Diablo-style action-RPG version of Spore in which players created a hero and had them travel to different planets to fight enemies. The game was launched in 2011, and despite being pulled from Steam, it continued to live on. However, Electronic Arts and Maxis have announced they are pulling the plug on the servers, effectively ending the game's run.