Will Wright Leaves Maxis
April 12, 2009
EA recently announced that Will Wright, creator of such popular titles like SimCity and The Sims, will be leaving Maxis.
Will Wright will be working on his new venture, Stupid Fun Club, originally founded in 2001 by robotics hobbists, has been transformed into “an entertainment think tank developing new intellectual properties to be deployed across multiple fronts including video games, movies, television, the Internet and toys.”
Electronic Arts and Will Wright are the two principal shareholders in the new venture, and are joined by an unnamed third-party on the board of directors. EA will have the right to develop any video game properties that arise out of Stupid Fun Club’s efforts.
Via IGN
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