Will Wright leaves EA after 12 years

It’s official. Will Wright, creator of The Sims franchise, is leaving Electronic Arts. This was confirmed on Wednesday by Mr. Wright himself.

It’s been a long and fruitful 12 years for the partnership of the legendary video game
designer and publishing company, but his departure from EA certainly does not mean that he’s done creating his games.

Said Lucy Bradshaw, general manager of Maxis (an EA subsidiary, which was co-founded by Will Wright himself), “I think Will will continue in the games space. It’s something that’s very natural to him… I think what gamers might see is other directions Will might take on as well.”

Will Wright is not disappearing any time soon and even said in an interview last year that he will be working on a “pretty grandiose” project after Spore.

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