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This is a list of games created by Maxis. Maxis is an American video game developer that was founded in 1987 and became a division of Electronic Arts (EA) in 1997. Maxis' second software title was the seminal SimCity, a city simulation and planning game. Maxis is the creator of the best-selling PC game of all time, The Sims, and its sequel, The ...
MySims Social – A game intended to launch on Facebook with The Sims Social and SimCity Social, it never was completed. The Urbz 2 – A game intended to surpass The Urbz: Sims in the City, and turn it into a spinoff sub series to The Sims, but the project went through Development Hell after the original game failed to sell to expectations. It ...
The game is still mentioned as freeware and many forums and sites have the now dead link to the game page. The legal situation now is unclear because the installer has no disclaimer. Area 51 (2005), a first person shooter by Midway Games. Its free release was sponsored by the US Air Force. It later changed hands and its freeware status was removed.
The Sims 2: Holiday Party Pack (The Sims 2: Christmas Party Pack in the UK and Ireland) The Sims 2: Family Fun Stuff; The Sims 2: Glamour Life Stuff; The Sims 2: Happy Holiday Stuff (The Sims 2: Festive Holiday Stuff in the UK and Ireland) The Sims 2: Celebration! Stuff; The Sims 2: H&M Fashion Stuff; The Sims 2: Teen Style Stuff
Computer Games Magazine named The Sims 2 the sixth-best computer game of 2004. The editors wrote that it is "more of a game and less of a dollhouse [than The Sims], but it remains a celebration of the beauty of the mundane." It also won the magazine's "Best Voice Acting" award. [72]
The former logo of Maxis, used until 2012 Will Wright, Maxis co-founder. Maxis was founded in 1987 by Will Wright and Jeff Braun to help publish SimCity on home computers. . Before then, the game was only available on a limited basis on the Commodore 64 due to few publishers showing any interest in porting a non-traditional game without definite "win" and "lose" condi
The game causes the first controversy on video game violence when a reporter for the Associated Press writes about its graphic imagery. [11] May – Atari Inc. ships Breakout. The game is a hit in the United States but becomes even bigger in Japan when it is released by Namco. Block breaker games in the country create the first video game boom. [3]
The Sims 2: FreeTime, the game's seventh expansion pack, [5] was announced on 16 January 2008. [6] It was designed alongside The Sims 3, the next main entry in the series. [7] At the time, there were no more Sims 2 releases planned for 2008, though the game's final expansion pack The Sims 2: Apartment Life was ultimately released that August.