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6th Jan 2012, 12:56 PM	New Maxis Sims style game coming? #1
tizerist Original Poster Scholar Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,406	http://www.simprograms.com/37916/a-...tyle-sims-game/ According to 3DGames, EA is working with Maxis on a new Sims Styled game! Quite a few EA employees has LinkedIn profiles and on said profiles there is mentions of a �Maxis Sims Styled Game� and �2011 Unannounced Maxis IP�. Matthew Thomson Electronic Arts � Bright Light Studio 2003-Present day Project: Maxis Style Sim Game PC (Currently unannounced) Position: CG Supervisor ========================== Well, I wonder what this is. Important to note that a �Maxis Sims Styled Game� and "Maxis Style Sim Game" could be very two very different things. A new similar game, or a different game? What you reckon?
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6th Jan 2012, 01:00 PM	#2
Inge Jones Mad Poster Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 6,879 Thanks: 7430 in 17 Posts 18 Achievements	I think it means the former not the latter. It means a sims-type game that has Maxis involved with it. Not a maxis-style game with sims in
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6th Jan 2012, 01:07 PM	#3
crocobaura Mad Poster Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 4,744 Thanks: 59042 in 191 Posts 25 Achievements View My Journal	Didn't EA buy Maxis or something?
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6th Jan 2012, 03:36 PM	#4
Inge Jones Mad Poster Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 6,879 Thanks: 7430 in 17 Posts 18 Achievements	Absolutely, they were bought up and eventually fully assimilated. I didn't think the brand was used any more, though of course it could be revived if EA feel there is a profitable reason to do so.
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6th Jan 2012, 05:41 PM	#5
Zokugai Scholar Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,454	Mind you, they bought Maxis. So technically speaking, they can slap a Maxis logo on the product and call it a Maxis sims game. Just seeing it labeled a Maxis game doesn't mean Will Wright's coming back to EA to make it or anything.
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6th Jan 2012, 06:04 PM	#6
acid_fairy Instructor Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 605 Thanks: 30 in 1 Posts 3 Achievements	Maybe they've seen the community reminiscing about 'the Maxis charm'. It would be nice if they could capture some of that magic, although I fear as a community we do have a tendency to look back at previous games through rose-tinted glasses.

6th Jan 2012, 09:16 PM	#7
SingleClawDesigns Instructor Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 555	Actually Zokugai I believe it does and I wonder if this is what they are talking about http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/..._n_1179594.html
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7th Jan 2012, 01:46 AM	#8
J. M. Pescado Fat Obstreperous Jerk Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 3,153 Thanks: 8592 in 38 Posts 14 Achievements	I think I just threw up a little.
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7th Jan 2012, 02:07 AM	#9
DigitalSympathies Mad Poster Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 3,892 2 Achievements	It's not TS4, (cough) but if it's anything like in that article, I have my doubts it'll sell well.
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7th Jan 2012, 03:49 AM	#10
Srikandi Pattern Pusher Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 5,397 Thanks: 11426 in 63 Posts 13 Achievements	Wright is no longer with Maxis, so I doubt that is what they are talking about. Maxis was alive and (relatively) well at least through last Spring, when they released Darkspore. I played in the beta of that game and was able to chat with some of the devs, who told me that Maxis is indeed still a separate entity with their own studio (while still owned by EA, of course). And they were very involved and responsive during the beta. I was quite regretful that I didn't like the game enough to buy it
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7th Jan 2012, 05:52 AM	#11
Zokugai Scholar Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,454	ARGs are not Sims games. ARGs are more like...organized scavenger hunts in the real world with plotlines.
Zokugai Scholar Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,454	Snickerson: a Random Legacy Challenge. There are zebras involved. Zebras.

7th Jan 2012, 07:17 AM	#12
MrsNervousSubject Field Researcher Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 325	Thanks but no thanks. I'll stick with my sims. PFFT If I wanted human interaction I would open my door.
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7th Jan 2012, 08:43 AM	#13
opiumgirl Field Researcher Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 229	Anybody see the movie Gamer? This reminds me of the Society thing. Scary, just saying.

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7th Jan 2012, 07:16 PM	#14
ElementMK Forum Resident Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 680 1 Achievements	Seeing as a small portion of the Maxis team was working on "reviving" TSO a while back, I'm curious to see if the project is a TSO remake, or even a full-blown The Sims Online using the TS3 engine.

7th Jan 2012, 09:19 PM	#15
Inge Jones Mad Poster Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 6,879 Thanks: 7430 in 17 Posts 18 Achievements	That TSO revival was not connected with any real Maxis programmers. It was a bunch of disparate hopefuls who eventually failed to do any more than just make plans.
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7th Jan 2012, 10:17 PM	#16
James009 Field Researcher Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 281	Lets hope they don't drop the ball and that they've learned from their mistakes. ... oh, and I hope they didn't hire the people who reviewed Fable 2 and gave suggestions for Fable 3 (explanation: P.M. stated that the feedback they got from Fable 2 helped direct Fable 3's development). ie. Bad development direction and decisions.

7th Jan 2012, 11:43 PM	#17
SingleClawDesigns Instructor Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 555	Well now that i know what an arg actually is (ty zokugai) and also that Wright isn't with Maxis anymore then i'm actually really interested to know what this will be.
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16th Feb 2012, 05:01 PM	#18
tizerist Original Poster Scholar Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,406	More on this: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...ks-simcity-talk So it looks like people are speculating on a new Sim City game. If it is I hope it's compatible with TS3 in some way. Whatever it is, it's being hyped-up as something really really big. But then, I remember them saying something similar about TSM, which was a miserable experience. Didn't they patch Sim City 4 last year? A patch that came out 8 years after initial release? I remember reading that somewhere...
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17th Feb 2012, 12:14 AM

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Originally Posted by tizerist

More on this:

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...ks-simcity-talk

So it looks like people are speculating on a new Sim City game. If it is I hope it's compatible with TS3 in some way.
Whatever it is, it's being hyped-up as something really really big. But then, I remember them saying something similar about TSM, which was a miserable experience.

Didn't they patch Sim City 4 last year? A patch that came out 8 years after initial release? I remember reading that somewhere...

Awesome. I just stumbled upon my old copy of Sim City 4 Deluxe today and told my brother how much I wish they'd make a Sim City 5. Then I come here and read this. I hope it really is another Sim City game.

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