EA suddenly announced the closure of the Emeryville studio, the old employee said: We are all unemployed

For game enthusiasts in Sims and Sims, here's some bad news to tell. The EA suddenly announced today that it would close the Maxis Emeryville studio. The studio has brought us a lot of popular games, in addition to everyone familiar with the "simulation" series, as well as "spore" (spore) and other works. In a statement to Polygon, EA said:

"This will not affect the life of The Sims series, and will shift the maxis development work to other studios," he said. In addition, the recently released "Sims 4" more DLC is still on the road.

EA confirms that the development studio for The Sims series is located in Redwood Shores, not the Emeryville office, which was closed today.

"This is a fun 12-year course, but now it's time to turn off the lights," said Guillaume Pierre, the Maxis's chief game writer and designer and veteran employee. Farewell to Maxis Emeryville (#RIPMaxisEmeryville) ".

EA says the dismissed studio employees will have the opportunity to serve in other positions within Maxis and EA, but Pierre added on Twitter that "We are all unemployed" (everyone's out of a job).