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Will Wright, the legendary creator of the SimCity franchise, says that the most important video game developers in the industry at the moment are Shigeru Miyamoto from Nintendo, Peter Molyneux, now at 22 Cans, and Sid Meier, the leader of Firaxis.
Joystiq cites the developer as stating during the Game Horizon event ... |
11 May 2013
16:51 GMT |
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Will Wright, the man behind hugely successful franchises like The Sims, SimCity, and many others, believes that the mistakes Electronic Arts made with the release of the new SimCity earlier this year are inexcusable.
Will Wright founded Maxis and, after creating many huge series, left the company in pursuit of his o... |
7 May 2013
12:11 GMT |
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Richard Garriott, the current designer behind Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues, has praised fellow veterans Chris Roberts, Will Wright and Peter Molyneux.
He tells PC Gamer that, “I think there’s really very few great game designers. I think Chris Roberts is one of them, Will Wright’s another... |
20 March 2013
18:02 GMT |
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Will Wright says that he appreciates the size limits of the newly launched SimCity because they make the experience more personal and force the player to use his resources in creative ways.Speaking to NowGamer the developer states, "It’s interesting, in some sense it reminds me of the post-economic crash. It&rs... |
9 March 2013
16:51 GMT |
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Will Wright, the original creator of SimCity, appreciates the visual style of the 2013 reboot and praised his ex-art director for the vision he had about the way a modern city builder should look.The veteran developer tells NowGamer that, "Visually it’s great. It was my old art director actually that was lead d... |
8 March 2013
18:02 GMT |
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The development team at Maxis and publisher Electronic Arts have launched two videos for SimCity featuring franchise creator Will Wright, and the creative director working on the game is very satisfied with his reaction to the new game mechanics.
Ocean Quigley tells IncGamer that “The fact that we reinvented i... |
3 March 2013
19:31 GMT |
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Developer Maxis and publisher Electronic Arts are launching another promotion image for the upcoming SimCity reboot, giving gamers tips on how they should approach the city building experience. The new video features Stone Librande, the lead designer at Maxis, and Will Wright, the creator of the SimCity series. The... |
27 February 2013
17:03 GMT |
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The developers at Maxis and publisher Electronic Arts are delivering a new video for fans of the SimCity series, with creator Will Wright and Ocean Quigley, the current creative director working on the it, discussing their experiences with the game. The pair talks about the past of the franchise and the way the rebo... |
24 February 2013
19:11 GMT |
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Despite the rise of mobile gaming and the increased time linked to video games that can be played for free on the PC, the home gaming console will never disappear, according to one veteran designer.
Will Wright, who is best known for creating the very successful Sims series, told GamesIndustry International that, &l... |
30 March 2012
21:01 GMT |
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Will Wright, best known as being the man behind the initial success of the Sims series at Electronic Arts, has announced that his next project will be called HiveMind, which will be developed by a new studio which bears the same name.The developers claims he is creating a whole new game type, called “personal g... |
17 November 2011
13:51 GMT |
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Current TV has announced that Will Wright, who is best known to video game players as the creator of such franchises like The Sims and Sim City and the leader of Maxis, will be working with the company to create a new television series which will rely heavily on interactivity with the audience.The new project is now ... |
11 October 2010
16:31 GMT |
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The fact that Will Wright left Maxis and Electronic Arts to create something called Stupid Fun Club, a self-described think thank focused on entertainment, caused a small earthquake in the videogaming world.The man who has designed such franchises like The Sims, Sim City and the more recent Spore could be in a positi... |
12 October 2009
04:09 GMT |
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Unless you were born quite recently, you know about Mr. T, the actor who played characters such as B. A. Baracus from the 1980s cult-series The A Team, or boxer Clubber Lang, from Rocky III. Besides giving birth to such famous characters, the actor is also well known for his flamboyant style and for the humanitarian ... |
30 April 2009
02:47 GMT |
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Spore was one of the most hyped up games of last year, with Electronic Arts betting big on the popularity of Will Wright's other creation, Sims, to get people interested in the new title from his Maxis studio. But even though things went pretty well in terms of sales, the infamous SecuROM DRM software made a lo... |
24 April 2009
02:36 GMT |
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The gaming industry has, along with many other branches of entertainment, franchises that gained a cult-like following thanks to their unique features, story or the experience they offered. We've seen series like Halo, Need for Speed or Madden develop huge fanbases, but none of them are more popular than the Sim... |
9 April 2009
16:41 GMT |
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The gaming industry has been host to quite a lot of innovators along the years, but one of them really stood out when it came to giving players the power of a god upon all creatures - Will Wright. The mind behind massive hits such as The Sims or Spore, he employed gameplay mechanics and features unheard of in previou... |
16 December 2008
13:01 GMT |
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The New York Times has an interesting piece on Spore creator, Will Wright. The publication took some time to discuss less gaming-focused aspects, and more personal ones related to the creator of the most popular simulation game currently available for Mac. Facts about Wright range from the worst thing about job and p... |
25 November 2008
10:51 GMT |
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Will Wright is one of the biggest creative minds in the gaming industry, having brought to the market huge hits like The Sims and the more recent Spore. All of his titles have focused on the creativity of the player and he has exploited that, making the games as addictive as possible for every kind of gamer, be it ha... |
21 October 2008
04:02 GMT |
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As you all know, Spore is one of the most successful games out there. It gained critical acclaim by allowing you to create your own unique creature and help it evolve from single cell stage to a living breathing social being capable of developing modern technology. But a small thing, sparked by a brilliant idea of Wi... |
17 October 2008
16:01 GMT |
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I'm rather sad while saying that The Sims movie is pretty much on track. Producer John Davis even offered a few more details regarding the project, which makes me think that we'll soon see another movie based on a videogame that will totally miss the point of the original intellectual property while using t... |
26 September 2008
03:44 GMT |
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Spore is set on its way to conquer all videogame markets in the world and one of the first to send official word of its surrender is the United Kingdom videogame chart. Will Wright’s game has debuted at number one with another Electronic Arts release, Mercenaries 2: World in Flames, in second spot. Spore manage... |
10 September 2008
18:41 GMT |
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EA has announced that Spore, Will Wright's highly anticipated God game, is available at retailers beginning September 7, for North American Mac owners. The rest of Europe and South America got a head start, as far as the full version of Spore is concerned, as did Germany, France, Belgium and other European terri... |
8 September 2008
03:24 GMT |
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Spore might be the most awaited and most hyped up game of the year. Will Wright, one of the most influential authors in the videogame world, is working on it, backed up by the team that designed The Sims and the various games connected with that franchise. The Spore Creature Creator, which was released earlier i... |
3 September 2008
14:11 GMT |
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It looks like Spore's creator (and renowned video game designer) Will Wright is taking the Mac version of his God game very seriously. Apple is announcing that the famous designer is coming to the Apple Store, Regent Street, to offer some insight on the evolution simulation game known as Spore, which has spent t... |
1 September 2008
06:25 GMT |
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How many days left until the release of long awaited supposedly revolutionary game Spore? The correct answer is seven. How many days till you can download the game? None. We're not talking about piracy and downloading the game earlier. We're talking about the fact that Electronic Arts is sending word that t... |
29 August 2008
08:27 GMT |
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When the Spore Creature Creator made its way onto computers everywhere in the world, the possibilities of customization included in the editor made it very easy for users to create entities shaped in a myriad of forms, covered in weird textures, with movements that defied physics. Obeying the immutable laws of the di... |
29 August 2008
05:36 GMT |
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Spore, the most anticipated game of the year, is most likely to become as huge as The Sims was or even bigger. However, Electronic Arts and Maxis don't want their masterpiece to stay only in the game world, like The Sims did - they want to further expand the universe to other media, like television and cinema. S... |
15 August 2008
02:43 GMT |
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Speaking as part of a conference call which followed the unveiling of financial results for the first quarter of the year, Electronic Arts top man John Riccitiello talked a bit about Spore and about how his company needed to treat this game carefully in its effort to establish a new franchise that would rival even Si... |
31 July 2008
18:11 GMT |
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Spore fans and Mac users looking forward to the official launch of Will Wright's God game should be excited to hear that GameTree Online is now taking pre-orders for Spore, Mac version. According to the post, all those who place pre-orders will receive their download link and activation codes via e-mail.Spore is... |
28 July 2008
17:21 GMT |
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Electronic Arts is announcing that a new edition of Spore is being launched. It is dubbed the Spore Galactic Edition and serves the same purpose as a Collector's Edition of other games. The special offer is available for pre-order now.What do you get when you buy the Galactic Edition of Spore? All the normal col... |
25 June 2008
04:12 GMT |
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Finally, the Spore Creature Creator is HERE! Featuring 25% of the creature-making parts from Spore, the trial version of the Creature Creator lets players shape, paint and play with their custom-created creature, but also share it with friends or shoot it in action and upload it to YouTube. The full version of the Cr... |
17 June 2008
09:37 GMT |
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Be sure to drop by first thing tomorrow when you wake up, if you're a Spore fan. EA and Maxis will be making the Spore Creature Creator available in both purchasable and demo version, with the latter being available for download right here on our website."Tired of your planet? Once you've made some creature... |
16 June 2008
08:24 GMT |
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We've just received word that Apple is now taking pre-orders for the Spore Creature Creator. Priced at $9.95, the full version of this early glimpse at Will Wright's God game lets players mold their own species and even share it with their friends over the web. The demo version is also due out soon, packing... |
5 June 2008
18:06 GMT |
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There really is no doubt that Mac users are going to be very happy around September, on the 7th to be precise. Will Wright's and EA's Spore is coming to Apple platforms, at the same time it arrives on Windows but the game's designers believe that Spore will appeal a bit more to Mac users in particular.... |
19 February 2008
04:41 GMT |
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Finally, after years of development, Electronic Arts and Maxis (the guys behind the Sims series of video games) can finally confirm that Will Wright's latest project, Spore, is due out for Macs on September 7th, this year. The "God game" is one of the few in its genre to arrive on Mac."The wait is almost over," ... |
13 February 2008
10:31 GMT |
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Electronic Arts has confirmed at the Macworld Expo today that Spore will become available for Mac users too later this year. Will Wright's god game is set for display at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco, CA throughout this week. The PC version will be released later this year."We couldn't be happier to b... |
16 January 2008
08:24 GMT |
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Spore, developed by Maxis and designed by Will Wright is one of the most anticipated PC titles of the year. However, starting now, it may very well become one of the most anticipated console titles as well. That's right boys and girls, according to Eurogamer.biz, Maxis is turning its head towards consoles, seein... |
27 August 2007
08:21 GMT |
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First of all, mere speculations sustained that the game would be out by late 2007, so take anyone's picture, print it and make a shrine where you poke their face with syringe needles by candle light. The game hasn't actually been delayed, but more moved to another "assumed" release date as Will Wright'... |
10 May 2007
07:26 GMT |
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Will Wright (the creator of Spore and The Sims) and Electronic Arts have thought of a great idea to make a contribution in helping out developing countries. What they're hoping to do is to distribute a free version of an open source version of the original SimCity for the $100 One Laptop Per Child's XO comp... |
9 March 2007
07:13 GMT |
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