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EA Maxis is a subsidiary of Electronic Arts (EA). [1]

84 relations: A-Train, Artdink, Axonometric projection, Black hole, California, CBS Interactive, Cell (biology), Cinematronics, LLC, Commodore 64, Company, Cyborg, Darkspore, EA Mobile, EA Salt Lake, Electronic Arts, Emeryville, California, Expansion pack, Full Tilt! Pinball, Gamasutra, Game Developers Conference, GameSpot, GameSpy, Independent business, Interactive media, Jeff Braun, Life, List of acquisitions by Electronic Arts, List of best-selling PC games, List of Maxis games, List of Sim video games, Metacritic, Metropolis, MobyGames, Orinda, California, Personal computer, Porting, Redwood City, California, RoboSport, SimAnt, SimCity, SimCity (1989 video game), SimCity (2013 video game), SimCity 2000, SimCity 3000, SimCity 4, SimCity Societies, SimCopter, SimEarth, SimFarm, SimHealth, ..., SimIsle: Missions in the Rainforest, SimLife, SimRefinery, SimTower, Simulation, Spacecraft, Spaceflight, Species, Spore (2008 video game), Spore Creature Creator, Spore: Galactic Adventures, Stock swap, Streets of SimCity, Subsidiary, The New York Times, The Sims, The Sims (video game), The Sims 2, The Sims 3, The Sims 3: University Life, The Sims 4, The Sims Online, The Sims Studio, Tilted Mill Entertainment, Vaporware, Video game developer, Video game industry, Video game publisher, Vivarium Inc., Walnut Creek, California, Will Wright (game designer), Wired (magazine), ZDNet, 3D computer graphics. Expand index (34 more) »

A-Train

is a series of train simulation video games that were originally developed and published by Japanese game developer Artdink in Japan.

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Artdink

is a Japanese developer of video games, based in Tsukishima, Tokyo.

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Axonometric projection

Axonometric projection is a type of orthographic projection used for creating a pictorial drawing of an object, where the lines of sight are perpendicular to the plane of projection, and the object is rotated around one or more of its axes to reveal multiple sides.

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Black hole

A black hole is a region of spacetime exhibiting such strong gravitational effects that nothing—not even particles and electromagnetic radiation such as light—can escape from inside it.

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California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

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CBS Interactive

CBS Interactive Inc. (formerly CBS Digital Media Group) is an American media company and is a division of the CBS Corporation.

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Cell (biology)

The cell (from Latin cella, meaning "small room") is the basic structural, functional, and biological unit of all known living organisms.

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Cinematronics, LLC

Cinematronics, LLC, later known as Maxis South, was a Texas-based developer of games for the PC and Mac, founded in 1994 by David Stafford, Mike Sandige and Kevin Gliner.

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Commodore 64

The Commodore 64, also known as the C64 or the CBM 64, is an 8-bit home computer introduced in January 1982 by Commodore International (first shown at the Consumer Electronics Show, in Las Vegas, January 7–10, 1982).

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Company

A company, abbreviated as co., is a legal entity made up of an association of people for carrying on a commercial or industrial enterprise.

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Cyborg

A cyborg (short for "'''cyb'''ernetic '''org'''anism") is a being with both organic and biomechatronic body parts.

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Darkspore

Darkspore was a video game that borrowed creature editing technology from Spore.

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EA Mobile

EA Mobile Inc. is an American video game development studio of the publisher Electronic Arts (EA).

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EA Salt Lake

EA Salt Lake was an American video game developer located in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.

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Electronic Arts

Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) is an American video game company headquartered in Redwood City, California.

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Emeryville, California

Emeryville is a small city located in northwest Alameda County, California, in the United States.

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Expansion pack

An expansion pack, expansion set, supplement, or simply expansion is an addition to an existing role-playing game, tabletop game, video game or collectible card game.

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Full Tilt! Pinball

Full Tilt! Pinball is a pinball video game developed by Cinematronics and published by Maxis in 1995.

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Gamasutra

Gamasutra is a website founded in 1997 that focuses on all aspects of video game development.

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Game Developers Conference

The Game Developers Conference (GDC) is the largest annual gathering of professional video game developers, focusing on learning, inspiration, and networking.

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GameSpot

GameSpot is a video gaming website that provides news, reviews, previews, downloads, and other information on video games.

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GameSpy

GameSpy was a provider of online multiplayer and matchmaking middleware for video games.

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Independent business

An independent business is a business that is free from outside control.

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Interactive media

Interactive media normally refers to products and services on digital computer-based systems which respond to the user's actions by presenting content such as text, moving image, animation, video, audio, and video games.

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Jeff Braun

Jeff Braun is an American video game producer and co-founder of the video game developer Maxis.

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Life

Life is a characteristic that distinguishes physical entities that do have biological processes, such as signaling and self-sustaining processes, from those that do not, either because such functions have ceased, or because they never had such functions and are classified as inanimate.

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List of acquisitions by Electronic Arts

Electronic Arts is a company that is an American developer, marketer, publisher, and distributor of computer and video games, that was founded in 1982.

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List of best-selling PC games

This is a list of PC games (including Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Linux) that have sold or shipped at least one million copies.

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List of Maxis games

This is a list of games created by Maxis.

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List of Sim video games

This is a list of Sim games, their expansion packs, and compilations.

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Metacritic

Metacritic is a website that aggregates reviews of media products: music albums, video games, films, TV shows, and formerly, books.

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Metropolis

A metropolis is a large city or conurbation which is a significant economic, political, and cultural center for a country or region, and an important hub for regional or international connections, commerce, and communications.

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MobyGames

MobyGames is a commercial website that catalogs video games both past and present.

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Orinda, California

Orinda is a city in Contra Costa County, California, United States.

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Personal computer

A personal computer (PC) is a multi-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and price make it feasible for individual use.

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Porting

In software engineering, porting is the process of adapting software for the purpose of achieving some form of execution in a computing environment that is different from the one that a given program (meant for such execution) was originally designed for (e.g. different CPU, operating system, or third party library).

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Redwood City, California

Redwood City is a city on the San Francisco Peninsula in Northern California's Bay Area, approximately south of San Francisco, and northwest of San Jose.

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RoboSport

RoboSport is a 1991 turn-based strategy computer game.

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SimAnt

SimAnt: The Electronic Ant Colony is a 1991 life simulation video game by Maxis and Maxis's third product, focusing on ants.

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SimCity

SimCity is an open-ended city-building video game series originally designed by Will Wright.

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SimCity (1989 video game)

SimCity, later renamed SimCity Classic, is a city-building simulation video game, released on February 2, 1989, and designed by Will Wright for the Macintosh computer.

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SimCity (2013 video game)

SimCity is a city-building and urban planning simulation massively multiplayer online game developed by Maxis, a subsidiary of Electronic Arts.

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SimCity 2000

SimCity 2000 is a city-building simulation video game and the second installment in the ''SimCity'' series.

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SimCity 3000

SimCity 3000 is a city building simulation video game released in 1999, and the third major installment in the ''SimCity'' series.

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SimCity 4

SimCity 4 is a city-building simulation computer game developed by Maxis, a subsidiary of Electronic Arts.

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SimCity Societies

SimCity Societies is a city-building simulation video game developed by Tilted Mill Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts, and is part of the ''SimCity'' series.

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SimCopter

SimCopter is a 1996 flight simulator video game, developed by Maxis.

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SimEarth

SimEarth is a life simulation video game, the second designed by Will Wright, in which the player controls the development of a planet.

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SimFarm

SimFarm: SimCity's Country Cousin is a video game in which players build and manage a virtual farm.

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SimHealth

SimHealth: The National Health Care Simulation is a management simulation video game, developed by Thinking Tools and published by Maxis with assistance from the Markle Foundation for MS-DOS in 1994.

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SimIsle: Missions in the Rainforest

SimIsle: Missions in the Rainforest is a construction and management simulation game published by Maxis in 1995.

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SimLife

SimLife: The Genetic Playground is a video game produced by Maxis in 1992.

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SimRefinery

SimRefinery is a computer management simulation game designed to simulate Chevron Corporation's refinery operation.

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SimTower

SimTower: The Vertical Empire (known as in Japan) is a construction and management simulation video game developed by OpenBook Co., Ltd. and published by Maxis for the Microsoft Windows and Macintosh System 7 operating systems in November 1994.

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Simulation

Simulation is the imitation of the operation of a real-world process or system.

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Spacecraft

A spacecraft is a vehicle or machine designed to fly in outer space.

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Spaceflight

Spaceflight (also written space flight) is ballistic flight into or through outer space.

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Species

In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank, as well as a unit of biodiversity, but it has proven difficult to find a satisfactory definition.

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Spore (2008 video game)

Spore is a 2008 life simulation real-time strategy single-player sandbox god game developed by Maxis and designed by Will Wright, released for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. Covering many genres including action, real-time strategy, and role-playing games, Spore allows a player to control the development of a species from its beginnings as a microscopic organism, through development as an intelligent and social creature, to interstellar exploration as a spacefaring culture.

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Spore Creature Creator

The Spore Creature Creator is a software that allows players to create their own creatures with a standalone version of the Creature Editor from Spore; the software was one of the first aspects of the game to receive focused development, and underwent ten rewrites since the start of development.

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Spore: Galactic Adventures

Spore: Galactic Adventures is an expansion pack for the multigenre game Spore, developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts.

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Stock swap

A stock swap is a strategy used during a merger or acquisition of a company.

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Streets of SimCity

Streets of SimCity is a 1997 racing and vehicular combat computer game published by Maxis.

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Subsidiary

A subsidiary, subsidiary company or daughter company"daughter company.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The Sims

The Sims is a life simulation game series that was developed by Maxis and The Sims Studio and published by Electronic Arts.

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The Sims (video game)

The Sims is a strategic life-simulation video game developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts in 2000.

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The Sims 2

The Sims 2 is a 2004 strategic life simulation video game developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts.

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The Sims 3

The Sims 3 is the third major title in the life simulation video game developed by The Sims Studio (Maxis) and published by Electronic Arts.

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The Sims 3: University Life

The Sims 3: University Life is the ninth expansion pack for The Sims 3.

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The Sims 4

The Sims 4 is the fourth major title in the life simulation video game series The Sims, developed by Maxis and The Sims Studio and published by Electronic Arts.

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The Sims Online

The Sims Online, also known as EA-Land was a massively multiplayer online variation on Maxis's computer game The Sims.

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The Sims Studio

The Sims Studio is a division of Maxis, a subsidiary label of Electronic Arts.

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Tilted Mill Entertainment

Tilted Mill Entertainment is a video game developer located in Framingham, Massachusetts.

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Vaporware

In the computer industry, vaporware (alt. vapourware) is a product, typically computer hardware or software, that is announced to the general public but is never actually manufactured nor officially cancelled.

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Video game developer

A video game developer is a software developer that specializes in video game development – the process and related disciplines of creating video games.

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Video game industry

The video game industry is the economic sector involved in the development, marketing, and monetization of video games.

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Video game publisher

A video game publisher is a company that publishes video games that have been developed either internally by the publisher or externally by a video game developer.

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Vivarium Inc.

Vivarium Inc. is a Japanese video game developer founded in 1996 by company president Yoot Saito.

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Walnut Creek, California

Walnut Creek is a city in Contra Costa County, California, United States, located in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, about east of the city of Oakland.

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Will Wright (game designer)

William Ralph "Will" Wright (born January 20, 1960) is an American video game designer and co-founder of the former game development company Maxis, and then part of Electronic Arts (EA).

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Wired (magazine)

Wired is a monthly American magazine, published in print and online editions, that focuses on how emerging technologies affect culture, the economy, and politics.

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ZDNet

ZDNet is a business technology news website published by CBS Interactive, along with TechRepublic.

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3D computer graphics

3D computer graphics or three-dimensional computer graphics, (in contrast to 2D computer graphics) are graphics that use a three-dimensional representation of geometric data (often Cartesian) that is stored in the computer for the purposes of performing calculations and rendering 2D images.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxis

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