Maxis Software Inc.

Moby ID: 1

History add

March 4, 2015

EA closes Maxis Emeryville.

June 1997

Maxis was acquired by Electronic Arts in a US $125 million dollar stock transaction. The company is considered a fully-owned subsidiary of EA.

EA appointed 35-year-old French engineer Luc Barthelet as General Manager of Maxis.

1996

The company acquires Cinematronics, LLC and renames it Maxis South.

1995

The company moved from its Orinda, California, offices into the sixth floor of a corporate office-tower in Walnut Creek, California. In June, Maxis "went public" on the stock exchange.

1989

Maxis struck a co-publishing agreement with Brøderbund.

1987

Maxis founded by Will Wright and Jeff Braun