Well if your not familiar with who exactly Will Wright is, you shouldn’t call your self a Sims fan (just kidding, but not really). Anyway he was the co-founder of Maxis back in 1989 and the visionary behind Spore, The Sims and SimCity. Pretty much if he wasn’t around I wouldn’t be talking about The Sims, because it wouldn’t have been created!!!

So why is he leaving? Well he wants to invest in his “Stupid Fun Club”, which I honestly can’t figure out what it’s about. I mean there site doesn’t divulge too much information on what they’re about but EA is also investing in the whole thing.

Anyway, who’s the new big boss of Maxis? Well, from the press release it looks like Lucy Bradshaw, is now in charge (Congrats Lucy)

You can take a look at the post Will Wright made at The Sporums and the Official EA Press Release if you want to know more.

P.S. Technically he’s leaving Maxis but Maxis is part of EA so yeah.