# Sim City? No thanks, give me Cities: Skyline! New City building Sim from Paradox!

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sim-city-no-thanks-give-me-cities-skyline-new-city-building-sim-from-paradox/714129
**Category:** The Game Room
**Created:** [March 3, 2015, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sim-city-no-thanks-give-me-cities-skyline-new-city-building-sim-from-paradox/714129 "2015-03-03T20:14:11Z")
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### Author: ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2015, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sim-city-no-thanks-give-me-cities-skyline-new-city-building-sim-from-paradox/714129/22 "2015-03-05T16:49:27Z")

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> [@Turble](#):
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> Interesting side note: Maxis, the developer of SimCity has shut down.

Not completely:

> [@Maxis is no more](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maxis-is-no-more/714238/5):
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> EA has shut down one of the Maxis studios. It’s the main one, and the one behind SimCity, but there are still other Maxis studios. The Sims will continue to be developed under the Maxis brand. Besides, Maxis has been under the wing of EA for almost two decades.

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