Yesterday EA announced that it will close down EA Maxis, which was the studio responsible for such games as Spore, The Sims 4, and Sim City. The news were confirmed by Kotaku, who received an official announcement from EA. The development work of the studio will be distributed among the studios in Redwood Shores, Salt Lake City, Helsinki and Melbourne.
EA says that the closure will not affect the development of Sims 4, and that the first expansion pack will be released shortly.