The co-creator of The Sims, Tim LeTourneau, has handed away.
In a submit on social media, his spouse Donna introduced that he had died – in keeping with GamesBeat – whereas a former member of the Maxis staff took to Reddit to pay tribute to the event veteran. LeTourneau’s profession began at Maxis again in 1998 the place he labored as a senior producer for eight years. He moved to guardian firm Digital Arts, spending two years as an government producer earlier than being promoted to VP and GM of The Sims Studio in 2008.
In March 2011, he moved to Zynga to work as its VP of studios and was promoted to chief artistic officer virtually two years later. After a short stint at Storm8 as its chief artistic officer, he returned to Zynga for one yr as SVP of video games.
In March 2017, he was employed by Warner Bros Interactive Leisure as director of product design, leaving simply over four-and-a-half years later to hitch Fortis Video games as a senior advisor.
“There’s a purpose why I referred to as it the Maxis household, as a result of it has been that for many who work and labored there,” the previous Maxis staffer wrote on Reddit.
“A spot the place we may all contribute our expertise, ardour, and visions whereas conserving our humour, our power, and our sanity. Tim was a real father of that household.”
