In breaking news EA has just announced that the visionary behind Sim City, The Sims, and Spore, Will Wright will be leaving the company. A press release sent out by EA states that Will will run his venture “Stupid Fun Club,” an organization that Will founded in 2001 which is a “think tank developing new Intellectual Properties to be deployed across multiple fronts including video games, movies, television, the internet, and toys.”

“The entertainment industry is moving rapidly into an era of revolutionary change,” said Will Wright. “Stupid Fun Club will explore new possibilities that are emerging from this sublime chaos and create new forms of entertainment on a variety of platforms. In my twelve years at EA, I’ve had the pleasure to work alongside some of the brightest and most talented game developers in the industry and I look forward to working with them again in the near future.”

EA sees this move as a rearrangement of the relationship and not a radical change mainly because EA also has stake in Will’s “Stupid Fun Club.” EA stresses that they have plenty of visionary people under the corporate umbrella, and that they will get the first dibs at any game-related content produced by Will’s other ventures.

“Will has been an inspiration to our teams, and it’s been rewarding for us to bring his ideas to life,” said Lucy Bradshaw, VP and General Manager at Maxis. “In addition to legendary games, Will’s legacy at EA will be the many talented people who worked with him and will now continue to contribute their own vision to the art of game development.”

We at GPU wish Will the best of luck with his new projects, and hope to see him in the video game space again soon.