
ABOUT
Most famous for designing the highly successful SimCity and The Sims computer and video games, he was also responsible for a 2008 fantasy game called Spore.He and investor Jeff Braun created the Maxis video game company and launched the original SimCity game in the late 1980s.He and Minecraft developer Markus Persson both designed extremely popular video games.
BEFORE FAMEThough he never earned a college degree, he studied architecture, computer science, mechanical engineering, and several other subjects at Louisiana State University, Louisiana Tech, and The New School in Manhattan.
PERSONAL LIFEHe was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and raised primarily in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He and his wife, Anya, later settled in California with their three children.
The meaning of the name Wright: Carpenter, Worker FUN FACTSGame Designer Will Wright were born on Wednesday, in a leap year, birthstone is Garnet, the seaon was Winter in the Chinese year of Rat, it is 18 days until Will Wright next birthday.