Announcing Civilization Network!

Sid Meier · Oct 21, 2009, 11:11 AM

Hello Civ Fans!

I wanted to let you know we’ll soon be looking for beta testers to help us develop a unique new way to play Civilization. Ever since we finished Civilization® Revolution™ last year, I’ve been looking at ways of expanding the Civ gameplay experience to include solo, competitive and cooperative play to take advantage of the uniqueness of social networks. We’re calling this project Civilization® Network™ and the full game will be available next year on Facebook. Civilization Network will allow you to join together with your friends to create the world’s most powerful, richest, smartest, or just plain coolest civilization. You can coordinate your strategy to win great battles, share your technology to jump ahead of your rivals, lobby your family and friends to form your own government and win vital elections, manage and grow your cities to maximize production and happiness, spy on your enemies, and work with your friends to create the great Wonders of the World. The game will offer everything you enjoy in Civ in a fully persistent environment - you can play as much as you like, whenever you like, and it’ll be free to play.

We’ll offer a closed beta of the game soon, so stay tuned for details on how you can sign-up to participate. The full game will launch in 2010. For more information about Civilization Network, including development updates and behind-the-scenes posts from me and the Firaxis team, join our Facebook fanpage here: www.facebook.com/civnetwork.

Thanks and Stay Civilized!

Sid Meier
Director of Creative Development
Firaxis Games

TheLadiesOgre · Oct 21, 2009, 11:17 AM

Hello sir, I may just have to make a facebook page now, Thank you for Civilization, I've been a fan since II.

r_rolo1 · Oct 21, 2009, 11:31 AM

Thanks for the heads up, Mr Meier

To the mods: it is probably better to make this a sticky or a annoucement, no?

BobeBrown · Oct 21, 2009, 11:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sid Meier

Hello Civ Fans!

I wanted to let you know we’ll soon be looking for beta testers to help us develop a unique new way to play Civilization. Ever since we finished Civilization® Revolution™ last year, I’ve been looking at ways of expanding the Civ gameplay experience to include solo, competitive and cooperative play to take advantage of the uniqueness of social networks. We’re calling this project Civilization® Network™ and the full game will be available next year on Facebook. Civilization Network will allow you to join together with your friends to create the world’s most powerful, richest, smartest, or just plain coolest civilization. You can coordinate your strategy to win great battles, share your technology to jump ahead of your rivals, lobby your family and friends to form your own government and win vital elections, manage and grow your cities to maximize production and happiness, spy on your enemies, and work with your friends to create the great Wonders of the World. The game will offer everything you enjoy in Civ in a fully persistent environment - you can play as much as you like, whenever you like, and it’ll be free to play.

We’ll offer a closed beta of the game soon, so stay tuned for details on how you can sign-up to participate. The full game will launch in 2010. For more information about Civilization Network, including development updates and behind-the-scenes posts from me and the Firaxis team, join our Facebook fanpage here: www.facebook.com/civnetwork.

Thanks and Stay Civilized!

Sid Meier
Director of Creative Development
Firaxis Games

Ok but... Civilization 5... When?

playshogi · Oct 21, 2009, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by BobeBrown

Ok but... Civilization 5... When?

I think Civ4 is the last PC Civ.

Voltage · Oct 21, 2009, 11:53 AM

I hate facebook but like civilization.

Quote:

Originally Posted by playshogi

I think Civ4 is the last PC Civ.

Looks that way!

Thunderfall · Oct 21, 2009, 11:54 AM

Welcome to the forum, Sid!

And thanks for announcing Civilization Network here yourself! Can't wait to play this on Facebook!

PS: I have made a global notice about it.

Woodreaux · Oct 21, 2009, 11:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by playshogi

I think Civ4 is the last PC Civ.

Please, Mr Meier, say this isn't so.

J-man · Oct 21, 2009, 11:56 AM

Thanks for the announcement Sid!
This is really exciting!
Bye the way, are you guys at Firaxis (also) working on Civ 5?

Afforess · Oct 21, 2009, 12:24 PM

Excellent! I appreciate all the hard work you do, Mr. Meier.

IamJohn · Oct 21, 2009, 12:27 PM

It sounds like some of the "strategy" games already on facebook or iphone, but hey, if you can make it worth it/different I'm interested.

Shylock · Oct 21, 2009, 12:52 PM

Please to be making Civ 5.

Senethro · Oct 21, 2009, 12:54 PM

Didn't I put this idea for what I'd like to see in Civilization as part of my application for the Colonization beta?

welp, I'm sure it wasn't a unique idea anyway!

veBear · Oct 21, 2009, 01:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by J-man

Thanks for the announcement Sid!
This is really exciting!
Bye the way, are you guys at Firaxis (also) working on Civ 5?

Ditto, especially on line 3

pawelo · Oct 21, 2009, 01:08 PM

Great thanks for personnal announcement Mr Meier!
I'll surely rephrase some of other guys around but I have great respect for your overall work, ever since Railroad Tycoon & Civ1.
I'll be pleased to take part of the beta-testing phase (if selected

)

Gelion · Oct 21, 2009, 01:37 PM

Great news! Can't wait for 2010!

Methos · Oct 21, 2009, 01:39 PM

Would love to beta test. Thanks for the excellent news!

Edit: Added you on Facebook.

bombshoo · Oct 21, 2009, 01:44 PM

I added the favorited the fan page on facebook. I Can't wait to try it out!

Methos · Oct 21, 2009, 01:46 PM

Regarding social media, does the Civ series have any other outlets that us fans can follow? Twitter or other facebook accounts?

Thanks!

DMOC · Oct 21, 2009, 01:53 PM

Awesome.

This is the real sid meier right?

Oct 21, 2009, 11:11 AM	#1
Sid Meier Civilization Creator Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1	Announcing Civilization Network! Hello Civ Fans! I wanted to let you know we’ll soon be looking for beta testers to help us develop a unique new way to play Civilization. Ever since we finished Civilization® Revolution™ last year, I’ve been looking at ways of expanding the Civ gameplay experience to include solo, competitive and cooperative play to take advantage of the uniqueness of social networks. We’re calling this project Civilization® Network™ and the full game will be available next year on Facebook. Civilization Network will allow you to join together with your friends to create the world’s most powerful, richest, smartest, or just plain coolest civilization. You can coordinate your strategy to win great battles, share your technology to jump ahead of your rivals, lobby your family and friends to form your own government and win vital elections, manage and grow your cities to maximize production and happiness, spy on your enemies, and work with your friends to create the great Wonders of the World. The game will offer everything you enjoy in Civ in a fully persistent environment - you can play as much as you like, whenever you like, and it’ll be free to play. We’ll offer a closed beta of the game soon, so stay tuned for details on how you can sign-up to participate. The full game will launch in 2010. For more information about Civilization Network, including development updates and behind-the-scenes posts from me and the Firaxis team, join our Facebook fanpage here: www.facebook.com/civnetwork. Thanks and Stay Civilized! Sid Meier Director of Creative Development Firaxis Games

Oct 21, 2009, 11:17 AM	#2
TheLadiesOgre Aspiring Codesmith Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 380 Images: 2	Hello sir, I may just have to make a facebook page now, Thank you for Civilization, I've been a fan since II. __________________ PerfectWorld2.03_WithMarshes TLOTags: New Promotions all editable from the XML Laptop is currently fried, I am on hiatus until further notice.

Oct 21, 2009, 11:31 AM	#3
r_rolo1 King of myself Join Date: May 2006 Location: Lisbon, Portugal Posts: 10,059	Thanks for the heads up, Mr Meier To the mods: it is probably better to make this a sticky or a annoucement, no? __________________ " I'm the Lord of the lords, not the servant of the serfs" - D. João II of Portugal My Civ lema: Qui vincit non est victor nisi victus fatetur Lonely Hearts Club Bullpen / You , Yourself and your shadow : Some lessons on isolated starts

Oct 21, 2009, 11:54 AM	#7
Thunderfall Administrator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: NY, USA Posts: 12,603 Images: 1349	Welcome to the forum, Sid! And thanks for announcing Civilization Network here yourself! Can't wait to play this on Facebook! PS: I have made a global notice about it. __________________ Thunderfall Weight: 1.0 Value: 161 Cast When used Shock Damage 1 to 25 points on Touch

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Afforess Inventor Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 5,574 Images: 9	Excellent! I appreciate all the hard work you do, Mr. Meier. __________________ "A witty saying proves nothing." - Voltaire Rise of Mankind: A New Dawn: Forum \| Features \| Download \| FAQ \| Bug Reports \| Discussion \| Beta Builds \| Modder's Guide \| Tech Tree

Oct 21, 2009, 11:56 AM	#9
J-man Emperor Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Nijmegen, the Netherlands Posts: 1,321	Thanks for the announcement Sid! This is really exciting! Bye the way, are you guys at Firaxis (also) working on Civ 5?

Oct 21, 2009, 12:27 PM	#11
IamJohn (was)? Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Out there, somewhere, anywhere... Posts: 673	It sounds like some of the "strategy" games already on facebook or iphone, but hey, if you can make it worth it/different I'm interested.

Oct 21, 2009, 12:52 PM	#12
Shylock Hey smiling strange Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: #fiftychat Posts: 2,660	Please to be making Civ 5. __________________ On really romantic evenings of self, I go salsa dancing with my own confusion. The government is a body of people usually notably ungoverned. My Xfire profile.

Oct 21, 2009, 12:54 PM	#13
Senethro Overlord Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: The cutest of cephalopods Posts: 789	Didn't I put this idea for what I'd like to see in Civilization as part of my application for the Colonization beta? welp, I'm sure it wasn't a unique idea anyway! Last edited by Senethro; Oct 21, 2009 at 01:03 PM.

Oct 21, 2009, 01:08 PM	#15
pawelo Emperor Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Québec, QC Posts: 1,123	Great thanks for personnal announcement Mr Meier! I'll surely rephrase some of other guys around but I have great respect for your overall work, ever since Railroad Tycoon & Civ1. I'll be pleased to take part of the beta-testing phase (if selected ) __________________ "Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm." - Sir Winston Churchill Current games: Completed games: BtS Intro, Pharaoh, LHC IV, LHC V, LHC VI, MLG 3, LHC VII, TLO-2 , PW-01, MLG 4, Culture Nut, LHC X-mas, PW-02, MLG 5 - OCC, PH-10, Random-01, Swiss01, LHC XI, Fox-10, DM VII, LHC XII, MLG 6, PH-12, PH-11, PFS-01, MLG 7, LHC XXIII, LHC XXVI Economic Left/Right: -1.75 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.72

Oct 21, 2009, 01:37 PM	#16
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Oct 21, 2009, 01:39 PM	#17
Methos HoF Quattromaster Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Missouri Posts: 10,134 Images: 34	Would love to beta test. Thanks for the excellent news! Edit: Added you on Facebook. __________________ *Hall of Fame:* Forums, Rules, FAQ, Tables, HOF Email: hof.civfanatics@gmail.com

Oct 21, 2009, 01:44 PM	#18
bombshoo Blessed. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Columbus, Ohio Posts: 2,690	I added the favorited the fan page on facebook. I Can't wait to try it out!

Oct 21, 2009, 01:46 PM	#19
Methos HoF Quattromaster Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Missouri Posts: 10,134 Images: 34	Regarding social media, does the Civ series have any other outlets that us fans can follow? Twitter or other facebook accounts? Thanks! __________________ *Hall of Fame:* Forums, Rules, FAQ, Tables, HOF Email: hof.civfanatics@gmail.com

Oct 21, 2009, 01:53 PM	#20
DMOC Mathematician Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 4,195	Awesome. This is the real sid meier right? __________________ Online games: Immortal: Darius I/Immortal: Boudica/Deity: Gandhi/Immortal: Julius Caesar (with 17 other AI's!)

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