Sid Meier recently sat down with Gamespot to discuss Civilization and the possibility of it gracing handhelds. With how well Age of Empires works on the DS, we'd love to see more strategy games hit the console. Turns out, Sid agrees, stating that:"Our goal is to deliver Civilization on any game platform that makes sense. If we can deliver a fun experience to the players on the DS, then we'll do it. We're still in the exploratory mode on all of this, but will definitely let you know our plans as soon as they're set."
So, we're assuming that they're looking to the console for a version, in some form, of a Civilization game. Personally, we'd like a game built from the ground up exclusively for the platform, but perhaps that is a pipe dream. With how well the DS is consistently selling, we feel Firaxis and Sid would be ill-advised to avoid the DS.
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12-04-2006 @ 12:46PM
Vincent said...
I never got the Civ bug, and I feel like I missed out on something great. I caught wind of the phenomenon long after it had begun, so I bought Civ 2 but just couldn't get into it. Bummer for me.
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12-04-2006 @ 2:06PM
Oddible said...
Is this just another tease like the announcement and screenshots of Europa Universalis for DS that ended up getting dropped by Pocket PC studios? Will Sid come through for us!?
Oh and what is the criteria for "any game platform that makes sense?" I certainly don't expect to see PS3 or Wii versions of Civ - Firaxis is pretty married to the Gamebryo engine now - what else does Gamebryo run on?
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12-05-2006 @ 3:41PM
cocotapioca said...
talking about strategy games ...when will see a starcraft port to the ds????
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