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Firaxis Games is a computer game developer. It was founded in 1996 by Sid Meier, Jeff Briggs, and Brian Reynolds upon leaving Microprose. The company focuses on strategy games and is based in Sparks, Maryland in the United States.
Firaxis has produced several games, including Sid Meier's Gettysburg! and Sid Meier's Antietam!, based on their namesake famous American Civil War battles, and Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri (plus its expansion, Sid Meier's Alien Crossfire), a space colonization game taking place in the Alpha Centauri star system.
In early 2000, co-founder Brian Reynolds parted with Firaxis to form his new studio, Big Huge Games. Firaxis Games then went on to release Sid Meier's SimGolf, a golf course building/management game. Perhaps their most popular releases have been Sid Meier's Civilization III, and later Sid Meier's Civilization IV, sequels to Meier's original Sid Meier's Civilization game.
In November 2004, Firaxis released Sid Meier's Pirates!, an update of Meier's classic 1987 computer game of the same name. An Xbox version of the game was released in July, 2005, and a PSP version (developed by Full Fat) was released in January 2007.
Sid Meier's Civilization IV started production in late 2003 and was released on October 24, 2005 in North America, and was released on November 4, 2005 in Europe.
Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution, a console-only version of the Sid Meier's Civilization series, was released in July 2008.
On November 7, 2005, Take-Two Interactive announced that it was acquiring Firaxis. The terms of the agreement were not disclosed, but according to the SEC filing it amounted for USD$26.7 million in cash, stock, and development advances, with almost $11.3 million of that figure coming in the form of possible considerations based on future product sales.[1] The company was consolidated with PopTop Software in March 2006, with the resultant combined studio to be headed up by Sid Meier. Jeff Briggs assumed the role of Chairman in April 2006 and left the company completely in November.
In April 2007 it was announced that Soren Johnson had left the company and joined Electronic Arts to work on Spore with Lead Designer Will Wright. Johnson was formerly a key person for Firaxis, acting as Co-Designer for Sid Meier's Civilization III, and later Lead Designer on Sid Meier's Civilization IV.[2]
In September 2009 the studio moved from Hunt Valley to Sparks, Maryland.
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Notes[ | ]
- ↑ http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=14422
- ↑ "'Civilization IV' Lead Designer Leaves Firaxis Games". Totalgaming.net. 2007-04-18. http://tgnforums.stardock.com/?AID=150498. Retrieved 2007-04-18.
External Links[ | ]
- Official Firaxis website
- Firaxis Games profile on MobyGames
- 'Interview with Jesse Smith, Firaxis Games' regarding Civilization IV: Warlords
- Civilization V site