Sid Meier Exploring Future Civilization MMO
By Shawn on Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 at 3:37 PM PST In Computer, Game Companies, Game Platforms, Games
Sid Meier, the “Father of PC Gaming” recently answered ten questions for GameDaily. One of the exciting revelations from the Q&A is that Firaxis is looking into developing a Civilization MMO.
I’m exploring lots of exciting ideas right now. A Civ MMO is a really intriguing idea and we’re spending time thinking about how we could make it the fun addictive experience Civ players expect.
Personally, I think Civ would make a great MMO. It would definitely be different from the masses of MMORPG clones out there. I can imagine it would also be a lot of work to maintain an evolving persistent world.
The article also covers one of my favorite subjects, video games used as more than just entertainment. Meier talks a bit about History teachers that are using Civ in their classrooms. For more information on Civ in education, Firaxis.com has a forum called the Educator’s Exchange for teachers using the game in the classroom.
via GameDaily
woooooooooot!