Interview: Sid Meier reflects on 25 years of Civilization
Happy birthday, Civilization.
2K and Firaxis are celebrating the 25th anniversary of the legendary series with the launch of a new game, Civilization VI. Those games have struck a nerve with fans the world over. The Civilization series has sold over 33 million copies worldwide, while gamers have spent over 1 billion combined hours playing them. All those “one more turns” add up, it seems.
The man whose name has literally been on the box of every Civilization game, Sid Meier, has been making games for even longer than that. So while Firaxis and 2K weren’t able to provide PCWorld with a Civilization VI copy ($60 on Steam) in time for a launch review, we were able to catch up with Meier himself recently in Washington, D.C., when Meier was with the Entertainment Software Association for a Civilization VI launch event. He took some time to talk about the history—and legacy—of the franchise in this exclusive interview.
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