SteamFirst: The announcement of Sid Meier’s Starships last week came as quite a surprise to everyone. Well, especially me. Due to travelling to PAX South and my hotel’s craptastic internet, I didn’t even know it was announced until I went to the panel for his company, Firaxis. That made this one all the more exciting to me.
GT:
We've honored many winners, but before we wrap up, we take a moment to recognize this year's casualties as well.
EB: 2K has announced the arrival of the 2K Editors’ Choice Strategy Bundle on the iOS App Store, which will contain the iOS versions of Civilization Revolution 2, XCOM: Enemy Within, and Sid Meirer’s Starships. The bundle will cost $19.99, which is a 60% saving over buying the games individually. This will be a limited time offer, so act now or be left out in the 2K Non-Strategy-Having cold!
GG:
The name of Sid Meier has attained a godlike status amongst strategy gamers and, it could be argued, for very good reason. Known as a developer who plays his games over and over until he deems them fun enough to launch, many of his myriad of releases are instant classics. None more so than his magnum opus franchise, Civilization. That series was followed by sci-fi spinoff Beyond Earth last year which, while certainly having many of same mechanics, fell short of its predecessor’s glory and of matching Meier’s much-loved Alpha Centauri.
