{"id":2969,"date":"2011-01-08T12:17:16","date_gmt":"2011-01-08T12:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/?p=2969"},"modified":"2012-04-24T07:59:03","modified_gmt":"2012-04-24T11:59:03","slug":"civilization-world-for-facebook-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/civilization-world-for-facebook-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Civilization World for Facebook Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"

Only 4 months after releasing Civilization 5<\/a> Sid Meier has announced he’s upcoming Civilization game. This time Sid turns to Facebook. The official title is Civilization World (aka Civ World). Sid says that in Civ World you will be joining your friends to form nations, which will compete with other player’s nations to rule the world.<\/p>\n

Sid also announced that they are going to launch the closed Alpha test of the game in January 12th 2011 and invites everybody to sign up at 2K Civ World alpha website to become part of the development testing. You will need to form a team, choose a team name and a team captain. Each team member will need to register at the site.<\/p>\n

As a token of appreciation to all that register for the Civ World Alpha testing they will grant a special item for you to display in your throne room to let the world know you\u2019re one of the founding players of the game.<\/p>\n

Sid Meier has been supervising the designing of Civ World personally along with he’s Firaxis design team. Sid states that in the coming months he will be posting gameplay updates detailing parts of the game.<\/p>\n

Sid said the following about Civ World: “games will have a well-defined beginning and end, each ending with a triumphant civilization and one person recognized as that game\u2019s most prestigious player. Along the way, as you progress through the different eras of time, you’ll have the chance to win era victories as well. We want players to have both a final goal to work towards, as well as short-term objectives to achieve as they play. The trophies you unlock with your triumphs will carry over from game to game, and you can show them off in your throne room<\/em>“.<\/p>\n

To read the Sid Meier’s letter about Civ World go here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To follow Civ World on facebook go to the Civ World facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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We have some exciting news to share with you about Civilization for Facebook! As you can see from the new look of this page, the official title for our game is Civilization World (Civ World)<\/strong>. Why a name change you say? The name better reflects the main theme of the game; in Civ World you will be joining your friends to form nations, which will compete with other player-nations to rule the world. Civ World\u2019s shaping up to be a really fun Facebook game, as well as another addictive Civilization experience.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re also happy to announce that we intend to launch the Closed Alpha test version of the game on January 12th, and you can sign up to become part of our development testing team starting today! \u00a0Would you like a chance to join the test? Then we\u2019ll need you to form a team with your friends, and sign up for the alpha test as a team. Why a team? Because to win in Civ World, you\u2019ll need to collaborate with your friends in order to do well in the game and become ruler of the world, so in our early Alpha testing, we\u2019re grouping people together to simulate how the game will work when it\u2019s available to the world at large. In the final game, you\u2019ll be able to sign up individually (although we\u2019ll love it if you invite your friends), but to participate in Closed Alpha, you\u2019ll have to enter as a team. It\u2019s up to you how you organize your testing team. Your team can be anywhere from 5-50 people.<\/p>\n

What we\u2019ll need from each team will be a team name<\/strong> and a team captain<\/strong>. Each team member will need to register on our sign-up page \u00a0www.2kgames.com\/civworld\/alpha and enter their team name and captain\u2019s name, along with some other information. Teams will receive their acceptance confirmations beginning January 10th. Teams are how we ensure you get to play in the same game as friends. However, Civ World is a game of shifting alliances and powers, with civilizations and factions rising and falling all the time. You may not always be playing on the same side as your teammates — in fact, you’re just as likely to be their opponents! We\u2019ll ramp up the size of the Alpha test squad as we progress in development, so hang in there if your team is not part of the first round. We\u2019re looking forward to bringing you into the game, so go out there and get your testing team together!<\/p>\n

Also, as a token of our appreciation to all of you who register for the Civ World Alpha testing, we\u2019re \u00a0going to create a special item that you can proudly display in your throne room to let the world know you\u2019re one of the founding players of the game.<\/p>\n

And now, an update on the game design. I\u2019m having a really fun time hands-on designing and programming Civ World along with our terrific team at Firaxis. In the coming months, we’ll be posting a series of gameplay updates here on the fan page detailing parts of the game. Today I\u2019d like to talk a little bit about the organization of the game to tide you over until that time comes.<\/p>\n

Civ World games will have a well-defined beginning and end, each ending with a triumphant civilization and one person recognized as that game\u2019s most prestigious player. Along the way, as you progress through the different eras of time, you’ll have the chance to win era victories as well. We want players to have both a final goal to work towards, as well as short-term objectives to achieve as they play. The trophies you unlock with your triumphs will carry over from game to game, and you can show them off in your throne room.<\/p>\n

So, there\u2019s some insight into how each game will be organized. Stay tuned \u2013 we\u2019ll be updating you with our progress as the Closed Alpha moves along, as well as updating the page as we select new waves of testers. Thank you for all of your support, and we hope you enjoy the game as much as we do!<\/p>\n

Stay Civilized!<\/p>\n

Sid Meier<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Sid also announced that they are going to launch the closed Alpha test of the game in January 12th 2011 and invites everybody to sign up at 2K Civ World alpha website to become part of the development testing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1668,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"registered_only","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[70,74],"tags":[274,272,11,273,275],"class_list":["post-2969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-games-under-development","category-announcements-and-rumors","tag-civ-facebook","tag-civ-world","tag-civilization","tag-civilization-world","tag-sid-meier-civ-world"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1668"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2969\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}