EA: Nobody 'better suited' to do Alpha Centauri II than Meier
by Alexander Sliwinski 
on Jun 10th 2008 9:00PM
As part of
GameDaily's interview with Sid Meier, the site asked about the chances of an
Alpha Centauri II. Meier responded, as
almost everyone at Firaxis and 2K Games does, that the rights for a return to Planet is in the hands of EA. The site followed up with EA, which actually responded to the
Alpha Centauri question, stating that there is still "a lot of good will toward Sid" from when he worked with the publisher and that, although it's inappropriate to comment on the issue
due to the current buyout situation, it "can't think of anyone better suited to doing another
Alpha Centauri game."
Meier has been
quite diplomatic about the
possible acquisition of Firaxis' parent-company, Take-Two, by EA. Our "glass is half full" view on the issue is that although EA hasn't done anything with the
Alpha Centauri license in
almost ten years, nothing horrible has happened to it either.
