'Civilization Network' announced for Facebook, arriving in 2010
by Alexander Sliwinski 
{ Oct 21st 2009 at 5:40PM }
Sid Meier has announced a Facebook version of the epic Civilization franchise. Dubbed Civilization Network, the game will make its way to the popular social networking site sometime in 2010. The game designer notes on the CivNet Facebook page that the company will be on the lookout for beta testers soon.
Meier mentions that the game will offer everything people love about Civ in a "fully persistent environment" and that it'll be "free to play." Coincidentally, Meier's announcement comes soon after Brian Reynolds, who designed Civilization II and Alpha Centauri, took the job of "chief designer" at social gaming developer Zynga. Apparently the two strategy designers see some major opportunities in the social gaming genre.
[Via Games.com]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
LaughingTarget @ Oct 21st 2009 5:47PM
I hope it's better than the last CivNet. It was the only game in the entire series, or even with Sid Meier's name on it, that I found awful. It was nothing more than Civ2 with a broken online system. I think it's a bad idea to dust off that old, failed name.
zod000 @ Oct 22nd 2009 7:52AM
CivNet was Civ 1 with multiplayer, not Civ 2. It wasn't terrible, it was exactly like the original, except it ran in Windows 3.1 and was slow (on my 386 anyway).
seanthebond @ Oct 21st 2009 5:48PM
But.. But... Facebook games are supposed to be lame money-grabs!
GenBanks @ Oct 21st 2009 5:55PM
Oh my god. This could be insanely good.
Jason Statham (Has a ps3 now) @ Oct 21st 2009 5:55PM
Hmmm, this could be kind of cool.
Look At This Suit @ Oct 21st 2009 5:59PM
This is good. I'm always looking for something besides FarmVille to occupy myself with.
treqie @ Oct 21st 2009 6:09PM
Where's my Civ 5!
JEV4 @ Oct 21st 2009 6:15PM
I have a feeling this is Civ 5.
LaughingTarget @ Oct 21st 2009 6:35PM
Civ Revolution was 5, this is 6.
Meh @ Oct 22nd 2009 9:17AM
GTA IV was actually GTA 10 then?
Twanzio @ Oct 21st 2009 11:56PM
Crap. And I thought my addiction to Facebook games was finally subsiding...
rTwelve @ Oct 21st 2009 6:47PM
DO FUCKING WANT
bluezy @ Oct 21st 2009 6:56PM
I've resisted Farmville, but I may not be able to resist Sid Meier.
JohnHeist @ Oct 21st 2009 7:28PM
My roommates and friends all play those games. Roller Coaster stuff, YoVille, Farmville...but I don't think I'll be able to resist some free CIV sitting there.
Damn you Sid Meier.
dextro @ Oct 21st 2009 8:41PM
Now that you mention it: Where's my Alpha Centaury 2? To me it was the best civ game to date. It was like 4 but better! :P
BigD145 @ Oct 21st 2009 9:53PM
Whelp. That's the end of that.
Yamikotai @ Oct 23rd 2009 7:18PM
What I really want is a mixture of the unit customisation and cool alien barbarian fungus thing from Alpha Centauri, mixed in with everything that made Civ IV good. Also, bring back the temple/capital thing from Civ III (and AC), and the City View from Civ II! Totally pointless features but they were what made Civ fun, seeing your hard-spent turns slowly building the city.
Yamikotai @ Oct 23rd 2009 7:19PM
Comment fail, intended for dextro just up there.
UNC_Samurai @ Oct 21st 2009 11:40PM
Nationalism
Napoleon Bonaparte has become a fan.
Queen Isabella is Waiting on my Explorer to find Spices
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343 Guilty Fart @ Oct 22nd 2009 1:14AM
Wow, usually I can't stand people who want me to play Mafia Wars, but this might be interesting.
IGLAW @ Oct 22nd 2009 2:56AM
This... could be really cool.
greenpangolin @ Oct 22nd 2009 5:59AM
This has got me very excited indeed.
busydoingnothing @ Oct 22nd 2009 2:08PM
Free time, I hardly knew ye.