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Steam News · Aug 17, 2017
PC games are full of arcane artifacts spurring on ancient civilizations, Nazis riding dinosaurs, and Ghandi nuking the entire planet. Historical accuracy isn’t always a priority, and even the ones that try to get it right have to take some liberties with the facts modern scholarship hands down to us to be, you know, a fun game. But there is a definite divide between games that offer a mere ...
Steam News · Aug 1, 2016
Everybody who likes pirates (and who doesn't like pirates?) has a pitch for the ideal game about them. We carry our imaginary game around with us, close to our rum-soaked hearts. It's got to be open world of course, because what's the point of the horizon if you can't have it brought to you? The romance of being a pirate is all about freedom. It's also about stabbing people. There needs to be good...
Steam News · Aug 29, 2015
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Steam News · Mar 13, 2015
It's Sid Meier's PC Gamer Show! In this special extended episode, the legendary strategy designer stops by to talk about the history of the Civilization series, what's up with his new game Starships, modding, the future of strategy in VR, and what it takes for a game to earn the "Sid Meier's" title. Gosh, he sure is nice. As usual, we answer your questions at the end of the episode....
Steam News · Jun 26, 2013
Sid Meier's name is well known in gaming circles for the addicting "just one more turn" mentality associated with his strategy games. Of course, there is never any mistaking what his games are because his name is usually in the game's title. It can't be because of ego, as colleagues say Meier is a very soft-spoken, unassuming man. "In the years and all the people I've worked with at Firaxis," said...
Steam News · Jul 21, 2011
Launching today, an iPad optimized version of Sid Meier's Pirates! is available in the App Store for US$3.99. That's a limited time deal until July 25. After that, it's priced at $6.99.
Steam News · Aug 25, 2010
Ahoy, land-lovers! 2K Games has dated the Wii port of Sid Meier's classic trek at sea and we're slightly disappointed. Don't get us wrong, we're happy that Sid Meier's Pirates! will launch on the Nintendo Wii on October 5. What we're disappointed by is the synergy that could have come with setting the game to sail on September 19, the internationally recognized day to "talk like a pirate." For tho...
Steam News · May 4, 2010
An enhanced edition of buccaneer lifestyle simulator Sid Meier's Pirates! is headed to the Wii, publisher Take-Two Interactive and subsidiary 2K Games announced today. Sid Meier's Pirates! on PC (2004) Based off Firaxis' 2004 revamp of Pirates!--the game originally debuted in 1987--the port is being handled by 2K China. Two new mini-games were promised-Bombardment and Lock Picking--plus "exclus...
Steam News · May 4, 2010
Nintendo can't seem to escape the reach of piracy, especially now that one of game industry legend and this week's Kotaku Talk Radio guest Sid Meier's most beloved games is making its way to the Wii this fall. Sid Meier's Pirates! first hit the stormy seas of PC gaming back in 1987, when it won several game of the year awards and captured the hearts of countless pirates, both imaginary and compu...