GDC 2008 : Sid Meier to be honoured

StarJet | January 09, 2008 | News | Game Developers Conference 2008

Loved Civilization? or Railroads!? or Pirates!? Then, you might like to hear that their creator, Sid Meier is going to be honoured with the "Lifetime Achievement Award" at the Game Developers' Conference 2008.

Sid Meier the creator of Civilization, Pirates! and Railroad Tycoon, co-founder of MicroProse and Firaxis Games will be awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the upcoming Game Developers Conference (February 18-22).

GDCs Jamil Moledina of Meier: Now that the rest of the industry is actively targeting the broader audience, its fitting to honor him with our highest award and thank him for his continuing example of inspiration for the video game community.

Meier is currently the creative director at Firaxis Games and is working on Civilization Revolution, set for a spring 08 release on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, DS and Wii.

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Catboy14 | January 09, 2008

Sid Meier = win. His games are awesome.
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Bri | January 09, 2008

Well-deserved. His games revolutionized "simulation".

In fact, I don't think simulation could exist without Civilization!
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m xdogz | January 21, 2008

Sid really deserves this . Civil for the win.