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Encyclopedia > Civilization Revolution
Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution

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Developer(s) Firaxis
Publisher(s) 2K Games
Designer(s) Sid Meier
Series Civilization
Platform(s) Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Release date PlayStation 3, Xbox 360[1][2]
PAL June 13, 2008
NA July 9, 2008
Nintendo DS[3]
NA July 9, 2008
AUS July 25, 2008
Genre(s) Turn-based strategy
Mode(s) Single player, multiplayer
Rating(s) BBFC: PG
ESRB: E10+
Input methods Gamepad (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360), touch screen (Nintendo DS)

Civilization Revolution (full title: Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution, abbreviated title: Civ Rev) is a new iteration of Civilization being developed by Firaxis with Sid Meier as designer for Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. A Wii version was originally expected but was put on indefinite hold. The lack of a PlayStation Portable version was attributed to a lack of development manpower.[4] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates video games. ... Firaxis Games is a computer game developer. ... 2K Games is a video game publishing subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive. ... A game designer is a person who designs games. ... Sidney K. Meier (born 1954 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American programmer and designer of several popular computer strategy games. ... Civilization is a series of turn-based strategy games produced by Sid Meier. ... 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Sid Meier has been enthusiastic about this installment, being quoted in both the press release and trailer as saying, "This is the game I've always wanted to make." Sidney K. Meier (born 1954 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American programmer and designer of several popular computer strategy games. ...


A demo was released on Xbox Live Marketplace and the North American PlayStation Store on June 5, 2008. The demo allows players to play until 1250 AD as Cleopatra or Julius Caesar, and also allows multiplayer play.[5] Xbox Live Marketplace Logo The Xbox Live Marketplace (XBLM) is a virtual market designed for Microsofts Xbox 360 console that allows Xbox Live members to download purchased or promotional content. ... North American redirects here. ... PlayStation Store (PS Store) is Sonys PlayStation Network online shopping service provided for use with either its PlayStation 3 video game console or a Personal Computer. ... is the 156th day of the year (157th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Era (or Anno Domini), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ... // April 30 - King Louis IX of France released by his Egyptian captors after paying a ransom of one million dinars and turning over the city of Damietta. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... For other uses, see Julius Caesar (disambiguation). ...

Contents

Gameplay

Xbox 360 version.

Civilization Revolution is similar to the PC titles in the Civilization series. It is a turn based strategy game in which the player can take 16 different civilizations, each with special abilities, from prehistory to modern times and recent future. For the console version, the gameplay has been streamlined and simplified to make the game easier to play for newcomers to the series.[citation needed] A victory can be achieved in four ways. Domination (destroy all other civilizations), Culture (create 20 great persons, wonders, or converted cities), Economic (create the world bank), and Technological (be the first to reach alpha centauri). Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... It has been suggested that Xbox 360 Elite be merged into this article or section. ... For other uses, see Alpha Centauri (disambiguation). ...


Civilizations featured in the game

These civilizations are featured on the official website for the game.

Civilization Leader
America Abraham Lincoln
England Queen Elizabeth I
Japan Tokugawa Ieyasu
Aztec Moctezuma II
China Mao Zedong
India Mohandas Gandhi
Mongolia Genghis Khan
Rome Julius Caesar
Egypt Cleopatra
France Napoleon Bonaparte
Arabia Saladin
Greece Alexander the Great
Spain Isabella of Castille
Germany Otto von Bismarck
Zulu Shaka
Russia Catherine II

There are also NPC barbarians who will wage war with all civilizations in the game until the globe is conquered or the civilizations are destroyed. For other uses of terms redirecting here, see US (disambiguation), USA (disambiguation), and United States (disambiguation) Motto In God We Trust(since 1956) (From Many, One; Latin, traditional) Anthem The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City National language English (de facto)1 Demonym American... For other uses, see Abraham Lincoln (disambiguation). ... For a comprehensive list of the territories that formed the British Empire, see Evolution of the British Empire. ... Elizabeth I Queen of England and Ireland Queen of France, nominal title Elizabeth I (September 7, 1533–March 24, 1603) was Queen of England and Queen of Ireland from November 17, 1558 until her death. ... Tokugawa Ieyasu January 31, 1543 – June 1, 1616)was the founder and first shogunof the Tokugawa shogunateof Japanwhich ruled from the Battle of Sekigaharain 1600until the Meiji Restorationin 1868. ... For other uses, see Aztec (disambiguation). ... Moctezuma, also known as Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin (usually spelled Montezuma in English) (c. ... Mao redirects here. ... Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (October 2, 1869 – January 30, 1948) (Devanagari: मोहनदास करमचन्द गांधी), called Mahatma Gandhi, was the charismatic leader who brought the cause of Indias independence from British colonial rule to world attention. ... This article is about the person. ... Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew from a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula circa the 9th century BC to a massive empire straddling the Mediterranean Sea. ... For other uses, see Julius Caesar (disambiguation). ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Bonaparte as general Napoleon Bonaparte ( 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a general of the French Revolution and was the ruler of France as First Consul (Premier Consul) of the French Republic from November 11, 1799 to May 18, 1804, then as Emperor of the French (Empereur des Français... The Ayyubid or Ayyoubid Dynasty was a Muslim dynasty of Kurdish[1] origins which ruled Egypt, Syria, Yemen (except for the Northern Mountains), Diyar Bakr, Mecca, Hejaz and northern Iraq in the 12th and 13th centuries. ... á¹¢alāḥ ad-DÄ«n YÅ«suf ibn AyyÅ«b (Arabic: ‎), known in English as Saladin, was a 12th-century Kurd who became Sultan of Egypt and Syria, and a major Muslim political and military leader. ... For the film of the same name, see Alexander the Great (1956 film). ... Isabella of Castile Isabella of Castile (April 22, 1451 – November 26, 1504) was queen of Castile and Leon. ... Bismarck redirects here. ... Capital KwaBulawayo, South Africa; later Ulundi, South Africa Government Monarchy King  - 1812-1828 Shaka kaSenzangakhona (first)  - 1872-1879 Cetshwayo kaMpande (last) History  - Zulu take over Mtetwa Paramountcy under Shaka 1817  - Dissolution by Cape Colony 1879 Population  - 1828 est. ... For other uses, see Shaka (disambiguation). ... Catherine II (Екатерина II Алексеевна: Yekaterína II Alekséyevna, April 21, 1729 - November 6, 1796), born Sophie Augusta Fredericka, known as Catherine the Great, reigned as empress of Russia from June 28, 1762, to her death on November 6, 1796. ... An NPC from the video game The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. ... barbarians is a mini-series on the history channel which tells the story of four of the most barbariac tribes of the early and late middle ages. ... This article is about Earth as a planet. ...


Multiplayer

Nintendo DS version.

Civilization Revolution will feature some robust multiplayer options. Including match making and ranked games for up to four players (in a free for all, 1 on 1, and 2 on 2 team battle modes), as well as leaderboards and support for voice and video chat.[6] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Nintendo DS (sometimes abbreviated NDS or more commonly DS) is a handheld game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo. ... Robust means healthy, strong, durable, and often adaptable, innovative, flexible. ...


Downloadable Content

For the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions, each week a new Firaxis created scenario will become available to players for download. Players compete to earn the best Civilization Revolution leaderboard score for that scenario during that week. Firaxis has also confirmed a DLC for PS3 and Xbox 360 that has more wonders and relics[7][8] It has been suggested that Xbox 360 Elite be merged into this article or section. ... The PlayStation 3 , trademarked PLAYSTATION®3,[3] commonly abbreviated PS3) is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment; successor to the PlayStation 2. ...


Reception

As of July 9th, Metacritic lists Civilization Revolution with a score of 84 for the PS3[9], 83 for the Xbox 360[10], and 80 for the Nintendo DS[11] (17, 22, and 5 reviews respectively). Metacritic is a website that collates reviews of music albums, games, movies, TV shows, DVDs and books. ...


Possibilities of a Wii edition

On February 4, 2008 2K Games and Firaxis announced that the Wii version of Civilization Revolution was put on indefinite hold due to lack of manpower and no PlayStation 2 or PlayStation Portable editions of the game to share assets with. Firaxis programmer Scott Lewis explained, "CivRev was originally a Xbox 360/PS3 project and was in development for over a year before the Wii/DS platforms were added. The result was that the time and effort it would have taken to remake a game built for higher-end hardware from the ground up would simply have been too costly."[12] On June 10, 2008, Sid Meier reaffirmed plans to develop a Wii version, stating that Firaxis had "no intentions of turning backs on [the Wii version]."[13] is the 35th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Era (or Anno Domini), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ... 2K Games is a video game publishing subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive. ... Firaxis Games is a computer game developer. ... The Wii (pronounced as the pronoun we, IPA: ) is the fifth home video game console released by Nintendo. ... In mathematics, a definite bilinear form B is one for which B(v,v) has a fixed sign (positive or negative) when it is not 0. ... PS2 redirects here. ... The PlayStation Portable (officially abbreviated PSP)[5] is a handheld game console manufactured and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. ... It has been suggested that Xbox 360 Elite be merged into this article or section. ... “PS3” redirects here. ... The Wii (pronounced as the pronoun we, IPA: ) is the fifth home video game console released by Nintendo. ... The Nintendo DS (sometimes abbreviated NDS or more commonly DS) is a handheld game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo. ... is the 161st day of the year (162nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Era (or Anno Domini), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ... Sidney K. Meier (born 1954 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American programmer and designer of several popular computer strategy games. ...


References

  1. ^ http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/strategy/sidmeierscivilizationrevolution/similar.html?mode=versions
  2. ^ http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/strategy/sidmeierscivilizationrevolution/similar.html?mode=versions
  3. ^ http://www.gamespot.com/ds/strategy/sidmeierscivilizationrevolution/similar.html?mode=versions
  4. ^ "Why the PSP Gets No Civ Revolution". Kotaku. Retrieved on 2007-07-17.
  5. ^ GameSpot News
  6. ^ Brian Ekberg (2007-07-11). "E3 '07: Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution First Look" (HTML). GameSpot. Retrieved on 2007-07-11.
  7. ^ "Official Civilization Revolution Xbox.com page". Microsoft.
  8. ^ Wesley Yin-Poole (2008-05-23). "Civilization Revolution Hands-on".
  9. ^ "Civilization Revolution (ps3:2008)" (2008-07-09).
  10. ^ "Civilization Revolution (xbox360:2008)" (2008-07-09).
  11. ^ "Civilization Revolution (ds:2008)" (2008-07-09).
  12. ^ Scott Lewis 1Up interview
  13. ^ "Sid Meier: We're not turning our backs on Wii". Joystiq (2008-06-10).

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Sidney K. Meier (born 1954 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American programmer and designer of several popular computer strategy games. ... Civilization is a series of turn-based strategy games produced by Sid Meier. ... For the complete series of games, see Civilization (series). ... For the complete series of games, see Civilization (series). ... Sid Meiers Civilization II, a. ... Sid Meiers Civilization III is a turn-based strategy computer game by Firaxis Games, the sequel to Sid Meiers Civilization II. It was followed by Civilization IV. Also called Civ 3 or Civ III for short, the game is the third generation of the original Civilization. ... Sid Meiers Civilization IV (Civilization IV or Civ4) is a turn-based strategy computer game released in 2005 and developed by lead designer Soren Johnson under the direction of Sid Meier and Meiers studio Firaxis Games. ... For the upcoming 2008 remake see, see Civilization IV: Colonization. ... Master of Magic (MoM) is a turn-based fantasy strategic computer game published by Microprose in 1994 and developed by Steve Barcia (Simtex), who wrote the better-known Master of Orion. ... “SMAC” redirects here. ... Sid Meiers Alien Crossfire, published in September 1999, is an expansion pack for Sid Meiers Alpha Centauri, a turn-based strategic 4X computer game. ... CTP Opening screen artwork is a good example of the kind of integration of art styles found throughout the game Civilization: Call to Power is a PC turn-based strategy game released by Activision as an improved successor to the extremely successful Civilization computer game by Sid Meier, competing with... Call to Power II feautures special bonuses for some achievements Call to Power II feautured a reworked diplomacy system Call to Power II is a PC turn-based strategy game released by Activision as a sequel to Civilization: Call to Power, which was, in turn, a game similar to the... Freeciv is a multiplayer, turn-based strategy game for personal computers inspired by the commercial proprietary Sid Meiers Civilization series. ... FreeCol is a Open Source (under the GNU General Public License) clone of Sid Meiers Colonization. ... C-evo (standing for evolution) is a game similar to Civilization II. The game was written in Delphi and the main programming is done by Steffen Gerlach. ...

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