thecyke Posted April 15, 2003 Report Share Posted April 15, 2003 Thanks to Detonate for this, check out this Gamespy interview with Sid Meier, current owner of the X-Com license;Gamespy Interview "GameSpy: What about the future? I heard you tell the crowd you were excited about your deal with Infogrames and having access to all the Microprose legacy titles. Including your own stuff... Sid Meier: Yes, we're looking at some of the older games and seeing what might look good. GameSpy: Would that include your old stuff? Like Pirates, F-15 Strike Eagle, Gunship... Sid Meier: ... Silent Service, Red Storm Rising, Covert Ops. And we're looking at the other games as well. GameSpy: Like Master of Magic and X-Com? Sid Meier: Yes. GameSpy: You realize Usenet is going to go nuts over that answer. Sid Meier: We're not going to announce our next game until October or so." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ion Mage Posted April 15, 2003 Report Share Posted April 15, 2003 Wasnt this already posted a while back? Maybe it was on the old forums, but i remember reading about this many months ago. Well, we can only wait and see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BladeFireLight Posted April 15, 2003 Report Share Posted April 15, 2003 wow... this probably means that if we show enought interest they may do another x-com game.... If they think it will sell and they get interested in it...... < rub's hands together in antisipation> -Blade FireLight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Veteran Posted April 15, 2003 Report Share Posted April 15, 2003 This has been mentioned before fairly recently but Blade makes a good point... All of the previous talk about emailing the makers of the crippled alliance and genesis games were lost causes. This though could be a good idea.If someone could let Sid Meier or someone on his team know that there is a large community of XCom fans out here who would buy a new game it may motivate him to put some cashflow into it. The website may even get a mention! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecyke Posted April 15, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2003 Sorry, my bad ...it is an old story. But The Veteran has a point, it's refreshing to recall that Sid knows what he has in his hands -Sid is a known businessman, a passionate maker of games and someone who has had the business skills to become a name in this industry. He's not some faceless suit trading licences and peoples jobs like they were Pokemon cards. Could it be time to attempt a rallying cry? Have we, the x-community become so accustomed to x-coms current paralysis that we have become too numb to ever stir again? Anyone for a new save x-com campaign? I`ve got some off the wall ideas we could use. We could really organise something, if enough of us had the will.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cutedge Posted April 15, 2003 Report Share Posted April 15, 2003 I was gonna say... remember last October when we all sat on edge waiting for his next game to be announced? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ion Mage Posted April 15, 2003 Report Share Posted April 15, 2003 Well, i emailed them once at least, but that was more of a suggestion to do a remake of UFO on game boy advance (And i had a topic on it in the fan ideas for an XC game forums), but i never did email them a suggestion to restart alliance or genesis (and they likely wanna start again from scratch; the stuff that IS complete by now is likely very obsolete by now) If we email them with a ton of signatures that show interest, add mine to the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC-1701-F Posted April 16, 2003 Report Share Posted April 16, 2003 This came out in september, and their october deadline is long gone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Posted April 16, 2003 Report Share Posted April 16, 2003 This is pretty new though: https://www.firaxis.com/jobs_openings.cfm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ki-tat Chung Posted April 17, 2003 Report Share Posted April 17, 2003 heeeey.....looks like fun! j/k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cutedge Posted April 17, 2003 Report Share Posted April 17, 2003 I think Firaxis took a major hit when they put out Civ3 Play the World in an unfinished state. To this day, I'm still having problems with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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