Firaxis Games

Firaxis Games is a computer game developer from the USA and was founded by Sid Meier and Jeff Briggs in 1996 after they left their old company MicroProse . In 2005, Firaxis was bought by Take 2 Interactive and has been part of its publishing label 2K Games ever since . Firaxis Games primarily develops strategy games , especially global strategy games .

Firaxis has developed and published over a dozen games, including Sid Meier's Gettysburg! and Sid Meier's Antietam! about the battles of the American Civil War . SimGolf was a co-production with Will Wright , best known for SimCity and The Sims . Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri is a game about the colonization of the fictional planet "Chiron" in the Alpha Centauri system . Firaxis Games became best known for the Civilization series launched by Sid Meier , which now consists of seven parts.

The latest releases from Firaxis Games include new editions of the classic Pirates! (November 2004) and Colonization (September 2008) as well as Civilization: Beyond Earth (October 2014), XCOM 2 (February 2016) and Civilization VI (October 2016).

Published games

Sid Meier's Gettysburg! (1997)
Sid Meier's Antietam! (1998)
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri (1999)
- Sid Meier's Alien Crossfire (add-on, 1999)
Sid Meier's Civilization III (2001)
- Sid Meier's Civilization III: Play the World (Add-on, 2002)
- Sid Meier's Civilization III: Conquests (Add-on, 2003)
Sid Meier's SimGolf (2002)
Sid Meier's Pirates! (2004)
Sid Meier's Civilization IV (2005)
- Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Warlords (Add-on, 2006)
- Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword (Add-on, 2007)
Sid Meier's Railroads! (2006)
Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution (2008)
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization (2008)
Civilization V (2010)
- Sid Meier's Civilization V: Gods & Kings (Add-on, 2012)
- Sid Meier's Civilization V: Brave New World (Add-on, 2013)
XCOM: Enemy Unknown (2012)
- XCOM: Enemy Within (Add-on, 2013)
Haunted Hollow (2013)
Sid Meier's Ace Patrol (2013)
Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth (2014)
- Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth - Rising Tide (2015)
XCOM 2 (2016)
Civilization VI (October 2016)
- Sid Meier's Civilization VI: Rise and Fall (Add-on, 2018)
- Sid Meier's Civilization VI: Gathering Storm (Add-on, 2019)