Firaxis Games is an American video game developer based in Sparks, Maryland.[1] It was founded in May 1996 by Sid Meier, Jeff Briggs and Brian Reynolds as Firaxis Software, following their departure from MicroProse, which Meier had co-founded.[2][3][4] The company was renamed to Firaxis Games in July 1997 prior to releasing any titles.[2] It produced seven games primarily for Microsoft Windows personal computers over the next nine years through multiple publishers; these games include wargames such as their first title, Sid Meier's Gettysburg! (1997), and 4X turn-based strategy games, all with the prefix "Sid Meier's" in their official titles. Three of the games were part of the company's flagship Civilization series of 4X games, which was originally begun by Meier at MicroProse. In November 2004, Take-Two Interactive purchased the publishing rights to the series from then-rights holder Infogrames,[5] and a year later in November 2005, after the release of Civilization IV, acquired Firaxis. It became part of the publisher's 2K Games label, and has published exclusively through them since.[6]
Since 2005, Firaxis has released nine further titles related to the Civilization series, primarily 4X games. The other releases include three titles in the X-COM series of turn-based tactics games, three other tactics games, a railroad business simulation game, and a mobile real-time strategy game. Meier is the only founder remaining at the company, where he is the creative director.[7][8] Firaxis' most recent title is Marvel's Midnight Suns (2022), and they are in development on Civilization VII. Firaxis Games has worked on 25 games since 1996, 13 of which are part of the Civilization series.
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Original release date: October 16, 1997[9] |
Release years by system: 1997 – Windows[9] |
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Original release date: February 12, 1999[11] |
Release years by system: 1999 – Windows[11] 2000 – Mac OS, Linux[12][13] |
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Original release date: December 10, 1999[17] |
Release years by system: 1999 – Windows[17] |
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Original release date: October 31, 2001[19] |
Release years by system: 2001 – Windows[19] 2002 – Mac OS[19] |
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Original release date: January 24, 2002[25] |
Release years by system: 2002 – Windows[25] |
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Original release date: November 23, 2004[26] |
Release years by system: 2004 – Windows[26] 2005 – Xbox[26] 2007 – PlayStation Portable[26] 2008 – macOS[26] 2010 – Wii[26] 2011 – iOS[26] 2012 – Windows Phone[27] |
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Original release date: October 25, 2005[28] |
Release years by system: 2005 – Windows[28] 2006 – macOS[28] |
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Original release date: July 25, 2006[34] |
Release years by system: 2006 – Windows[34] |
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Original release date: October 17, 2006[35] |
Release years by system: 2006 – Windows[35] 2012 – macOS[35] |
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Original release date: June 6, 2008[36] |
Release years by system: 2008 – PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS[37] 2009 – iOS[37] 2012 – Windows Phone[38] |
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Original release date: September 21, 2008[39] |
Release years by system: 2008 – Windows[39] 2009 – macOS[39] |
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Original release date: September 21, 2010[40] |
Release years by system: 2010 – Windows, macOS[40] 2014 – Linux |
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Original release date: July 7, 2011[46] |
Release years by system: 2011 – Facebook Platform[46] |
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Original release date: October 9, 2012[49] |
Release years by system: 2012 – Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360[49] 2013 – macOS, iOS[49] 2014 – Android, Linux[49][50] 2016 – PlayStation Vita[51] |
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Original release date: May 2, 2013[53] |
Release years by system: 2013 – iOS[53] |
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Original release date: May 9, 2013[54] |
Release years by system: 2013 – Windows, iOS[54] |
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Sid Meier's Ace Patrol: Pacific Skies Original release date: November 7, 2013[55] |
Release years by system: 2013 – Windows, iOS[55] |
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Original release date: July 2, 2014[56] |
Release years by system: 2014 – Android, iOS[56] 2015 – PlayStation Vita[57] |
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Original release date: October 24, 2014[58] |
Release years by system: 2014 – Windows, macOS, Linux[58] |
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Original release date: March 12, 2015[60] |
Release years by system: 2015 – Windows, macOS, iOS[60] |
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Original release dates: February 5, 2016[61] |
Release years by system: 2016 – Windows, macOS, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One[61] 2020 – Nintendo Switch, iOS 2021 – Android[62] |
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Original release date: October 21, 2016[64] |
Release years by system: 2016 – Windows, macOS[65] 2017 – Linux, iOS[65] 2018 – Switch[66] 2019 – PlayStation 4, Xbox One[67] 2020 – Android[68] |
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Original release date: April 24, 2020[70] |
Release years by system: 2020 – Windows[70] |
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Original release date: December 2, 2022[71] |
Release years by system: 2022 – Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S |
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Sid Meier's Civilization VII Proposed release date: TBA |
Proposed system release: TBA |
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