
His mobile game Ace Patrol featured WWI planes battling in aerial dogfights.

Players serve as a fleet commander exploring galaxies with a group of customizable starships, engaging in turn-based space combat, gathering resources and researching future technology.ĭetails of how the game will play have yet to be revealed, but Meier has dabbled with turn-based combat in the skies. "My goal was to create an experience that focuses on starship design and combat within a universe filled with interstellar adventure, diplomacy, and exploration," says Meier in a statement. Meier says Starships was inspired by an idea to explore what would happen after the events of Civilization: Beyond Earth, the latest chapter of the game designer's iconic series available last year. Players manage a fleet of starships, exploring the galaxy and building a federation to restore order, says video game publisher 2K in a statement released Monday. Sid Meier and his studio, Firaxis Games, announced Sid Meier's Starships, a turn-based interstellar strategy game which will arrive as a digital download in the early part of 2015. Firaxis is working away on an update for Civilization: Beyond Earth, which will among other things lay the groundwork for integration between it and. The creator of classic PC franchise Civilization will launch a brand new property later this year for PCs, Macs and the iPad. Watch Video: A peek at 'Sid Meier's Starships'
