Sid Meier's Starships announced for PC, Mac & iPad
2K and Firaxis Games Announce Sid Meier’s Starships
2K and Firaxis Games today announced Sid Meier’s Starships, a new turn-based, adventure-driven interstellar strategy game from Sid Meier, creator of the award-winning Sid Meier’s Civilization series. Scheduled for release in early 2015 as a digital download for Windows-based PC, Mac and iPad, Sid Meier’s Starships lets players command a fleet of starships as they embark on a series of missions to explore the galaxy, protect planets and their civilizations, and build a federation to ultimately usher in a new age of peace throughout the galaxy.
“When designing Starships, I was intrigued by the idea of exploring the next chapter in the story of Civilization: Beyond Earth. What happens after we colonize our new home and eventually build starships to take to the stars? What has become of our long-lost brothers and sisters from the planet Earth?” said Sid Meier, director of creative development at Firaxis Games. “My goal was to create an experience that focuses on starship design and combat within a universe filled with interstellar adventure, diplomacy, and exploration.”
Sid Meier’s Starships challenges players to build a planetary federation by exploring the galaxy, expanding its influence and domain, researching futuristic technologies and engaging in deep, turn-based tactical space combat with an armada of uniquely customizable starships. Each new campaign will feature its own distinctive galactic strategy map of worlds with dynamically generated tactical combat missions that will enhance the game’s replay value. In addition, Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth fans who purchase Sid Meier’s Starships will uncover cross-connectivity with the two games such that will enhance and expand the depth of both game experiences.
“Sid has been a leader in the strategy and PC gaming market for more than 30 years,” said Christoph Hartmann, president of 2K. “After successfully launching an experience touching upon mankind’s history on Earth, fans will now see how Sid has used the Civilization: Beyond Earth universe to deliver his own unique style of strategic gaming.”
Sid Meier’s Starships will be available on Steam for Windows-based PC and Mac, the Mac App Store for Mac, and the App Store for iPad devices in early 2015.
《文明帝国》系列创作者发表新作《星舰传奇》 以《文明帝国:超越地球》为世界舞台
2K 和 Firaxis Games 今(20)日发表,由《文明帝国》系列创作者 Sid Meier 领衔开发的全新回合制冒险导向星际策略游戏《星舰传奇(暂译,原名:Sid Meier's Starships》,预订 2015 年初在 Windows PC、Mac 和 iPad 上推出数字下载版,玩家将率领一支星际舰队展开一连串的任务,探索银河、保护星球及其上文明,并建立联邦让银河终究迈向和平新纪元。
在《星舰传奇》中,玩家将去探索银河、扩张影响力与势力范围、研究未来科技来建立行星联邦,并率领由各种独特且精心设计的星舰所组成的舰队进行富有深度的回合制战术太空战斗。各种新战役将提供截然不同的特有银河世界策略地图,并穿插动态产生的战斗任务来增进游戏的重玩价值。官方指出,若有游玩《星舰传奇》的《文明帝国:超越地球》玩家将可发现两套游戏之间的交互关连性,因而增进并扩展两套游戏体验的深度。
Firaxis Games 创意开发总监 Sid Meier 表示:「当我正在思考《文明帝国:超越地球》的故事接下该如何发展时,却迸出了《星舰传奇》。我们在新的星球上建立殖民地,并终于建造出星舰开始探索繁星之后,会发生什么样的事情?还有,地球上那些失联已久的兄弟姊妹们到底怎么样了?我的目标是在充满星际冒险、外交与探索的世界中创造出着重星舰设计与战斗的游戏体验。」
2K 总裁 Christoph Hartmann 指出,Sid Meier 身为策略和 PC 游戏市场的领导者已有超过 30 年的时间,继成功地让玩家体验地球上的人类文明发展史之后,玩家们现在将可看到 Sid 如何藉由《文明帝国:超越地球》的世界带来独特风格的策略游戏。
《星舰传奇》的游戏软件分级为辅 12 级,玩家可在 2015 年初透过 Steam 购买到 PC 和 Mac 版本,也可透过 Mac App Store 购买到 Mac 版本,并可透过 App Store 购买到 iPad 版本,游戏售价未定。