Firaxis
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Formerly called
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Firaxis Software, Inc. (1996–97) |
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| Industry | Video game industry |
| Founded | January 5, 1996 in Hunt Valley, Maryland, U.S. |
| Founders |
Sid Meier Jeff Briggs Brian Reynolds |
| Headquarters | Sparks Glencoe, Maryland, U.S. |
| Products |
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri Civilization series (2001-present) Sid Meier's Pirates! XCOM: Enemy Unknown (See complete products listing) |
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Number of employees
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180 |
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2K Games (Take-Two Interactive) |
| Website | www |
Firaxis Games, Inc. is an American video game developer founded in 1996 by Sid Meier, Jeff Briggs, and Brian Reynolds upon leaving MicroProse. Now a wholly owned subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive, the company is best known for its Civilization series of games, though it has had notable success with other titles as well. Firaxis is based in Sparks, Maryland; Sid Meier continues to lead creative efforts there.
Since 1997, Firaxis has released several PC games, including Sid Meier's Gettysburg! and Sid Meier's Antietam!, based on their namesake famous American Civil War battles, and Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, a space colonization game taking place in the Alpha Centauri star system. In early 2000, co-founder Brian Reynolds parted with Firaxis to form his new studio, Big Huge Games. Firaxis Games then went on to release Sid Meier's SimGolf, a golf course building/management game. Perhaps their most popular releases have been Civilization III, and later Civilization IV, sequels to Meier's original Civilization game. In November 2004, Firaxis released Sid Meier's Pirates!, a remake of Meier's classic 1987 game of the same name. An Xbox version of the game was released in 2005 and a PSP version (developed by Full Fat) was released in 2007. Civilization IV started production in late 2003 and was released in 2005. Civilization Revolution, a console-only version of their popular Civilization series, was released in 2008.
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