Firaxis has revealed Sid Meier’s newest IP, Sid Meier’s Starships, via Gamespot.
Starships is a turn based strategy game with an interstellar premise, coming early 2015 to Windows, Mac, and iPad.
You lead a fleet of these eponymous starships, answering a call for help from another side of the universe. With each mission, you will find new planets to inhabit and protect, and eventually build a planetary federation.
You will also be challenged to protect this federation, as well as expand its reach and influence. To do so, you will be collecting a lot of futuretech, and enter battles with highly customizable ships, and unique maps, with a huge dynamically generated component.
Perhaps the most exciting aspect of Starships is that it was conceived as the next step forward from Civilization: Beyond Earth. As such, there is planned connectivity between both games, that will enhance your experience of both games.
Sid has never really stopped making games, but Starships may be his first truly unique and most important new IP for some time. What do you hope to see in this game? Share your thoughts with us in the comments.
