Sid Meier
Designer · Director
Sid Meier is a video game designer, programmer and entrepreneur known for influential strategy and simulation games.
Career
Sid Meier and Bill Stealey founded MicroProse Software in 1982.
Sid Meier created and released Civilization in 1991 after developing it with Bruce Shelley.
Firaxis joined the Take-Two Interactive family in 2006.
2K and Firaxis officially announced Sid Meier's Civilization VII on June 7, 2024, for release in 2025.
Interesting Facts
- The Civilization “one more turn” phenomenon is documented alongside Meier's admission that he has played until late for meetings because he could not find a good stopping point.
- Before his commercial career, Meier made unauthorized Space Invaders and Pac-Man clones and tried to sell them through a local electronics store.
