Jesse Smith is a Firaxis Producer and this interview involves topics such as the games they produced, Civilization 4 development. GameProducer.NET: Responsibility comes hand to hand with leadership - one of the skills or qualities that game producers need to have. What leadership means to you, and what have you learned about leadership in Civ4 production?...
As you all know Soren Johnson is the Civ 4 lead designer and Barry Caudill is the senior producer. The interview covers a lot of ground such as the AI, religion implementation, multiplayer... KEEPING THE FANS HAPPY Caudill: It's a really tough tightrope to walk when you're on something like Civ IV - if you continue to cater only to the hardcore guys...
In its latest Chart Toppers article, GameDaily sat down with Kelley Gilmore, Manager of Marketing and Media at Firaxis, to discuss what make the game so successful. Gilmore talked about the positive feedback from the communtiy and also praised 2K Games for the marketing effort. Here is a quote: 2K Games did a tremendous job marketing Civilization IV. Fr...
Not very long ago, GameSpy sat down with Soren Johnson and Barry Caudill to discuss the problems civ has encountered, amongst other things. Check it out GameSpy: Are there any fan projects or serious mods out there already that you enjoy? Is there anything specific in development you're really looking forward to? Johnson: Actually, one of my favorite...
Planet Civilisation have posted an interesting interview they conducted with Soren Johnson of Firaxis which gives us yet more insight in the creation of Civ4 and Sid Meirs future plans for games. Jan van der Crabben (Planet Civilization): Can you tell me anything about Sid's next project? Soren Johnson (Firaxis): We have a bunch of games in the mak...