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All aboard for Sid Meier's Railroads!

Civilization designer looks to reinvent Railroad Tycoon franchise with PC strategy sim this fall.

Sid Meier is set to be inducted into the Walk of Game tonight for a career's worth of highly regarded PC strategy games including Civilization, Pirates!, and Alpha Centauri. He doesn't seem content to rest on his laurels; this morning, 2K Games announced that it would be publishing the next game in the developer's body of work, Sid Meier's Railroads! for the PC.

Currently in development at Firaxis Games (Take-Two Interactive's recently acquired studio, of which Meier is director of creative development), Railroads! is the next installment in the Railroad Tycoon PC strategy game series.

"We're thrilled to have the opportunity to bring this game back home," Meier said in a statement. "Railroads is near and dear to our hearts, and we're looking forward to delivering the endlessly fun gameplay experience fans of our games have come to expect."

Sid Meier's Railroads! will challenge players to create their own railroad empires and keep them up to date with the times. Working with trains ranging from steam-powered locomotives to modern diesel and electric trains, players will not only have to worry about getting cargo to its destination on time, but will also have to worry about business rivals and robber barons, among other things. 2K is promising a variety of gameplay options for Railroads! (including real-time LAN and Internet play), as well as a "sand-box" modeling mode.

Sid Meier's Railroads! has not yet been rated. It is scheduled for release this fall.

26 Comments

  • grayoldwolf

    Posted Mar 17, 2006 11:32 am GMT

    Sid who? Just kidding - this game will rock if The Man is involved.

  • akshayasok

    Posted Mar 17, 2006 6:37 am GMT

    Thsi Is Gonna Be So Cool . Especially A Game By SID So I AM Gonna Get It First Thing When It Releases Jsut Liek I Got Pirates And All Civ Games

  • AdrianWerner

    Posted Mar 17, 2006 12:12 am GMT

    Personaly I don't think Firaxis is really making it. I mean..not the "old" Firaxis. Rememebr that recently Take2 merged Poptop into Firaxis. Poptop was responsible for RailRoadTycoon 2 and 3. And they were rumoredto be working on new RT game. So I think it's the previous PopTop team that;s makingthis game, while Sid is just adviser on it

  • Gmex

    Posted Mar 16, 2006 8:54 pm GMT

    cool i liked playing the railroad tycoon series

  • qazwsx129

    Posted Mar 16, 2006 5:39 pm GMT

    Marry me Sid Meier!!

  • KingBobCat

    Posted Mar 16, 2006 5:15 pm GMT

    If I had all the years back that I've spent playing Sid Meier games, I'd live to be 90! Woot!

  • wokisan

    Posted Mar 16, 2006 3:35 pm GMT

    I enjoyed RT3 but it had quite a few issues imho. I think Sid will be able to make the series more enjoyable, work on those cumbersome menus, and turn out an awesome game. Great news!

  • Dawnfades

    Posted Mar 16, 2006 3:02 pm GMT

    Great News, I still play Railroad Tycoon 3. Railroads should be great as well

  • yanks26wsw

    Posted Mar 16, 2006 2:40 pm GMT

    meh

  • blackIceJoe

    Posted Mar 16, 2006 2:20 pm GMT

    I wonder how this would do over in the US if it was to come over here.To me it sounds like it could be a lot of fun.I also wonder if a game like this could ever come out on a System like the PS3.I for one would buy it if it did.

  • 777rak

    Posted Mar 16, 2006 2:02 pm GMT

    Graphics look pretty good.

  • GreyFoxV1

    Posted Mar 16, 2006 1:41 pm GMT

    Sweet! A good railway game!

  • mburcke

    Posted Mar 16, 2006 1:41 pm GMT

    The original game released in the early 1990s is a pure classic. One of the best strategy games ever made, period.

  • MiKaNoH

    Posted Mar 16, 2006 1:01 pm GMT

    i love trains

  • wytefang

    Posted Mar 16, 2006 12:59 pm GMT

    A-train X, please, I wouldn't trust any Japanese designer to make a game better than Sid can in this arena. No thanks..keep that crap in Japan. It'd probably have a pre-pubescent girl as the narrator, LOL. This game sounds sweet, keep up the good work, Sid! I'll tak you ANY DAY over any vaunted Japanese designer's works. WOOT!

  • NeoJedi

    Posted Mar 16, 2006 12:38 pm GMT

    This looks like a good game... gonna keep an eye on it.

  • duxup

    Posted Mar 16, 2006 12:22 pm GMT

    Sid . . . Railroad Tycoon . . . mmmm *drool*

  • DJGeki

    Posted Mar 16, 2006 11:59 am GMT

    Cool...now how about someone ports Densha de Go! to the US? :-D... There's some wishful thinking for you.

  • homsuplo75

    Posted Mar 16, 2006 11:36 am GMT

    This game sounds like an awesome idea. Can't wait to see more

  • Blazer88

    Posted Mar 16, 2006 11:33 am GMT

    This will probably be cool.I'm sure we all know Sid Meier is more then capable of making a great game.

  • gameloverx

    Posted Mar 16, 2006 11:18 am GMT

    cool guees i'll check it out

  • LunarDuality

    Posted Mar 16, 2006 11:07 am GMT

    This might be cool, but give me A-Train X for the 360, please!
    I'm sure they won't bring it over from Japan though...grr.

  • MHKnights

    Posted Mar 16, 2006 10:52 am GMT

    Hey noew, get the Civ4 SDK out first dag nabit!

  • frankeyser

    Posted Mar 16, 2006 10:45 am GMT

    tooot toooot!

  • YellowPik

    Posted Mar 16, 2006 10:44 am GMT

    YES! A new Sid Meier game!

  • justin_wicks

    Posted Mar 16, 2006 10:42 am GMT

    Looks pretty cool. First

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