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Sid Meier grabs a Guinness

By Tor Thorsen, GameSpotPosted May 29, 2008 4:19 pm PT

Record book honors legendary game designer for being honored; Civilization Revolution for PS3, 360, and DS now due July 8.

Sid Meier has been the recipient of numerous accolades, including a star on the Walk of Game and a 2008 Game Developers Conference lifetime achievement award. In fact, the director of creative development at developer Firaxis--now owned by Take-Two Interactive--has received so many awards that he has received the postmodern distinction of being honored for being honored.

Sid Meier

Today, 2K Games announced that Meier will be listed in the Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition 2008 as having "officially won more game awards than any other video game creator." Strangely, neither 2K nor Guinness listed the exact number of awards Meier, who cocreated the Railroad Tycoon and Civilization series, has received in his more than two decades of game development. However, they did call out the aforementioned prizes as well as his 1999 induction into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences' Hall of Fame and his 2002 induction into the Computer Museum of America's Hall of Fame.

Also in today's announcement was a bit of unwelcome information that was new to many. Namely, 2K has announced that Civilization Revolution has been delayed by just over one month. Instead of launching on June 3, as previously announced, the game will now ship for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Nintendo DS on July 8 in North America. Work on a Wii version of the game, which offers a faster-paced, console-optimized version of the PC Civilization games, has been suspended since late January.

[UPDATE] Following the publication of this story, GameSpot was told by 2K Games reps Civilization Revolution's new ship date was revealed in April via the game's official Web site.

For more on Civilization Revolution, check out GameSpot's recent hands-on preview.

53 Comments

  • RitterXplode

    Posted Jun 10, 2008 1:16 am PT

    PC versions won't stop ruling the world! Hehe.

  • jonzilla_basic

    Posted Jun 9, 2008 5:48 am PT

    COngrats for sure, I DL the 360 Demo of the game and i loved it. It was awesome!!! I hope they give the option to slow down time for each turn but very well done.

  • nate1222

    Posted Jun 1, 2008 2:13 pm PT

    Congrats! I'm not a fan of the series (though I might get the DS version). But I know mucho people who own and love that series. @REGAMER-X
    Awesome avatar, man.

  • justfei

    Posted May 31, 2008 9:38 pm PT

    congrats! love his games, especially pirates!!!

  • REGAMER-X

    Posted May 31, 2008 8:34 pm PT

    Congratulations to him, he certainly deserves it.

  • PhantomPhoot

    Posted May 30, 2008 7:07 pm PT

    Wow, nice Guiness. I guess no one can break a record when they have no idea how many awards they'd need to get to break it.

  • oli54321 posted May 30, 2008 1:57 pm PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    oli54321

    Posted May 30, 2008 1:57 pm PT (hide)

    I don't know why Civilization is reviewed so highly, I thought it was such a bore

  • benjaminjoel

    Posted May 30, 2008 1:53 pm PT

    Still no word on the Wii version?

  • kos1085

    Posted May 30, 2008 1:11 pm PT

    Congrats but I have never played one of his games.

  • neonblueshadow

    Posted May 30, 2008 11:43 am PT

    he's done civ series, original railroad tycoon (which spawned the massive list of tycoon games), pirates!, alpha centauri, etc. and congrats! to sid, He's definitely one of my most respected game designers, when it comes to making intelligent games.

  • VenomRitual

    Posted May 30, 2008 11:31 am PT

    congrats

  • GodOfSyn

    Posted May 30, 2008 10:27 am PT

    That's great news but he's only known for 2 series as far as I have heard, and Civ is a great series. To have the most honors though is kind of odd, considering other big name guys out there.

  • 1357900

    Posted May 30, 2008 10:21 am PT

    That's kickinest awesome! Rewards well earned!!

  • bioghost

    Posted May 30, 2008 9:35 am PT

    Great job! i love Civ4 and still playing it

  • thenephariouson

    Posted May 30, 2008 9:08 am PT

    rtehrani "how can he have won more awards than miyamoto?"

    He CREATED a complete new genre of game that not only captivated the player but provided an experience that had never been done before to this extent as well as being very well designed. Whereas 'miyamoto' simply took a platform game e.g. Manic Miner / Jet Set Willy (ZX Spectrum), changed the character into a Plumber and added colour!

  • mysterylobster

    Posted May 30, 2008 8:02 am PT

    "I love the assumption that you make that console players are dumbed down. That's ignorant."

    Console players aren't dumbed down, which is why it's a shame that so many developers feel that they need to dumb down the games for them.

  • cheyco

    Posted May 30, 2008 7:51 am PT

    Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence.

    Hmm... Way to go Sid, now you and Homer both have one.

  • TaintedSaint666

    Posted May 30, 2008 7:45 am PT

    Here's hoping for another two decades of great from Sid Meier!

  • SexyPorkins

    Posted May 30, 2008 7:17 am PT

    musicaz70:

    I love the assumption that you make that console players are dumbed down. That's ignorant.

  • musicaz70

    Posted May 30, 2008 6:11 am PT

    Good for him, the man deserves it for his design genius. As for CR, meh... I'll stick with Civ IV, that is more than enough right now. CR will probably just be polished and play smooth, but just be a dumbed down version for game pads and players alike.

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