Civilization V Archives

The lead designer of Civilization V joining the developer seemed like a match made in heaven Both at the head of the 4X genre, in theory it could have produced some excellent content. Sadly, it seems like it just didn't work out After around six months, Shafer and the developer have decided to call it quits[...]

In a press release sent out yesterday, it was announced that John Shafer, former lead designer for Civilization V, would join Paradox Interactive The Sweedish developer will be putting him in charge of a new team designing a strategy title for the company. Beyond what we just wrote, there aren't a lot of details to scavenge[...]