Firaxis' logo features a fire wheel, meant to symbolize the "fiery axis of creativity from which all great game elements arise".[1]
Formerly
Firaxis Software, Inc. (1996–1997)
Company type
Subsidiary
Industry
Video games
Founded
May 1, 1996; 28 years ago (1996-05-01) in Hunt Valley, Maryland, US
Founders
Sid Meier
Jeff Briggs
Brian Reynolds
Headquarters
Sparks, Maryland
,
US
Key people
Steve Martin (president, CEO)
Sid Meier (creative development director)
Products
See List of games by Firaxis Games
Number of employees
180 (2015)
Parent
2K (2005–present)
Website
firaxis.com
Firaxis Games, Inc. is an American video game developer based in Sparks, Maryland. The company was founded in May 1996 by Sid Meier, Jeff Briggs and Brian Reynolds following their departure from MicroProse, Meier's earlier venture. They were acquired by Take-Two Interactive in August 2005, and subsequently became part of the publisher's 2K label. Firaxis Games is best known for developing the Civilization and XCOM series, as well as many other games bearing Meier's name.
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beginning with the strategy video game XCOM: Enemy Unknown, developed by FiraxisGames and released in 2012 to critical and commercial success. It was followed...
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companies such as Bullfrog Productions, FiraxisGames, and Tilted Mill Entertainment to develop several games under the Sim brand. SimCity (1989) SimCity...
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lead designer of Civilization II and Alpha Centauri, and co-founder of FiraxisGames. The studio's ownership has changed hands several times over the years...
Civilization VI is a turn-based strategy 4X video game developed by FiraxisGames and published by 2K. The mobile and Nintendo Switch port was published...
March 10, 1957) is the American founder and former President and CEO of FiraxisGames, a video game developer based in Hunt Valley, Maryland, United States...
led to Sid Meier, Jeff Briggs and Brian Reynolds leaving and forming FiraxisGames in 1996, as MicroProse closed its ex-Simtex development studio in Austin...
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under the direction of Sid Meier and his video game development studio FiraxisGames. It was released in North America, Europe, and Australia, between October...
development studios or from large third-party triple-A studios (such as FiraxisGames with Civilization IV or Gearbox Software for the Borderlands series)...
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to Firaxis for Civilization III (2001). The rights to the franchise were sold in 2004, however, to Take-Two Interactive, which licensed it to Firaxis again...
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Global Information
180 (2015)