In a way, I feel bad about making the comparison, because Beyond Earth's team has always been clear that they were making Civ In Space rather than Alpha Centauri 2. It was also going to be nigh ...

Civilization: Beyond Earth is the first Civilization game to focus on humanity’s expansion into the stars, but it stands very much in the shadow of Firaxis legendary sci-fi 4X, Alpha Centauri.

and that’s including everything since (with plenty of warm fuzzies for Civilization IV). Alpha Centauri‘s creative lead Brian Reynolds was a gameplay genius, as most who remember Civilization ...

It’s also the setting and name for Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri, a video game from the legendary creator that takes his Civilization building tools and sets them on a new world in space ...

Alpha Centauri isn't simply my favourite Civ game, but my favourite 4X strategy game of all time, period, but it still didn't take long to realise that staring at Beyond Earth through that lens ...

It’s actually a brilliant old idea. Sid Meier, the creator of Civilization, first explored the concept in Alpha Centauri, a 1999 turn-based strategy game for PC. Beyond Earth is a spiritual ...

on alpha centauri It’s impossible to play Beyond Earth without comparing it to the 'other' Civ-in-space game, Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri. One of the first games developed by Firaxis following ...

"It's been quite a while since Alpha Centauri came out," said Civilization series creator Sid Meier. "We've got a lot of new ideas, have learned a lot, and there’s so much new stuff we can do ...

(Fun fact: Alpha Centauri wasn’t called Civilization because Firaxis and publisher EA didn’t own the rights to the name. Firaxis regained the rights to Civilization when it was bought by 2K ...

Whilst the spirit of Alpha Centauri certainly looks to be present in Beyond Earth, this is Civilization in space, and will function similarly. IGN spoke to the game’s co-lead designer, David ...

Beyond Earth is not the first time the Civ franchise has taken to the heavens. Back in 1999 Firaxis launched Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, based on improvements made to the Civilization 2 engine ...