Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution

Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution - (Xbox 360, PS3)
Developer: Firaxis
Format: Xbox 360, PS3
Genre: Strategy

A benchmark game for net-gen armchair generals

Along will Will Wright (The Sims) and Pete Molyneux (Fable, Populous), Sid Meier is a legend in the world of games designers. The Civilization games, a mix of God-sim, historical strategy, with elements of turn-based tactics and RPG, have enthralled PC fans for over a decade. Now, finally, it's the turn of next-gen console owners to get in on the action.

In Civilization, players strive to become ruler of the world by establishing and leading a civilization from the dawn of man into the space age - waging war, conducting diplomacy, discovering technologies, going head-to-head with some of history's greatest leaders, and building the most powerful empire the world has ever known.

Some of the key features that will resonate with fans of strategy games and the Civilization franchise include 16 civilizations to master and lead to victory, an array of famous historical leaders to play as or compete against, and accessible maps and streamlined time scale for quicker games - something that we wish we had in earlier PC versions.

But the single player game is only half the story. In online multiplayer mode, players compete for world conquest and glory among their peers as they battle in teams, head-to-head or epic free-for-all matches. In addition, auto-matching, ranked games, leaderboards, achievements, downloadable extra content and integrated video and voice chat make the online play more versatile and fun than any previous version of Civilization.