Sid Meier's Railroads!
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20 years later, the world deserves another Sid Meier's Railroads!This article revisits the 2006 business simulation game Sid Meier's Railroads!, arguing that it deserves a modern remake. The author praises the game's blend of railroad management and competitive commerce, highlighting its unique mechanics of annexing industries, stock manipulation, and hostile takeovers. Despite its initial commercial failure and some lingering bugs, the game is lauded for its depth and potential for engaging multiplayer experiences.
"Keeping teams together doesn't seem to matter to people, but for us it did": Star Wars Zero Company's director on what the industry can learn from XCOM 2Greg Foertsch, director of Star Wars Zero Company and former art director on XCOM 2, emphasizes the importance of keeping development teams together to foster institutional knowledge and trust. He argues that this cohesion, demonstrated by Firaxis Games' work on the XCOM series, leads to better games and is a valuable lesson for an industry frequently impacted by layoffs.