Soren Johnson Leaves Firaxis Games

[Metaliturtle]

just need EA to buy Firaxis then... wait 'till SMAC2 comes bundled with Spore

(Fictional Ad) "Import your SPORE race as an enemy Civ! Exciting adventures await you as you take on the mighty -{Mingians}- from -{Mingapulco}-!"

This ad adapted just for a specific Moderator who shall remain Ming

[Alex]

Originally posted by Adagio
And the news has hit Gamespot (with link to this thread)

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/...ml?sid=6169313

that's where I read about it, which tells me i should visit Poly more often...

[MarkG]

Originally posted by Soren Johnson
Thanks for you well wishes, everyone. And thanks for everyone's passion and interest here at Apolyton over the years for the Civ series. We have relied a great deal on the expertise of this community (whether you knew it or not) in guiding the series over the last few years. Everyone should be very excited about Beyond the Sword, by the way - it's going to be a great expansion pack.

(It's strangely appropriate that the announcement of my departure came through Apolyton. I remember finding about Brian's departure from Apolyton back in 2000, when I was a lowly intern at EA. Circle of life, etc.)

Thank you for some great times of civ fun Soren!

so what's the release schedule for Spore?

[MarkG]

Originally posted by Alex
that's where I read about it, which tells me i should visit Poly more often...

[Nikolai]

Originally posted by Alex


that's where I read about it, which tells me i should visit Poly more often...

Shame on you, man... Do like me, become an integral part of the polytastic community we have here. One day you might discover what I just did, that you've got more posts than DanQ.

[DanQ]

Originally posted by Nikolai
One day you might discover what I just did, that you've got more posts than DanQ.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Good luck, Soren . We fans of the Civ series will miss you, and greatly hope that you'll do SMAC2!!! (pleeeeeease?)

[snoopy369]

Originally posted by Soren Johnson
Thanks for you well wishes, everyone. And thanks for everyone's passion and interest here at Apolyton over the years for the Civ series. We have relied a great deal on the expertise of this community (whether you knew it or not) in guiding the series over the last few years. Everyone should be very excited about Beyond the Sword, by the way - it's going to be a great expansion pack.

And we relied a lot on you to produce one heck of a game, and you came through

Thanks for the memories and good luck with Spore (and dodging the pee bounceback... )

Thanks for being a great sport at Apolycon

Oh, and if you need any help testing out your Spore ideas...

[Jaguar]

Soren was one of the best things to ever happen to Civ.

[BorgFury]

It's a sad day. Great times are ahead and maybe now EA will make some quality products. Its been a long long time since they've done much of their own worth a damn. All they've seemed to do lately is merge with or engulf other companies. But I will always be looking forward to seeing what you've got in store for us Soren. You're an inspiration. Thank you so much for all you've done for my beloved Civ series. We won't forget.

Best of luck man!!

[BorgFury]

Quick note heh heh, anyone notice how at the official spore website, the symbol for the 'skip intro' is quite similar to the Firaxis logo? Think that was on purpose???

[Adagio]

Originally posted by BorgFury
Quick note heh heh, anyone notice how at the official spore website, the symbol for the 'skip intro' is quite similar to the Firaxis logo? Think that was on purpose???

That one has been there for some time, it's just showing how the end of the game is (you being able to visit all planets in the galaxy)

[alva]

Thanks for all the things you did Soren, and good luck in your new job.

[Robert]

Thanks for everything Soren! Civ4 is a great game! Best civ game evah (So far )

Are you now officially Sporen Johnson?

[Metaliturtle]

Oooh I smell a handle change!