Since it was announced, I think it deserves a place to be discussed. So if you got any news about the new civ iteration, or any opinion about it, please post here.

For those who missed:

"Hello Civ Fans!

I wanted to let you know we’ll soon be looking for beta testers to help us develop a unique new way to play Civilization. Ever since we finished Civilization® Revolution™ last year, I’ve been looking at ways of expanding the Civ gameplay experience to include solo, competitive and cooperative play to take advantage of the uniqueness of social networks. We’re calling this project Civilization® Network™ and the full game will be available next year on Facebook. Civilization Network will allow you to join together with your friends to create the world’s most powerful, richest, smartest, or just plain coolest civilization. You can coordinate your strategy to win great battles, share your technology to jump ahead of your rivals, lobby your family and friends to form your own government and win vital elections, manage and grow your cities to maximize production and happiness, spy on your enemies, and work with your friends to create the great Wonders of the World. The game will offer everything you enjoy in Civ in a fully persistent environment - you can play as much as you like, whenever you like, and it’ll be free to play.

We’ll offer a closed beta of the game soon, so stay tuned for details on how you can sign-up to participate. The full game will launch in 2010. For more information about Civilization Network, including development updates and behind-the-scenes posts from me and the Firaxis team, join our Facebook fanpage here: www.facebook.com/civnetwork.

Thanks and Stay Civilized!

Sid Meier
Director of Creative Development
Firaxis Games "

http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?t=188799

I really don't think a persistent world Civilization would work. It's supposed to be turn-based.

damn, I'll need to register on Facebook then

But what he meant with persistent? RTS? It's civ for christ sake! Another question is: it is a flash game or a full civ game? And at last: How is he going to make money from it? The answer for these questions will determine weather I have a murder to commit or not.

To me it sounds like it's going to be a cheap browser based type game where you get a bunch of friends and stuff happens...

Not be anything like "real" civilization really.

Hey I may be wrong though, but I just expect it to be like those other sites where you try and spam a bunch of people to join your civilization so you can beat others.