In Asia, XLGames is currently working on Civilization Online, a somewhat quirky genre mix that combines the Civilization franchise with elements of an MMO and a real-time strategy game.
Civilization Online is somewhat like being “a character” in a Civilization game, but not the great leader guiding your people through the ages, rather a diligent worker or soldier contributing to the success of large projects. We have already introduced the game with its own aesthetics and ideas. The Korean developers from XLGames, also responsible for the well-known sandbox MMO ArcheAge in the West, are leading this project.
Civilization Online is currently being developed intensively in Korea and is preparing to enter the final Closed Beta phase. The unusual nature of the genre mix is also evident in the genre abbreviation with 9 letters: it is supposed to be a Real-Time-Strategy-Massively-Multiplayer-Online-Role-Playing-Game, “short” an RTSMMORPG.
Currently, the wonders of the industrial age have been introduced into the game, including the classics: the Statue of Liberty, Big Ben, and the Eiffel Tower.
