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By delsyn I love me some Soren Johnson. For those of you unfamiliar with the name, he’s the brilliant mind behind much of the gaming goodness that was Civilization III and Civilization IV. As such, whenever he speaks at a conference or updates his personal blog, he’s always worth listening to. What I wa...

In 'News (1 of 3)' (01m10s), extended discussion on immediate and greater implications of designing for free as argued by Civilization IV designer Soren Johnson. Further in 'News (2 of 3)' (23m11s), a 'March Mayhem' for game developers where CivIV's developer took on Halo's. Finally in t...

 CA Soren Johnson, who programmed Civilization 3 and worked on Spore, wrote a thoughtful blog entry in defense of used games. One of the points he makes is, quite simply, “the more players, the better.” When someone plays a game they love, word of mouth ...

 - In a fascinating opinion piece originally printed in Game Developer magazine, EA Maxis designer and programmer Soren Johnson (Spore, Civilization IV) ...

 CA - In a fascinating opinion piece originally printed in Game Developer magazine, EA Maxis designer and programmer Soren Johnson (Spore, Civilization IV)visits ...

In a recent essay titled "The Case for Used Games," game designer Soren Johnson (known for is work on Civilization 4 and Spore) explains why used game sales are not the devil in the flesh. Curiously, Johnson begins his treatise by ...

By Soulskill We've recently had a couple of discussions about the plans of various game developers to fight used game sales — in particular, the idea of a free, one-time download that may be bonus content or may be a vital part of the game. Now, Soren Johnson, a game designer who has worked on Civilization...

Soren Johnson who wrote the code for Civilization and and is now a designer for EA Maxis working on spore.

By Tom Chick Somewhere between Civilization III and Civilization IV, revolutionary game designer Soren Johnson tore down and rebuilt founding father Sid Meier's beloved strategy series. The results were pretty darn glorious: Civ 4 was a streamlined thing of beauty, equally sleek and epic. Now, th...

By Ross Miller In case it wasn't obvious, this was the phase that Civilization IV designer Soren Johnson worked on.There will be two city sizes -- major and minor -- each with a pre-set number of nodes to place buildings. The exact numbers of each was not revealed. Three types of buildings: factory, house an...

In the News (02m22s), we talk about Soren Johnson discussing ModCast and mod mods in his blog, which quickly evolves into a discussion about Spore and its recently-released Creature Creator. In the Vault (08m16s), we have a segment with Dale that was cut from episode 12 for legal concerns...

In the 'News' (04m06s), Electronic Arts says that they'll buy Take-Two Interactive, but are told maybe later. Then there's the making of Civilization IV with Lead Designer Soren Johnson. On 'Forum Talk' (14m10s) a greater use for Artillery, particularly defensively, is explored promp...

Soren Johnson (svensk månne?) delade chefsdesignerposten under utvecklingen av Civilization III och var högsta hönset på del fyra men i dagarna stod det klart att han lämnar Firaxis Games efter sju år. Istället väntar jobb på numera EA-ägda Maxis för att arbeta på Spore, Will Wrights...

Firaxis Games’ Soren Johnson, a leader for the most recent Civilization games, has parted ways with the developer to join EA Maxis’ Spore team.

By Ross Miller Filed under: Simulations, Strategy Soren Johnson, lead designer for Civilization IV, has left his nearly seven-year gig at Firaxis to work on Will Wright's Spore. Johnson had previously worked with Spore publisher Electronic Arts when he interned there and programmed for the PlaySta...

Electronic Arts confirms Soren Johnson has left his 2K Games gig and joined the dev team of Will Wright's forthcoming evolutionary simulation game.

By Kim Phu The lead developer on Sid Meier's Civilization III & IV, Soren Johnson, has reportedly parted ways with Firaxis. He will be returning to Electronic Arts where he has worked before on the Knockout Kings series, but this time he will join the team at Spore. After checking Wikipedia for mo...