Tag Archives: Jon Shafer

Wed, Feb 06, 2013 | 15:38 GMT

At the Gates – Kickstarter launched by Civ 5 designer Jon Shafer

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Civilization V lead designer Jon Shafer has started a Kickstarter for his turn-based strategy game set during the fall of Rome titled At the Gates.

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Sun, Jan 09, 2011 | 00:41 GMT

Saturday shorts – MLB11: The Show footage, Fable Coin Golf shakycam, more

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Something new. We had a meeting this week and it was suggested there’s a better way of getting up all the little stories quickly. Could be better for everyone. Let’s see if it works.

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Fri, Jan 07, 2011 | 15:58 GMT

Shafer “very confident about where things are going” with Stardock’s Elemental

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Jon Shafer has said the main reason he left Civilization developer Firaxis and took a job with Stardock was because of the fun and unique approach to creating games the firm’s CEO Brad Wardell harbors.
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Tue, Jan 04, 2011 | 22:02 GMT

Stardock hires Civ V’s lead designer Jon Shafer to work on Elemental

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Stardock has revealed that it’s hired Civilization V lead designer Jon Shafer to design and implement mod support for Elemental.

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Mon, Sep 13, 2010 | 08:15 BST

Civilization’s new design lead on combat evolved

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God only knows how many otherwise productive hours of people’s lives the Civilization series has stolen over its 20-year history. That turn-based structure is a work of time-sapping genius. Civilization V is out at the end of the month, and VG247 spent an afternoon with the game and its ambitious, ideas-filled new lead designer, Jon Shafer, to see how subtle changes to a classic formula are steering the series gently in a new direction.

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Fri, Jun 25, 2010 | 12:09 BST

Civilization V to allow imports of Civilization IV maps

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Civilization V is to come with mod and editing tools, as well as having the ability to import maps from Civilization IV.

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