Will enable players to join together with friends.

civilization iv - Civilization coming to Facebook

Sid Meier, director of creative development at Firaxis Games, has announced that his multi-million selling Civilization franchise is embracing the world of social networks with a new game for Facebook.

"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," explained Meier.

"We’re calling this project Civilization Network and the full game will be available next year on Facebook."

Civilization Network will allow players to join together with friends to create what Meier is calling the "world’s most powerful, richest, smartest, or just plain coolest civilization".

The game promises to feature everything fans have come to love in Civ, only in a fully persistent environment.

Look out for details on a closed beta soon, with the full game to launch in 2010.