COLLECTED WORKS JAKE SOLOMON

The journey from underqualified graphics programmer to master strategist

-  Jeremy Peel

CIVILIZATION III Developer Firaxis Games Publisher Infogrames Format PC Release 2001

SID MEIER’S SIM GOLF Developer Firaxis Games Publisher Electronic Arts Format PC Release 2002

SID MEIER’S PIRATES Developer Firaxis Games Publisher Atari Format PC Release 2004

XCOM PROTOTYPE Developer Firaxis Games

CIVILIZATION REVOLUTION Developer Firaxis Games Publisher 2K Games Format 360, DS, iOS, PS3, Windows Phone Release 2008

XCOM: ENEMY UNKNOWN Developer Firaxis Games Publisher 2K Games Format 360, Android, iOS, PC, PS3, Vita Release 2012

XCOM 2 Developer Firaxis Games Publisher 2K Games Format Android, iOS, PC, PS4, Xbox One Release 2016

MARVEL’S MIDNIGHT SUNS Developer Firaxis Games Publisher 2K Games Format PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series Release March 2022

XCOM soldiers bounce from cover to cover, clinching victory against superior odds through constant reassessment of the field. They remain forever alive to the possibility that a more advantageous position may lie just beyond the horizon. You do wonder, however, whether all that relocation might have been unnecessary, given that XCOM designer Jake Solomon has achieved so much by staying put. This May will mark his 22nd year at Firaxis Games, where he is currently directing the forthcoming Marvel adaptation Midnight Suns.