Tag archive: Civilization

Releasing a new Civilization game is a lot like releasing a new Ford Mustang. No matter what you do, legions of cranky fan boys in love with the old ones are going to complain. Much as Ford has learned to update its flagship muscle car without erasing the past and agitating silver-haired devotees, Civilization V will attempt to appease the core of the Civilization experience while improving the looks and attempting to make it more accessible to… Read More

Sharpen your pikes and prepare your phalanxes, the fifth iteration of Sid Meier’s famous Civilization series is on the way. And it’s breaking away from the grid – literally. Civilization V will be the first in the franchise to use six-sided hexagonal tiles, rather than the squares that have defined the franchise since 1991. 2K Games announced the upcoming title on Thursday. Petty as it seems, the move to hexagonal tiles represents a major shift… Read More

The Gods of Gaming have been busy. John Carmack is working on a next-gen game engine, Chris Taylor is already cranking away on a new Supreme Commander, and now Sid Meier is dedicating himself to a new Civilization title. The publishing label 2K announced on Thursday that Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution is officially in development by Firaxis games. Meier is most well-known for the Civilization series, which he spawned… Read More

Game developer Aspyr has shipped its port of Take 2 Interactive's Civilization IV for both PowerPC- and Intel-based Macintosh systems. The latest installment of Sid Meier's famous empire-building (or theocracy-building, autocracy-building, democracy-building, republic-building, or

When S2 Games' new title Savage 2: A Tortured Soul goes on sale this October, the company plans to bypass brick-and-mortar publishing and distribution channels for games to sell the game exclusively via download on the company Web site. By moving to a download-only model, SE hope to both cut the costs of producing and marketing a game and increase the percentage of sales revenue retained by the company. S2 Games is gambling that… Read More

2K Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, announced yesterday they were shipping a new installment in Sid Meier's widely popular Civilization series. Called Sid Meier's Civilization IV, it is available for the PC at a price of $49.99 and rated E10+ for ages 10 and older. Sid Meier's Civilization IV, developed by Firaxis Games, brings many features to players which the developer feels will provide hours… Read More