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Another History of Civilization

July 18th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Firaxis

For those of you who missed my thumbnail sketch of the entire series in the Civ Chronicles, Benj Edwards from Vintage Computing has done a bang-up job on the original game for Gamasutra. Edwards contacted me early in his research, wanting to make sure that he was covering the bases and that he wasn’t simply […]

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Civ For Consoles

June 28th, 2007 · 6 Comments · Consoles, Firaxis

2k Games has announced Civilization Revolutions, a next gen console title based on the Civ series. From the press release: Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution is a watershed game, offering players a chance to experience the epic empire-building world of Civilization in an all new accessible, visually immersive, and action-packed world specifically designed for the console […]

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Civilization IV in Chinese

June 26th, 2007 · 8 Comments · Firaxis

Jason Bergman has the skinny on the Chinese version of the only game I still play at least twice a week. They get a shirt. Apparently some changes needed to be made to get around censors, but he doesn’t say what they were. My guess is removal of religion and nerfing the Japanese. And maybe […]

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Beyond the Sword – Full Details

June 20th, 2007 · 8 Comments · Firaxis, Preview

IGN has published all the details for the epic game of the upcoming Civ expansion. New Civs, new units, new wonders. Read Steve Butts’ article for the full scoop, but here’s a nitpickers guide to what’s ahead. New Civs – Babylonians, Byzantines, Dutch, Ethiopians, Holy Roman Empire, Khmers, Mayans, Native Americans, Portuguese, Sumerians I’ll leave […]

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Civ 4 PBEM Update

June 17th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Firaxis, Me

It looks like this game is about to get interesting. Two of the AI states have become vassals to human players, one of which was seeking protection from another human. So we have two human players technically at war. The other vassal sought my protection after losing a brief war. So the power of Wei […]

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More details on Civ IV: Beyond the Sword

May 17th, 2007 · 8 Comments · Firaxis, Preview

IGN has a new interview with Beyond the Sword designer Alex Mantzaris. He lets loose a lot of details that have me both excited and bewildered. * “One of my new favorite leaders is Joao II of Portugal. He’s especially fun to play because his traits (Imperialistic and Expansionist) and unique unit (Carrack) work very […]

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