2K has just announced the release date for Civilization V. As always, North America will be getting it first on September 21st (lucky so-and-sos), whilst us mere mortals in Europe will be able to enjoy Meier's latest outing on September 24th...
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Civilization V developer Firaxis, home to creator Sid Meier, has just dropped 20 staff posts from a number of departments like quality assurance. The art team, animators, programmers and designers were hit too. This is just resource 'realignment' says the studio, to make it a lean machine.
The Civilization V official website announces that a demo is planned for the turn-based strategy sequel, and will be released in September before the full game is released. "The demo will be released in September, before the full game is released. More details about what will be available in the demo, as well as the exact release date are coming soon, so stay tuned!" read a statement on the website.
Civilization V's Project Art Director Dorian Newcomb takes a subtly different view on piracy. Speaking to Strategy Informer last week, Newcomb mentioned how is biggest concern with piracy wasn't so much the lost revenue or wages, but on how it then prevents future projects...
Civilization V's Lead Designer Jon Shafer isn't a particular fan of multi-platform titles, it seems. Speaking to Strategy Informer last week, Shafer mentioned, in response to a question about Ubisoft's R.U.S.E. and motion control with strategy games, how he preferred seeing games tailored to individual platforms.
Civilization V Lead Designer Jon Shafer believes that PC Gaming is moving more and more towards a central service. Speaking to Strategy Informer last week, he mused that this was mainly due to the matter of "convenience".
Civilization V's Project Art Director Dorian Newcomb doesn't believe Cloud Gaming's time has quite come yet. Speaking to Strategy Informer last week, he wondered whether the system could support high-quality visual streams:
Bungie's Halo: Reach has been nudged by the arrival of Codemasters' F1 2010 racer. Capcom's Dead Rising 2 bites Mafia II for 3rd place. 2K's Civilization 5 lands ashore in 4th position, setting up lone PC digs, and Activision's Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock strums feverishly at 6th.
2K Games' Sid Meier's Civilization V is still fresh from the studio and now so is the first update to the PC only game, offering some crash fixes. They also fixed the mod installer and permissions say the patch notes. The in-game Hall of Fame should record properly despite special characters.
Right now there's a particularly glaring trade bug in Civilization 5 that ludicrously multiplies resources. Well the 2K developers are working on it. Unfortunately they don't have a time frame right now as the patch list isn't complete. It will address online bugs, modding, AI, gameplay and UI.
2K Games today announced that new downloadable add-on content will be released for Civilization V on October 25th, 2010. Players will be able to download the Mongols Civilization and Scenario Pack for free, while the Babylonian Civilization Pack - available exclusively to people who owned the Deluxe Edition - can be purchased for $4.99.
CEO Strauss Zelnick of Take-Two says in 3 years time they'll be seeing "20, 30, 40" percent of their total sales being made through digital distribution. Currently digital sales equate to "less than 15" percent of their total figures, but "that's clearly growing." Physical discs will remain because of "huge file sizes."
Aspyr Media has confirmed they will be helping to bring Civilization V to the Mac masses this year, and that it should be arriving by this holiday. They're "thrilled" to release it "so close" to the PC launch. There has been no mention of any of the DLC packs making the transition to Macintosh shores.
Two new civilizations have been announced as DLC for Civilization V: the Spaniards and the Incans will be arriving as DLC on December 16, along with a new scenario set in the 15th century.
The Civilization V patch that Firaxis hinted about in October will be arriving around the same time as the recently announced DLC coming on December 16. Judging by the patch notes, it will completely overhaul the AI and tweak the units and buildings to a fine balance.
The Civilization V patch that was promised last week is now available for download.
Former Firaxis Games man Jon Shafer, who led development on Civilization V, is now working at Stardock Games were he's assisting with Elemental. Already Stardock has Civ IV mod maker Derek 'Kael' Paxton overseeing the troubled turn-based game. Stardock have also hired fantasy author Dave Stern.
Stardock Games' Brad Wardell reveals their projections have Elemental: War of Magic, which profits right now, losing money "by the end of" Q2 2011. This is because they intend to "spend what is necessary" on Elemental to deliver the "expectations of our customers." It's "unfortunate" but "crucial".
Rockstar San Diego's thrilling open world Western game Red Dead Redemption has hit over 8M units sold, according to Take 2's financial report.
For the first time ever, a music score from a video game has won a Grammy Award, as Christopher Tin's "Baba Yetu" from Civilization IV won the Grammy for "Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)". While it may seen strange for a game released in 2005 to win a Grammy for work done in 2010, but the "Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)" Award is for new arrangements of orchestral pieces with choruses, and the Grammy is for the rendition done at Video Games Live 2010..