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2K Games has released a new developer diary for Civilization V: Brand New World explaining the mechanics behind ideologies and policies.

The third developer diary for Civilization V: Brave New World focuses on the addition of trade routes in the expansion.

Firaxis has announced that this weekend Civilization V will be free from Friday through to 1:00PM PDT (4:00PM EDT, 9:00PM GMT) on the 9th June. Gamers who like what they're playing will be able to purchase the game at 75% off up til 10:00AM PDT (1:00PM EDT, 6:00PM GMT).

The Brave New World expansion to Civilization V adds a number of new features and mechanic overhauls fans are clamouring for, and now the latest trailer examines the changes to diplomatic affairs. World Congress is introduced and the team expand the ways to achieve diplomatic victories. Resolutions can have wide impacts on the world's civilizations, so alliances are crucial.

Firaxis revealed in a interview with Polygon how the developer chose which civilizations would be included in the upcoming Civilization V expansion Brave New World.

2K Games has released the launch trailer for the highly anticipated expansion Civilization V: Brave New World, which is narrated by Keith David aka Captain Anderson aka The Arbiter aka Julius.

Today an update for Civilization V will be adding three new multiplayer modes, with two addressing how player turns are handled and the last - Pitboss - letting players connect, take turns and then disconnect to return later. The Firaxis team has also added 'Observer' mode to watch multiplayer games unfold. There are a number of UI tweaks and some adjustments to military AI behaviours.

Firaxis' latest expansion for Civilization V is now out in North America, bringing with it new civs, units, buildings, new cultural victories, World Congress, international trade routes, new wonders and scenarios. While the 'New World' may be getting it today, the rest of the planet has to wait until July 12th. Blatant ageism! World Congress brings greater prominence to city states, and enforces treaties.

The end of the world whilst looking after a smart-mouth teen is all the rage as The Last of Us continues to lead the UK all format chart, even with sales dropping 43%. Animal Crossing: New Leaf is just behind 2nd. If The Last of Us makes it another week than it'll match Black Ops 2 and FIFA 12 in unbroken runs. Mario and Luigi: Dream Team Bros. debuted 3rd. Civilization V: Brave New World entered 39th.

2K Games has unveiled their upcoming Civilization-licensed MMO, Civilization Online, to be developed by Lineage studio XL Games.

Civilization Online is being developed by South Korea-based XL Games, and North American gamers will be disappointed to learn that there are no plans for it coming to the region anytime soon. For now, it's South Korea only.

UK developer Ageod's grand strategy game Civil War II was released digitally on the 17th September 2013, the 151st anniversary of the bloodiest battle in the war, the Battle of Antietam. The game will be out in retail on the 2nd October.

Stardock has announced Galactic Civilizations III, in time for Stardock's 20th anniversary; the indie studio was founded back in 1993. GalCiv III will be released exclusively for 64-bit PCs.

[UPDATE: According to Wardell, "Turns out it's not Iridium. It concept art that is being used for one of the minor races."] With the announcement of Galactic Civilizations III, Stardock CEO Brad Wardell sent us here at Strategy Informer an alien race never before seen in the series.

Firaxis has announced that two new map packs based on the Scramble for Africa scenario from the Brave New World expansion will be coming to Civilization V. Basically, the "scrambled" map packs are recreations of a country or a continent, but with randomized resources and natural wonders.

Stardock has announced that it's celebrating its 20th anniversary by having a Steam sale. The deal will slash prices between 50 to 75 percent on games and downloadable content.

Ageod has released the 1.01 update for Civil War II, their grand strategy game set during the American conflict. The patch fixes minor bugs in the Terrain, the Maps, Abilities spelled incorrectly, but also adds new features including Indian Home guard units in KS (thanks to Ol'Choctaw), and Texas-Mexico border trade, as well as a bonus The West Campaign scenario.

During the Take 2 investor call, company CEO Strauss Zelnick revealed that Grand Theft Auto V shipped a whopping 29M units since its release a few weeks ago. Global sales passed 10M units.

During the Q2 2014 earnings call for Take-Two, the company has revealed they have "more than 10 unique" next-gen titles in the works, and that includes "multiple releases" for fiscal 2015. What are they? CEO Strauss Zelnick continued saying they're "new intellectual properties" as well as from "proven franchises," but no specifics were given. The 2K family is quite large.

With some help from Stardock, Civilization IV lead designer Soren Johnson has founded a new indie studio Mohawk Games. Stardock CEO Brad Wardell and Dorian Newcomb, the art designer for Civilization V, will also be involved as studio president and art director respectively.