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Civilization V Announced For This Fall

Posted by Soulskill on from the more-cow-to-be-cashed dept.

sopssa writes "2K Games announced today that they will be releasing Civilization V in the fall. For the first time in the series, the square tiles will be changed to hexes, which 2K Games says provides 'deeper strategy' and 'more realistic gameplay.' Civilization V will also include a new graphics engine, new combat system including ranged bombardment, multiplayer and good support for the modding community. 'Each new version of Civilization presents exciting challenges for our team. Thankfully, ideas on how to bring new and fun experiences to Civ players never seem to stop flowing. From fully animated leaders and realistic landscapes, new combat tactics, expanded diplomacy and shared mods, we're excited for players to see the new vision our team at Firaxis has brought to the series,' Sid Meier said. In addition to Civilization V, the Facebook-based Civilization Network will also be released during 2010."

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  1. SO EXCITED!!! by Pojut · · Score: 3, Funny

    Some of our best LANs were had with Civilization 4...hell, I played through Mirror's Edge start to finish in between turns during an extended Civ 4 LAN weekend.

    Crazy insanely excited about this. The screenshots look awesome.

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    Living With a Nerd
  2. Anonymous Coward by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, I was planning on having a life this fall. So much for planning.

  3. Re:Realism: by alen · · Score: 4, Funny

    like giving away free laptops with webcams?

  4. Have to delete browsing history... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is by the far the worst thing my wife could find in my browsing history...

  5. Re:Mac by Brandee07 · · Score: 3, Funny

    what's wrong with installing Windows via Boot Camp?

    Paying money to install malware on your computer.

  6. Re:Brings back memories... by verbalcontract · · Score: 5, Funny

    My wife-to-be popped in...

    My girlfriend popped in again...

    Oof, I hope they didn't run into each other.

  7. Re:Mac by Your.Master · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well, you'll be pleased to note that Windows is perfectly capable of twitter.

  8. Re:More realistic? by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 4, Funny

    The Pythagoreans would have killed to have sqrt(2)=1...

  9. A few questions: by Hurricane78 · · Score: 3, Funny
    • Will the “cities” be less than 500x500 miles big?
    • Will I be able to sink a war ship with a attack of a phalanx unit?
    • Will the poles still be two long 1-field strips?
    • Will it be even more dumbed down than the previous version?
    • Can I still hack the nations to be the most non-politically-correct caricatures of fringe groups, ever conceived?
    • Can I change the dialog options for starting a war to “1. Yes”, and “2. Yes*”?
    • Can I still hack my settler units so they can walk half the globe in one round, over water, throw nukes, and transport up to 16 other units inside, including fully loaded aircraft carriers?

    Aaah. Civilization 1 and 2 were the best! :D

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    Any sufficiently advanced intelligence is indistinguishable from stupidity.