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Sid Meier's Civilization III -- announced!

Posted by Hemos on from the mmm-more-then-alpha-centauri dept.

Daniel Boese writes "From: breynolds@firaxis.com (Brian Reynolds) ... be interested to learn that we have just announced (at E3 last night) that we will be developing Sid Meier's Civilization III as one of our upcoming products. This is a brand-spanking new development, so I'm not ready to go into loads of detail just yet, but I do plan to stay in touch on the newsgroups during the development of the game, because I think every Civ fan has an idea in his/her head about what Civ 3 should be. We'll do a "call for features" once we have a serious prototype we like. Firaxis Web Site " Jeez-this is just what I need. Alpha Centauri has siphoned more then enough time away. Ah well-who needs spare time?

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  1. So CTP isn't ver. III? by mfearby · · Score: 2

    So that Civilization - Call to Power box that turned up on my door-step the other day isn't version 3?

    Ah well, who cares - it's working flawlessy. I love it! And now Myth II is going to be ported to Linux!

    Now must be the "Renaissance" of the GNU/Linux world!

  2. what more can they do? by Foaf · · Score: 4
    I thought Civ2 was pretty well rounded except for the lack of multi-player. If they incorporate all the good stuff from the old Civs + Alpha Centauri (never played it but I hear it's great) the game should be awesome. But what other features could there be?

    What more is there to total world or galactic domination?

    I'd like to see a Civ world that lives on the net - we all get an island or a piece of land and get to develop it, trade with others etc. Sort of like a cross between CivNet and a MUD

    Just my 2 cents

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    1. Re:what more can they do? by planet_hoth · · Score: 2

      I love the idea of having a net-based, "civ"-type world, I have always wanted to hack something together along these lines.

      Diplomacy and trade would be great with live players, as would the military side (goes w/o saying).

      If anyone's interested in starting a project, email me...

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    2. Re:what more can they do? by sfingaz · · Score: 2
      If they're going to make it multiplayer over the net, ideally i'd like to see freely distributable linux based server code... Run a civ3 server anywhere in the world! the problem with games such as ultima online is that whilst its a shitload of fun, playing them in australia is a truly expsnive proposition. most home users are on traffic limited accounts, but traffic to peering points is FREE. simply run a server on an ISP local to you, and most of the state you live in is sorted. and playing against local people is always more exciting than against people all over the world... creates more of a family feel to things i find :)

      I know this may only apply to Australia, I'm not sure if other countries generally get charged per mb for bandwidth, but i still think it's a good idea.

  3. Re:CIV 3 vs CTP by el_nino · · Score: 2

    Wasn't Civ II miles above Civ?

    Nope.

    /El Niño

  4. Here's the scoop. by DHartung · · Score: 5

    Sid Meier's Firaxis Games recently made a deal to develop Civ III for Hasbro-owned Microprose, as explained in this Gamecente r story.

    In other words, Microprose owns the trademark, but hired the original developer and his company to do the new version.

    Also, the complicated rights situation for the Civilization games is explained (more or less) in this Microprose press release. In a nutshell:

    * Microprose keeps the rights to Civilization, Civ, and related trademarks.
    * Microprose gets Avalon Hill's non-PC-game rights as well.
    * Activision gets to publish Civilization: CTP under license from Microprose.

    So, this will (apparently) be the last game from Activision to use the Civilization name. Rumors had it that one company would get "Civilization" and the other "Civ", but the final three-way settlement (monetary amounts undisclosed) put that to rest. There is only one company who owns Civilization, and that is Microprose. Anybody else is just licensing the trademark from them.

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  5. Re:CIV 3 vs CTP by sunking · · Score: 3
    I couldnt imagine them making it good enough to convince people to buy it. I think most people that would have bought it already would have purchased CIV CTP....

    Two Words: Sid Meier.

    I, and many other informed gamers, will buy anything that guy puts on the market. I've never been let down by him, and I serriously doubt I ever will.

    Even Colonization, his worst by my account, is better than most other games I've played.

    -sam