Sid Meier Announces Civilization V for a fall 2010 release.

[BtEO]

And just like his signature shows the devastation hit three states.

[JermCool]

Damn. Liz shouldn't keep him hanging out for it like that.

[FireAza]

The Civilization series is one of the titles that keeps me from from becoming a consoles-only gamer.

Wasn't the previous Civ game console-only? Well anyway, if this one is PC-exclusive, it'll end up getting pirated to hell and the developers will announce they will no longer be doing PC-exclusive games anymore.
/bitter'n'jaded

[Remolay]

civ 4 was for pc, and just recently Beyond the Sword was ported to mac

I know all this because my best friend is obsessed with Civ

[Arc Orion]

FireAza is referring to Civilization Revolution, which doesn't really play quite like a standard Civ game. At least, that's what I've heard. I haven't actually played it so I could be way off.

[BtEO]

Civ Rev is a more streamlined experience. But in a good way. It's streamlined more to be designed for shorter games, rather than making unnecessary concessions for consoles.

[Calus]

I have it for the DS. It's a much simpler game. For something you play while on a bus or waiting in a lobby it's a good fit.

[ChrisAshtear]

Vae Victus

[Kersus]

They just announced that Civ 5 is going to be steamworks only, kind of like HL2 was. Im a big user of steam so I'm pretty happy about that, DRM wise it makes it pretty painless compared to other shit that's out there.

*Got his preorder in already*

[BtEO]

On god, I was reading the shit-storm that ensued over at Civ Fanatics when the Steam announcement was made. Funny as hell.

It would still be nice to some time down the line have a totally clean version like they've done with Civ IV though, just in case offline mode fails. Less likely though as it's Steamworks and not just Steam.

[ampersand]

So there's not going to be a CD version of Civilization V? Did I read that correctly?

[Arc Orion]

No. You can get a CD/DVD person, but you'll need Steam for initial activation.

[Martin Blank]

I might do that, but only because I have the physical media for Civ 2, 3, and 4. Other than that, Steam is teh r0xx0r.

[Seir]

Yeah, I think it's about time I schedule that time off from work...

http://kotaku.com/5565685/civilization- ... -pc-gamers

[ampersand]

I saw a date of November 5th at Gamestop. Looks like I'll be spending Christmas conquering France. Again!