XCOM: Enemy Unknown developers have all finished X-COM
Firaxis staffers weren’t allowed to work on XCOM: Enemy Unknown until they’d made it through the original X-COM. “There were some people on my team who weren’t familiar with the original, and of course everybody on our team had to play the original. When you start on our project, you have to play for a ... Read More»
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Posted: Feb 6th, 2012
Firaxis: 2K is a “creatively brave” publisher
Firaxis’s Jake Solomon has given a big thumbs up for 2K as a daring, supportive publisher. “I’m telling you, with us, we absolutely love 2K because they’re so creatively brave,” Solomon told Rock Paper Shotgun. “A lot of times I work with them from a creative standpoint, it’s never a question of like ‘Well, what’s ... Read More»
Meier: Graphics improvements a “two-edged sword”
Legendary Civilization designer Sid Meier believes graphical improvements are one of the most important changes in gaming – but also misses the simple, imagination-fuelled interfaces of yore. “We can bring the games to life in a much richer way than we could before. It’s a slightly two-edged sword,” Meier told GameInformer. “I used to love ... Read More»
XCOM: Enemy Unknown to appeal to action, RPG fans
XCOM: Enemy Unknown isn’t just Civilization with aliens; director and industry legend Sid Meier is hoping fans will enjoy the non-strategy elements, too. “In our dreams we pull in strategy game players, we pull in action players, we pull in RPG players. There are cool elements of all those gaming styles in XCOM,” Meier told ... Read More»
Quick Shots – XCOM: Enemy Unknown gets up close and personal
2K has released three new screens for XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the Firaxis-developed strategy title causing underwear explosions amongst series fans. It’s interesting to see just how close you can get to the action when sending your squad on missions, but you’ll note a fairly traditional, almost isometric view in there, too. Based on and reportedly ... Read More»
Get Civilization V for £13 at Amazon right now
For the Meier massive yet to play it, Amazon’s listing Civilization V for a nice-and-cheap £13.60 right now, with the US site asking for $8.99. Get in the Firaxis mood for XCOM: Enemy Unknown later this year. UK here, US here. Thanks, Joystiq. Read More... Read More»
XCOM: Enemy Unknown features both real time and turn based elements
You’ll need to master two spheres of command to succeed at XCOM: Enemy Unknown. Answering questions triggered by its surprise cover reveal, GameInformer reports the turn-based combat is quite faithful to the original XCOM games – although squad members have different statistics, so old hands will have to learn new tricks. Talk of real-time elements ... Read More»
more civilization v dlc this week
2K Games and Firaxis revealed that two new DLC packs for Civilization V will be made available on Steam this Thusday, March 3rd.
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civilization v’s cradle of civilization dlc now on steam
2K Games and Firaxis have relreased Cradle of Civilization, a map pack for the award-winning Civilization V on Steam... Read More»
civilization v for mac releasing on nov 23
Aspyr Media, the company responsible for bringing the game to the MAC plaform, sent word that the MAC version of Firaxis’ Civilization V will be hitting North American retailers on November ... Read More»
civilization v releases on mac this fall
The popular turn-based strategy game Civilization V that was available to Windows users will also be making their way to the Mac this holiday season... Read More»
civilization v gets free dlc later this month
As a gift to the legions of Civilization V fanatics, players will be able to download the new Mongols Civilization and Scenario Pack for free on October 25 via 2K’s digital distribution partners... Read More»
oxcgn’s steal it for the 360 civilizaton 5 pc so is civilization 5 a game we’d want
You start with a tiny group of settlers and dreams of a global empire. How you get there is up to you. Do you grab pointy sticks and conquer your neighbors?
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civilization v review
Sid Meier’s Civilization V is one of those games—if not *the* game—where “just 5 more minutes” spirals into 4 hours and a cup of coffee later, when you’ll repeat the mantra in a futile attempt to bre... Read More»
contest do you want to take over the world
The folks over at 2K Games has been generous enough to provide a Steam copy of Firaxis’ turn-based opus, Civilization V for us to give out to one of you!... Read More»
new game releases week of sept19
Hey PC fans, the Civilization franchise returns this week with Civilization V, the newest entry in the award-winning franchise from Firaxis... Read More»
pax 2010 civilization v preview now with city states and giant death robots
Pete Murray of Firaxis took us on a tour of Civilization V at PAX 2010. The short of it... Read More»
civilization v demo delayed
FirAxis had previously said that Sid Meier's Civilization V would be getting a demo ahead of the game's release on September 21, but that no longer seems to be the case... Read More»
civilization v to get demo sometime in september
Sid Meier's Civilization V is just a month and a half away and Firaxis has announced that we can expect a demo of the game before it released on September ... Read More»
civilization v get special edition
2K Games announced a Special Edition package of their upcoming RTS behemoth Civilization V. Releasing right along side the regular version, the SE package will contain... Read More»
e3 2010 impression civilization v
AggroGamer: "We've all been there. Light creeping over the horizon, you blearily look away from the monitor before you, slowly coming to the realization that many hours have passed – too many... Read More»
civilization v to feature integrated steamworks
2K Games has announced the Sid Meier's Civilization V Digital Deluxe Edition, will be released through Steam this fall and include integrated Steam features... Read More»
six new screenshots of civilization revolution for the ipad
The iPad hit stores today and one of the hot new games for the tablet sized cousin to the iPhone is Firaxis' Civilization: Revolution... Read More»
extreme diplomacy mode announced for civilization v
2K Games has announced a new game mode for its upcoming turn-based Civilization V game... Read More»
