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Civilization V Announced

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by Adam Biessener on February 18, 2010 at 12:00 PM

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The next full entry in the Civilization series has been announced by publisher 2K Games, and it's going to be on a hex grid. The cover of the April issue of GamePro magazine is devoted to Civ V, and promises extensive interviews with Sid Meier and project lead Jon Shafer about how developer Firaxis plans to shake up the lauded series.

A few teaser tidbits are already out there. The hex grid (as opposed to Civ's traditional square grid) is going to be the biggest change for many to adapt to, myself included. Siege units being able to fire from multiple tiles away will be a first for the series, and a weird one unless Firaxis dramatically changes the scale of the game – otherwise it'll be like catapults firing from Detroit and hitting St. Louis. New engines powering both rendering and combat are promised as well. Leaders will be fully animated and supposedly interact with the player in full-screen diplomatic negotiations. I'm going to scream if they're anything like the advisors from Civilization Revolution, but the GamePro cover art implies a different art style that will hopefully carry over to the animation. Finally, several historic New World leaders will make their Civilization series debut.

Snark aside, Civilization IV is the best strategy game of all time in my opinion. I cannot wait to dig into its successor. As sad as I am to have Civ IV lead Soren Johnson off the project (he's pursuing his destiny at EA Maxis last we heard), new blood can be a good thing too.

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Filed under: News, PC, Civilization, 2K Games, firaxis

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by Aaron Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 12:23 PM

Excellent! Civ IV was amazing...cant expect anything different here.
by brozovich1980 Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 12:31 PM

I always try to get into these games but never can. The only Sid Meier game I ever played and got into was Pirates. But even that didnt last long. I dont think I'll ever understand the appeal of these types of games.
by Forsberg Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 12:34 PM

Good hopefully they fix the war mechanics. There is no way a barbarian with a club should beat a Marine. Civ IV was great but had real issues in diplomacy and war.

Many times the AI leaders would demand stuff and if I didn't give it they'd attack. Other times I will give them anything they ask for including tech way ahead of where they were on the tech tree. Then when I ask for cows they say no and get pissed off.

The war has had balance issues. As I said earlier more advanced units should easily defeat ones that are two or three iterations behind them.

Still I look forward to this. I'm gonna go with holiday this year or early next year for a release date.
by Element999 Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 12:37 PM

Dude. I loved Civ Rev on the 360 - which I believe was a scaled-down version of Civ 4 for PC. Loved it. I hope they have a Civ Rev based on Civ 5! It's the only game on my 360 where I actively sought (and got) 100% of the achievements.
by MrBloog Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 12:37 PM

This better not be console only.
by Forsberg Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 12:45 PM

@Mr Bloog

If its console only I'll jump out a window.
by Herandar Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 12:46 PM

Funny, I was thinking that the game would be really far more entertaining with a hex grid.
by Perfect.Disaster Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 12:53 PM

Very good news indeed.
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by Andrew Reiner Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 12:54 PM

I didn't know he had a tattoo on his forehead.
by John Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 01:02 PM

lol Reiner
by darkteo Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 01:04 PM

YEAH!!! I finally another strategy game for the collection and its coming from the masters. Thank you 2k. I have high hope for this game and hope there is a big push for improving the online mutiplayer like maybe clans, any system that improves community would be a great addition.
by Eric Chad Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 01:25 PM

I've owned every core Civ game (even Call to Power). I'm quite excited about this.
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by Mark Burger Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 01:38 PM

Sweet. I love the Civ series. In fact, after a 9 month hiatus, I just started playing Civ IV again last week. Good timing.
by TOGNick Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 01:51 PM

I'm going to have to fire up Civ IV again now...just to get me refreshed with the content and strategies...best news in a while
by wynd.and.fury Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 01:56 PM

Yay simulations
by RepublicansSuckGamesRule Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 02:00 PM

I hope this is good, I like civ
by Chrisrolla117 Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 02:04 PM

My favorite Ipod game is CivRev.. oh and CivIV is good too.
by ScruffytheJanitor Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 02:48 PM

I hope their considering making another CivRev for the consoles too. Untold hours of my life were sucked into the sinking vortex that is Civilization Revolution. Too bad my PC sucks way too much to run games or I'd totally pick up the computer version.
by gamergirl89 Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 02:50 PM

Holy crap my friends r going to freak
by Citrus Fruit Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 02:53 PM

When i first saw it will be Hex-Grided, i was skeptical, but it looks downright beautiful. It's gonna be tough deciding what to save up for, this or Napoleon: Total War