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Civilization IV 'Complete' releases May 12 for $40
The Civilization IV franchise appears to have come to a close as 2K Games announces Civilization IV: The Complete Edition, releasing May 12 for $40 on PC. The epic bundle includes Civ IV, the Warlords and Beyond the Sword expansions, plus the standalone Colonization expansion (it's practically a different game)."The Complete Edition" title makes it sound like Civ IV won't be making another encore. We really have no idea what Firaxis is currently up to and we're unaware of any E3 plans.
The Best of Big Download; June 29-July 5, 2008
This may have been a holiday week but we were extremely busy anyway with tons of original content and features along with some great new downloads. Here's a look at the highlights.Exclusive Features Hands-On Space Siege: We get to play with a late build of the sci-fi action-RPG from Gas Powered Games and Sega Hands-On Bionic Commando: We swing to new heights with this preview of the third person action game revival from GRIN and Capcom Hands-On Civilization IV Colonization: We check out this (sort of) remake of Sid Meier's classic strategy game from Firaxis and 2K Games Hands-On American McGee's Grimm: We play through the first portions of this episodic action game that's coming from Gametap. Preview: Call of Duty World at War: We check out a live demo of the upcoming WWII shooter from Treyarch and Activision. Interview: Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People: We chat with members of Telltale Games to find out more about their upcoming episodic adventure game. Alone in the Dark: We compare the PC version of the Atari survival horror game to its Xbox 360 counterpart in our latest Big Versus article and go more in-depth with the game as well. Guide to TF2 Pyro Achievements Part 6: We have the final part of our series of articles looking at the new achievements for the Pyro class in Team Fortress 2. Big Ideas: Our new weekly column on gaming's major themes takes a look at story in games. Freeware Friday: Our weekly look at free games talks about the scrolling shooter rRootage Big Iron: Our hardware column takes a look at the new 4800 series of Radeon graphics chips from AMD/ATI Mac Monday: Our regular look at Mac gaming takes a look at the Mac exclusive arcade game Neon Tango BigCast: Members of Big Download chat about the week of PC games in our latest podcast.
Civilization IV: Colonization announced, no Civ IV required
2K Games announced today that they'll release Civilization IV: Colonization sometime this autumn. Don't let the title fool you, the game is a stand-alone product (meaning it doesn't require Civ IV) and is an update of the classic strategy game, Colonization, by Sid Meier and Brian Reynolds back in the Microprose days.Colonization has players leading one of four European nations trying to take over the New World. 2K Games says the title will feature "all-new graphics" -- although we can't tell much difference from Civ IV -- along with improved diplomacy. Considering it's a stand-alone product, we understand the Civ IV name was put in the title to sell more copies; however, we hope Colonization doesn't feel like a missing member from the "scenarios" available in Civ IV: Beyond the Sword., many of which could arguably have been stand-alone products.%Gallery-24746%
