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Tuesday, Nov 4
Stardock announces Elemental: War of Magic
Stardock, developers of the Galactic Civilization series, announced today that its next "major" PC title will be a fantasy 4X strategy game called Elemental: War of Magic. In classic Stardock bluntness, the company admits the subtitle is corny, but that it actually wanted something th...
Thursday, Oct 30
PSN Thursday: Faith is rewarded in Mirror's Edge demo
Siren: Blood Curse ($30, $11 per episode pack) - One week promo (10/30-11/6) Add-on Content: Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution Artifact/Wonder Pack: The Mythic ($3.75)Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution Artifact/Wonder Pack: The Iconic ($3.75)Sid Meier's Civilization Revolu...
Thursday, Oct 23
PSN Thursday: Prince of Persia Classic, Penny Arcade: Episode One
This week's PSN update brings two great downloadable titles with Prince of Persia Classic and Penny Arcade Adventures: Episode 1. The demo for Valkyria Chronicles is also available, along with Mega Man 9 content and premium themes. Check out the full update list after the break.
Tuesday, Sep 16
Spore census results: Editors, Creatures and Space loved, Tribal loathed
Creature/Outfitter: 6.3%Vehicle: 17.12%Building: 67.75%Spaceship: 8.65% Favorite Phase1: Cell (15.45%)Creature (30.9%)Tribal (6.01%)Civilization (11.16%)Space (36.27%) Least Favorite Phase1: Cell (17.18%)Creature (11.89%)Tribal (37.23%) Civilization (18.94%)
Sunday, Sep 14
The Best of Big Download: September 8-14
Filed under: Mac, PC, Meta (about Joystiq) Spore, Spore, Spore and did we mention Spore? Yep we were all over this past week's release of the long awaited game at Big Download but we did talk about some other things as well. Let's check out the past week's highlights at the PC gaming site:
Wednesday, Sep 10
What are Will Wright's Top Five Games?
Filed under: PC, Simulations, StrategyMaybe it's the High Fidelity fan in us, but we love top five lists. They're easy to read, don't tax our brains with too much complexity and most importantly, don't require too much of our precious, precious time. And if you are going to take those moment...
Tuesday, Sep 9
Spore producer on reviews, depth, and LittleBigPlanet
I think the depth [of Spore] is different," she offered, saying that, "There may not be the depth of a Civilization IV level game in our Civilization Stage, but the idea that you can see all these different creations come in, and you can interact with them, plus everything else that's going...
Monday, Jul 14
Spore E3 Q&A part 2: Civilization/Space phase
In case it wasn't obvious, this was the phase that Civilization IV designer Soren Johnson worked on.There will be two city sizes -- major and minor -- each with a pre-set number of nodes to place buildings. The exact numbers of each was not revealed. Three types of buildings: factory, house an...
Sunday, Jul 13
The Joystiq Weekend: Pre-E3, 2008
uery The Best of Big Download: July 6-12 Big Versus compares Civilization Revolution to PC predecessors E3 2008: We've arrived! Massively plays conference-wide MMO bingo Our E3 2008 armaments: This is how we blog PS Fanboy Week in Review: 7/7 - 7/12
Tuesday, Jun 24
Today in Joystiq: June 24, 2008
A Dark Past: An Alone in the Dark Retrospective hands-on: Hasbro Family Game Night interviews Mark Lamia of Treyarch and Call of Duty the Fifth Joyswag: C&C 3: Kane's Wrath (Xbox 360) giveaway, Day Two Metareview (Euro Edition) -- Civilization Revolution (Xbox 360, PS3)
Monday, Jun 23
Metareview (Euro Edition) -- Civilization Revolution (Xbox 360, PS3)
Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution is out in the PAL lands and reviews on the "accessible," console-centric interpretation of the epic franchise are coming in. The common thread running through many of the reviews (for better or worse) is that Revolution isn't a console port of the PC'...
Tuesday, Mar 18
Today in Joystiq: March 18, 2008
News Xbox 360 sales up 40% in UK after price cut Cooking Mama makes Majesco profits rise EA, Massive extend in-game ad deal through next two years Civilization Revolution 'never' coming to PC Report: Wii coming to South Korea by May 5 Sony comments on leaked PSN release list
Tuesday, Feb 5
Firaxis cites graphics, controls behind shelving of CivRev for Wii
2K Games' decision last week to pull the plug on the the Wii version of Civilization Revolution no doubt left armchair rulers with a taste for waggle at a loss for words. Admittedly we had questions ourselves, especially considering the Wii's popularity, which like a racehorse on speed ha...
Tuesday, Jan 1
Best of the Rest: Alexander's Picks of 2007
Filed under: Nintendo DS, Features, PC, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP, Microsoft Xbox 360 Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword (PC) Overlord (Xbox 360, PC) Winks to The Darkness (Xbox 360, PS3), Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (PS3), Lost Planet (Xbox 360, PC).
Thursday, Jul 12
Joystiq impressions: Civilization Revolution
Sid Meier didn't just put his name at the top of this game, he's actually involved, and the producers made sure to point that out. Civilization Revolution has had a rough time with the hardcore Civ players who mock it for being cartoonish and the simple fact that it's designed for consoles. It...
Thursday, Jun 28
Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution coming to new-gen consoles and handhelds
It's also the game Sid Meier's always wanted to make, you know. "Civilization Revolution is the game I've always wanted to make!" he says. "We are excited to take advantage of the power of next generation consoles and the ingenuity of handhelds, to create a great and unique strategy game for...
Monday, Jun 4
Civilization III mod teaches Canadian history
Ten years in the making, a million-dollar project funded by Telefilm Canada and supported by Canada's National History Society has finally come to fruition. HistoriCanada: The New World is a Civilization III mod designed to help students learn about Canadian history. Gamers take contr...
Friday, May 11
Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword unleashes July 23
Filed under: PC, Simulations, StrategyLooks like July is the month for strategy and simulation aficionados. 2K announced today that Civilization IV: Beyond The Sword releases the week of July 23, and internationally by the end of July. As we discussed before, this expansion is a welcome...
Wednesday, Apr 18
From Firaxis to Maxis: Civ IV designer leaves to work on Spore
Filed under: Simulations, Strategy Soren Johnson, lead designer for Civilization IV, has left his nearly seven-year gig at Firaxis to work on Will Wright's Spore. Johnson had previously worked with Spore publisher Electronic Arts when he interned there and programmed for the PlaySta...
Wednesday, Mar 28
Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword announced
Civilization IV's last expansion, Warlords, focused on combat. Beyond the Sword is designed for the players looking to dominate through other methods. Corporations will allow players to trade resources throughout the world, espionage will be allowed earlier in the game and the race to...
Saturday, Dec 2
Sid Meier keeping eye on Civilization for consoles
Filed under: PC, Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, StrategyIn a recent interview with Gamespot, Sid Meier, the man who built an empire with Civilization, says a version of the strategy masterpiece may finally make its way onto consoles. While promoting Civilizatio...
Wednesday, Oct 25
Shelley on the history of Civilization
Filed under: Mac, PC, Retro, Online, Strategy Ensemble Studios' Bruce Campbell Shelley has been a force in strategy gaming for over 20 years (PC Gamer proclaimed him a "Game God" in 1999). Anyone who's ever played Civilization I and II, the original Railroad Tycoon, or the Age of Empires a...
Thursday, Sep 7
2K Games publishing Civilization compilation, Jade Empire PC
Sid Meier's Civilization ISid Meier's Civilization IICivilization II: Fantastic WorldsCivilization II: Conflicts in CivilizationCivilization II: Test of TimeSid Meier's Civilization IIISid Meier's Civilization III: Play the WorldSid Meier's Civilization III: Conquests
Sunday, Jul 30
Metareview - Civilization IV: Warlords
Just in case Civilization IV hasn't consumed enough hours of your life, Sid Meier and his team at Firaxis are giving you one more reason to spend the rest of the summer indoors. Warlords is the first expansion pack to 2005's near-unanimous PC game of the year, and was built with the aggressiv...
Saturday, Jul 29
Metareview - CivCity: Rome
What do you get when you combine the Roman Empire building of Caesar, the city planning of SimCity, and the wonders and tech trees of the ever popular Civilization? It would probably look something like CivCity: Rome, developed by Firefly Studios (Stronghold, Space Colony), where your...
Sunday, Jul 23
Civ IV Warlords preview vids
Filed under: PC, Online, StrategyThe Warlords expansion pack for Civilization IV hits store shelves this week, and Civilization resource site Apolyton has uploaded some exclusive preview videos from their ApolyCon '06 conference. Firaxis designer Jon Schafer gives attendees a wal...
Sunday, Jun 4
Mac Civ 4 shipping soon, trailer released
Mac gamers who've had their fill of Civilization III Complete won't have much longer to wait for a new strategy fix. Aspyr Media, one of the largest publishers of Mac games, will be releasing Sid Meier's Civilization IV on June 30 in Mac Universal format. Apple is hosting the official traile...
Monday, Apr 3
Civilization gets kudos for educational value
Filed under: Culture, Mac, PC, Simulations, StrategyPlanet Civilization has posted an article highlighting the educational value of Sid Meier's popular strategy series. The games are noted for their geography-honing skills and interactive decision making tasks that provide kids...
