8 Years Celebration
THE YEAR IN HEADLINES - PART 2
November 2005
November 3 JOE `SNOOPY369` MATISE JOINS STAFF
"Our recent call for help in the Directory has been more than adequately filled by Joe "snoopy369" Matise. In fact he gone beyond his original duties, helping people in the Civ4 forums, compiling the Civ4 VGA Guide and also writing news."
November 3 BETA 4 HAS ARRIVED
"It has arrived. Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords` fourth beta is now available to beta testers -- that is, those who have pre-ordered thegame from developer Stardock Systems (SS). Project Lead and SS Founder/President Brad "Draginol" Wardell made this announcement on the game`s official website earlier this evening. There are so many new features in Beta 4 that it`s hard to itemize them."
November 4 CIV4 PURCHASABLE FOR DOWNLOAD
"Sid Meier’s Civilization IV is now available as purchasable download. Direct2Drive is offering Civilization 4 for the price of 49.95$. How does this work? It`s simple. Buy Civilization 4, then download and install the file. The first time you run it, simply enter the custom activation code from your email receipt. Thats it!"
November 4 1ST APOLYTON CIV4 TOURNAMENT
"Today, Apolyton Civilization Site starts its first single-player tournament in Civilization 4. As an introductory tournament, this one does not have a special setting - you
are just welcome to try for the highest score or earliest victory on this Standard Pangaea map on the Noble difficulty."
November 5 CIV4 ONE OF THE RARE GEMS
"Matthew Chase of Computer Gaming World gave Sid Meier`s Civilization IV a 9.0/10 score in his review. Reviewer is very pleased with a host of top-notch additions - civics and religion. According to him, the crown jewel of Civ 4 [is] the new combat mechanics."
November 5 `FREECIV` 2.0.7 HAS ARRIVED
"The newest release of the multiplayer strategy game Freeciv is the latest in an ongoing series of bugfix updates according to its development team. The group published version 2.0.7 to the freeware game`s official website. Specifically, these fixes are for those found in the most previous iteration of the title posted near the end of September."
 
November 7 TAKE-TWO BUYS FIRAXIS GAMES
"The in-house development talent at game publisher Take-Two Interactive (TTI) has grown. Civilization III and most recently Civilization IV developer Firaxis Games has been purchased by TTI. CivIV is published specifically under TTI`s 2K Games subsidiary label."
November 7 A.C.S.R. `GOES` MP3
"This past weekend, Apolyton Civilization Site Radio (ACSR) made a simultaneous transition from RealAudio (RA) by RealNetworks to open-source MP3 using Audacity for production and Winamp for recommended playback. All station shows dated November 2005 onward will be recorded and made available in MP3 format exclusively, while all shows dated before this time have been converted into MP3 and their original RA versions removed."
November 9 EXCLUSIVE COLONY SHIP VIEW
"An exclusive Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords screenshot for Apolyton Civilization Site comes courtesy of developer Stardock Systems. Entitled "Colony Ship 59", it showcases a colony ship numbered 59."
November 10 SP MAP CREATION CONTEST
"Mart7x5, noted in the SMAC community for his efforts to create a Single Player Map Collection, has started a Single Player Map Creation Contest. This is in order to make more good singleplayer maps. I know there are people, who play only singleplayer, and they could use such maps."
November 11 UNUSED GAME MATERIAL DISCOVERED
"Although Firaxis games have not yet mentioned any information about possible expansion pack(s), there is some fan speculation on what possible new leaderhead and civilization additions might be. Monkspider has made some interesting discoveries while looking through game files. His findings strongly suggest that Sumeria was one of the civilizations considered, but not included in the original release. He has also discovered concept art and references of several leaders, including Menes and Augustus."
November 11 SOREN JOHNSON AUDIO INTERVIEW (PART 1/3)
"Apolyton Civilization Site [ACS], one of the oldest and premiere online fansites for the Civilization computer strategy gaming series and its extended family, is today releasing the first part of an audio interview with Firaxis Games Designer/Programmer Soren Johnson on Civilization IV. It`s the first in a three-part verbal chat with Johnson, CivIV`s Lead Designer, as part of ACS` "Game Developer Series" (GDS) served through its Radio (ACSR) service."
November 12 MONTH-LONG TOURNEY UNDERWAY
"Registration and territory picks ended last evening in Rise of Nations Heaven`s (RoNH) "Conquer the World NetCampaign" one-on-one RoN tournament. The competition began at 3PM EST today with 71 contenders vying for top honours, and the matches will continue to played out until midnight on December 12th."
November 13 `UNOFFICIAL PATCH MOD` UPDATED
"Now available from The Master of Orion 3 Guardian (MoO3G) is an updated version of MooIII player `Colt374``s "Unofficial Patch Modification". It`s 27.4MB in size. This is the second stage of this patch`s release, and a twenty-point change list is available for viewing on MoO3G."
November 15 EXCLUSIVE POPULATION SCREEN
"An exclusive Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords screenshot for Apolyton Civilization Site comes courtesy of developer Stardock Systems. Entitled "Population", it illustrates a `Population` graph while the map view is focused on bordering territories."
November 16 CIV4 MODIFICATION WIKI GOES PUBLIC
"Undercover during the beta period, the Civ4 Modification Wiki (short named "Modiki", accessible at modiki.apolyton.net) goes public today! Our goal is to create an open web space for anything related to ''Civ4'' Creations, from xml editing to scenario design and from python scripting to map editing! The Wiki platform will allow for a collaborative enviroment without the constant need of a webmaster or any technical person without whome nothing can be done."
November 17 SID MEIER APPEARANCE IN LONDON
"Videogame Legend Sid Meier Signing Civilization 4 At HMV Oxford Street, London On Friday November 25th 2005 1.00pm. 2K Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), announced today that Sid Meier will be traveling to the UK on 25th November to meet with fans of his hit series Civilization."
November 20 SID ONE OF WALK OF GAME INDUCTEES
"In the Walk of Game elections Sid Meier managed to become one of the two Lifetime Achievement inductees. He was second to John Carmack in amount of votes recieved from online voters."
November 22 EXCLUSIVE TERRAN ALLIANCE FLAGSHIP SCREEN
"An exclusive Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords screenshot for Apolyton Civilization Site comes courtesy of developer Stardock Systems. Entitled "Terran Alliance Flagship", it higlights the human`s ship of the same name as it patrols the Martzia system."
November 22 SID AND SOREN IN PARIS TOMORROW
"Tomorow in Paris, France, gamers can find Firaxis Games Director of Creative Development Sid Meier and Designer/Programmer Soren Johnson holding a Question & Answer (Q&A) session on Civilization IV and signing copies of the game in the process. The event begins at 5:30PM local time at FNAC."
November 23 CIV4 DEMO AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD
"GameDemos.de has recently made Sid Meier`s Civilization IV`demo available for download on their pages. The demo has been mirrored on Apolyton Civilization Site. The demo itself is 314 MB big and multilingual. Demo allows you to try a hundred turn tutorial or a hundred turn demo level in which you can choose between four civilizations."
November 23 REVIEW BY CHRIS `VELOCIRYX` HARTPENCE, PART 1/2
"Chris "Velociryx" Hartpence, perhaps best known in gaming circles as author of what has been widely described as a definitive guide to Alpha Centauri`s Alien Crossfire expansion pack, has completed his review of Civilization IV exclusively for Apolyton Civilization Site (ACS)."
November 24 PATCH 1.09 RELEASED
"After v1.08 being stopped by a bug yeasterday, v1.09 was released to day. The 24MB download is availiable through the in-game autoupdate process as well as a direct download in the Apolyton Directory."
November 24 CIV3 GETTING INTO CLASSROOMS
"MTV has published an article by Stephen Totilo regarding the new experimental World Civilizations history class being taught at Chicago`s Roosevelt High School. The class is special because in it, text books have been replaced with video games. More specificaly, it centers on Civilization III."
November 24 APOLYCON ORGANIZER DIARIES BEGIN
"The first two "Organizer Diaries" (OD) from the Lead Organizer of the ApolyCon 2006 Committee have been published. Dated October 18th and November 24th respectively, John "JohnT" Thornton first explains the background and history that led to the event`s inception. Then, on location in Baltimore, Maryland, he goes through his plans and thoughts on securing both guests and a definitive location at which to hold this would-be get together next summer."
November 25 BRAD WARDELL AUDIO INTERVIEW (PART 1/4)
"Apolyton Civilization Site [ACS], one of the oldest and premiere online fansites for the Civilization computer strategy gaming series and its extended family, is today publishing the first part of an audio interview segment with Stardock Systems Founder/President Brad Wardell on Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords."
November 30 DAWN OF A SECOND NEW AGE
"If you thought modmaking for Call to Power II was dead, you couldn’t be more wrong! Stan “stankarp” Karpinski is officially announcing that he’s almost ready to release the expansion of his hugely successful CTPII mod Ages of Man, to be known as the AGES OF MAN II (Yin’s Update). Karpinski reports he is still amazed at the stability of the CTPII game engine and its ability to absorb huge additions and still remain totally playable, far more playable than more recent more modern games."
December 2005
December 4 SID AND SOREN INTERVIEW @ EUROGAMER
"European gaming site Eurogamer has posted an interview with Civilization series creator Sid Meier and Civilization IV lead Soren Johnson. They discuss the sale of Firaxis to Take Two Interactive, Console gaming, the future of the Civ franchise, the future of Firaxis ... and, of course, Civilization IV."
December 5 VOTE FOR `BEST FANSITE 2005` ON VDE
"Gaming portal Voodoo Extreme is holding a vote for the "Best Fansite 2005" as part of their annual community awards. One of the options is Apolyton Civilization Site. Others include but are not limited to Age of Empires III Heaven and fellow Civ fansite Civilization Fanatics Center. The voting runs for one week starting today."
December 7 REVIEW BY `YIN26`, PART 1/3
""Yin26", a long-time "on" and "off" poster on Apolyton Civilization Site`s (ACS) forums and strategy gamer, has completed his review of Civilization IV exclusively for ACS. He received his copy of the game thanks to funds raised through an effort in ACS` Civ community earlier this year."
December 8 FIRAXIS WINS `FUTURE 50` AWARD
"The developer of Alpha Centauri, Civilization III and most recently Civilization IV has been named as one of the fastest growing companies in the Baltimore/Washington region by SmartCEO Magazine. According to the official press release on the game developer`s website, an award will be presented to Firaxis representatives this evening at a gala cebration at The American Visionary Arts Museum in Baltimore`s Inner Harbor."
December 10 EUROPEAN RELEASE CONFIRMED
"The European distributor for the Stardock System developed Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords announced in their latest public newsletter that the game will be shipping to stores on February 22nd, 2006 with localized releases to follow shortly after."
December 10 POST-SECONDARY TEACHING AID
"David Epstein looks at the increasing use of Civilization III in college history classrooms in an article for Inside Higher Ed (HE) published on November 28th. Five professors are interviewed about their specific uses for the game in-class. One of these individuals, Kimberly Weir -- an assistant professor of political science at Northern Kentucky University -- says: You have to balance war and diplomacy, and resources[.] Students felt they better understood what it takes to balance a country."
December 13 FAVOURITE `BY FAR`: WARDELL
"Brad Wardell`s favourite game this year by far is Firaxis Games` Civilization IV. He tells this to Gamecloud`s (GC) John "JCal" Callaham as part of GC`s "Games in 2005-6" feature."
December 21 GAME`S FIRST MACHINIMA ANNOUNCED, BEGUN
"Age of Nations (AoN) is an animated episodic adventure series created entirely on the personal computer from Apolyton Civilization Site, one of the oldest and premiere online computer strategy gaming fansites on the Internet. AoN is set in the RoN environment, a RTS computer game from developer Big Huge Games and publisher Microsoft Game Studios. Machinima-driven and `live-action` complemented action, drama, humour and mystery tell tales from love to war."
December 22 NEW SPACE `CIV` ENTERS PUBLIC BETA
"The first public appearance of Space Civilizations (SC), a free Massively Multiplayer Strategy Game (MMSG), is in the form of a beta. Writes the team in a news post on the game`s official website earlier today: This is the first public appearance of [SpaceCiv] -- a free massive multiplayer space strategy game. The game is still in the making, but it is fully playable and the main features are in place and working. However, it still needs fine-honing and balancing. This can only be done with your help."
December 22 SALES, SUPPORT AND S.D.K.
"In an open letter to visitors to their website entitled `Winter Wonderland!`, Firaxis Games` Sid Meier and Jeff Briggs talk about their release of Civilization IV amongst other titles earlier this year. [The game] has been flying off the shelves and has received loads of great reviews. We want to thank our fans for your unwavering support, and particularly for your tremendous feedback that helped get us through some initial technical issue right after the release of the game."
December 23 TWO TOP NODS FROM `IGN`
"Not only is Civilization IV IGN`s "Best Strategy Game" of 2005, it is also "Game of The Year". Empire Earth II and both F.E.A.R. and Guild Wars came in as runners-up respectively."
December 23 COUNT `EM: THREE TOP NODS
"Not one, not even two but three nods of recognition went to Civilization IV in GameSpy`s (GS) "Game of the Year 2005" feature. First, it picked up an Honourable Mention along with Age of Empires III for its music in the `Best Sound` category that went to The Movies."
December 23 V1.52 PATCH RELEASED
"Firaxis has released the v1.52 patch for Sid Meier`s Civilization IV. The patch is 44.87 MBs big, which is not surprising considering the big shift in version number. Patch sports many changes and as Mustafa Thamer, Civ IV Lead Programmer, says [patch] is a major upgrade to Civ IV and includes numerous optimizations for memory usage that should help performance on all machines but are tailored to especially improve performance on machines at or near the minimum specification."
December 27 DOCUMENTARY: `YIN EATING CARDBOARD`
"On October 7th of this year "Yin26" (Yin), a long-time "on" and "off" poster on Apolyton Civilization Site`s (ACS) forums and strategy gamer, stated on-site that [i]f I[nfinite] C[ity] S[prawl] isn`t still the dominant strategy in CivIV, then I`ll eat (at least part) of the cardboard box! An 11 1/2 minute documentary filmed by both Yin and a friend was submitted to the ACS administration earlier today. Entitled "Yin Eating Cardboard", it is now being exclusively released and hosted by ACS."
December 30 OFFICIAL N.A. RELEASE AND INTRIGUE
"It`s a curious thing, but the apparent official release date for Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords was published on Christmas Eve by Project Lead Brad "Draginol" Wardell... on the official website of its predecessor. This representative and indeed President and Founder of developer Stardock Systems on both titles notes that on February 25th, 2006 GalCivII should appear in most retail outlets in North America and soon after overseas."
December 31 STAFF POSITION SWAP IMMINENT
"Two of Apolyton Civilization Site`s staff members are swaping titles and responsibilities effective January 1st, 2006. For almost 3 1/2 years, `rah` has served as ACS` Off-Topic Forum (OTF) Vice-Moderator. In recognition of his continued time, energy and professionalism in this task, he will succeed `MichaeltheGreat` as OTF`s second Moderator after `Ming`, who is also his real-life twin brother. MichaeltheGreat is being reassigned to the Vice-Moderatorship position as of the same date."
January 2006
January 3 WHY CIVILIZATION NEEDS PATCHES
"Planet Civilization editor Jan "Thamis" van der Crabben recently asked Civilization 4 lead designer Soren Johnson why Civ4 was patched so quickly. Johnson explains that With Civilization 4, we aimed for a lot more than we ever have with a Civilization game, preferring to aim high and have a few glitches rather than being conservative. Civilization IV had to become bigger and better, Johnson said, after Civ3 dissapointed fans by feeling too small."
January 5 CIV 3 COMPLETE: MAC IN STORES THIS WEEK
"Tuncer Deniz, publisher of Mac gaming website Inside Mac Games, recently reported in an interview with Glenda Adams, of Aspyr Media, that Civ 3 complete is all finished and should be in stores this week, and for sale at Macworld next week."
January 7 CIV4 AN EXAMPLE OF INOVATION AND EXCELLENCE
"An article by Daniel Morris at NextGeneration mentions Sid Meier`s Civilization IV as an example of creative innovation and excellence in PC gaming."
January 13 SOREN JOHNSON AND BARRY CAUDILL TALK WITH GAMESPY
"Gamespy`s interviewer Allen `Delsyn` Rausch has interviewed Soren Johnson (lead designer)and Barry Caudill (senior producer) to discuss the producing the Game of the Year, what`s happening with the game now, and what happens next."
January 14 AN `ACADEMY` FINALIST FOR 2005`S TOP GAMES
"One of the finalists for "Computer Game of the Year" for 2005 from the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences (AIAS) is Civilization IV. Its competition is four titles strong: Age of Empires III, Battlefield 2, F.E.A.R. and The Movies. CivIV is also in the running for "Strategy Game of the Year" against both AoEIII and Empire Earth II."
January 17 SOREN`S ADVICE ON MP CONNECTION ISSUES
"Soren Johnson, lead designer of Civilization 4, sent us a few suggestions for solving connectivity issues with Civ4 in Multiplayer mode. He first suggests that chances are strong that you are not the cause of the problem if you`re having trouble with Gamespy connectivity. It is likely that players running firewall software that rejects incoming connection attempts may have already joined the game, thus causing you to be unable to connect, even though your firewall is set up properly."
January 19 MULTIPLAYER IS NOT EVERYTHING
"The predecessor for Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords was the first title that Project Lead Brad "Draginol" Wardell worked on that did not include a multiplayer component says the man himself on Apolyton Civilization Site`s forums for the game. After working on and playing multiple titles that offer multiplayer capabilities from Total Annihilation to Civilization IV, he comes to the conclusion that some benefit while others suffer for its presence."
January 21 INTELLIGENT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
"Of all the fun and challenging elements the Project Lead on Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords has been dealing with recently as the game enters its final stages of development is its Artificial Intelligence (AI). I have to say, [this] AI is the finest AI that I have ever developed in my career, says Brad "Draginol" Wardell on the title`s official website."
January 24 STAN KARPINSKI AUDIO INTERVIEW (PART 1)
"Apolyton Civilization Site [ACS], one of the oldest and premiere online fansites for the Civilization computer strategy gaming series and its extended family, is today publishing the first part of their audio interview series with Stan Karpinski on The Ages of Man, an extensive Call to Power II modification that many argue stands as a successor to the series it is based on."
January 24 INFERNO DAMAGES 2KG OFFICES
"The New York office building which houses 2K Games (2KG) was significantly damanged, says a spokesperson for 2KG parent Take-Two Interactive (TTI), by a fire that raged for more than seven hours this past weekend. 2KG Press Relations Manager Jason Bergman posted his opinion that this event will seriously impact the company that he works for."
January 25 GAMESPOT READERS CHOOSE CIV4
"Gaming site GameSpot posted their Reader`s Choice Awards today in various categories, which allowed GameSpot readers to have their say on the best games of the year. Civilization 4 posted some impressive results, as usual ... In Best Strategy Game, Civilization 4 was the reader`s choice, with reader cecx posting that The depth goes on and on. Civ4 beat out other finalists Advance Wars: Dual Strike, Age of Empires III, Black and White 2, and The Movies."
January 25 2KG EMPLOYEES RELOCATED
"In the wake of the recent that hit Take-Two Interactive subsidiary`s 2K Games (2KG) office in New York City (NYC), all employees stationed there have been temporarily relocated to the parent`s headquarters located elsewhere in the city. Affected personnel are employed primarily in marketing and administrative capacities, although so are some engaged in product testing to a limited extent reports GameDaily BIZ (GDB) Editor James Brightman."
January 30 THE SELF-PUBLISHING FRONTIER
"As summarized by GameDaily BIZ Editor James Brightman, he speaks with Stardock Systems Founder and President Brad Wardell about making the transition, digital distribution, balancing anti-piracy measures with inconveniencing gamers, and branching out to consoles in an interview published last week."
January 30 T.T.I. FINANCIALS IN LINE WITH PRELIMINARIES
"The publishing parent of Civilization IV, Take-Two Interactive (TTI), released final results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year that ended on October 31st, 2005 late last week. They are consistent with the company`s previously announced preliminary results. Net revenues for the fiscal year... increased 6% to $1.20[US] billion from $1.13[US] billion for the prior year. Net income of $37.5[US] million for fiscal 2005 compared to net income of $65.4[US] million for the prior year."
January 30 A `COUPLE OF YEARS` FOR SUCCESSOR
"In a couple of years, developer Firaxis Games will start think[ing] about a Civilization V. Simply put, he and his team need a little rest from the franchise. This is the word from the company`s Director of Creative Development and the Civ series` namesake, Sid Meier."
January 31 MACWORLD GIVES CIV3 COMPLETE FOR THE MAC FOUR MICE
"Popular Macintosh product website Macworld recently posted their review of the recently releasted Civilization III: Complete for the Macintosh. Ultimately, Macworld concludes that Civ3: Complete is a good port of a great strategy game, although they consider it an appetizer to the main dish - Civilization 4 for the mac, which is slated to be released later this year."
January 31 `MICHAELTHEGREAT` RETIRING
"For personal reasons, long-time Apolyton Civilization Site (ACS) staff member Johnny "MichaeltheGreat" Reb is retiring effective February 1st. While Off-Topic (OT) Forum Vice-Moderator for just a month, he was perhaps best known as the third Co-Moderator of OT for more than 4 1/2 years."
February 2006
February 2 T.T.I. REVEALS ACQUISITION PRICES
"Although Take-Two Interactive`s (TTI) purchase of game developer Firaxis Games was complete after the close of the former`s last fiscal year, this acqusition was detailed in TTI`s annual report. The pricetag $26.7US million in cash, stock and development advances as summarized in Brendan Sinclair`s report for GameSpot. Further, almost $11.3[US] million of that figure coming in the form of possible considerations based on future product sales."
February 7 TAKE-TWO ON BUYOUT BLOCK
"Several firms are looking to purchase parent company of 2K Games, Civilization IV`s publisher and owner of its developer Firaxis Games, as brokered by the New York Times (NYT) a couple of days ago. Only one of these companies` identities has been leaked to the press to date. It is Elevation Partners owned in part by band U2`s lead singer Bono. There are still hurdles to a deal, however, including Take-Two [Interactive (TTI)]`s habit of restating earnings, which has led regulators to begin looking for wrongdoing at the company."
February 8 NVIDIA RELEASES UPDATED DRIVER, FIXES CIV4 TEXTURES
"Graphics card maker nVIDIA released an update to their core "Forceware" driver, update version 81.98, which among other changes fixes corrupted textures in Civilization 4, according to a review by tech site NeoSeeker."
February 8 ITS GOLD!
"Stardock Founder Brad "Draginol" Wardell wrote in a recent journal entry that Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords has gone gold. Wardell writes that, after freezing game features on Friday (2/3), they used the weekend for the really hard tests. Because they self-publish, Wardell`s team had the luxury of being able to make sure we were happy with it, and was able to finalize the code to Wardell`s high standards."
February 11 EXCLUSIVE SCREENS FOR APOLYTON
"The Project Lead on Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords has published some in-game screenshots exclusively for Apolyton Civilization Site visitors in the site`s "General" forum for the game. You can customize how everthing looks in the game. [..] The Rally point system screenshots really don`t do them justice but they`re the type of thing Apolyton users will really like I think. Manage ships and planets all from a simple interface."
February 11 `STEALIN`G ITS WAY TO `GREAT`NESS
"Earlier this week, GameSpot (GS) posted their preview of Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords. Written by GS` Jason Ocampo, he asks in his article`s byline if this is to be The Spiritual Heir to Master of Orion II? While Project Lead Brad "Draginol" Wardell maintains in response that it is only the first GalCiv for the PC that GalCivII is to be the hier to, Ocampo sees great promise to this end."
February 11 WINS ONE, LOSES ONE
"At the ninth annual "D.I.C.E." (Design, Innovate, Create, Entertain) convention held by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences (AIAS), Civilization IV took the nod for `PC Game of the Year` beating out both Age of Empires III and Empire Earth II as reported by GameSpot`s Tor Thorsen."
February 11 `COLLECTOR`S EDITION` OFFERED
"As reported by The Adrenaline Vault`s Radu Nicolae, game developer/publisher Stardock Systems will be offering a "Colector`s Edition" of Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords for those who choose to pre-order. It will come with a limited-run foil box... [and] a foldout tech-tree poster, additional in-game ship components and an exclusive [GalCivII] theme."
February 18 WARDELL ON REINVENTING `GALCIV`
"In the second of a three-part Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords feature exclusively for Apolyton Civilization Site, computer software developer and publisher Stardock Systems Founder and Chief Executive Officer Brad Wardell talks about reinventing Galactic Civilizations in its PC sequel."
February 24 GALCIV2 AVAILABLE
"Stardock entertainment has released Galactic Civilizations 2: The Dread Lords, the long anticipated sequel to original Galactic Civilizations this Tuesday."
February 24 APOLYTON EMPIRE FOUNDED
"Apolyton Civilization forum member Kinjiru has founded The Grand Empire of Apolyton for the Galactic Civilizations Metaverse. The Metaverse is a specific way of playing the game. You play specific scenarios downloaded from Stardock.net and scored points and the results are submitted to Stardock.net, allowing you to accumulate points in a persistent virtual galaxy. Players can also band together to form empires and is it actually possible to see their empire on a map of the galaxy."
February 25 FIRST UPDATE AVAILABLE
"Stardock Entertainment have finished their first update, v1.0D1, as promised. This update includes a number of playability tweaks, user requested UI changes, and of course some bug fixes as well."
February 25 GALCIV2 EXTREMELY MODDABLE
"A recent journal entry on the main site explained that Galactic Civilizations 2: Dreadlords is a modder friendly game. In the entry a screenshot of a user made alteration depicting a modded Klingon starship, Bird of Prey, (Klingons are an extraterrestrial race in the Star Trek franchise) can be seen."
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