In what appears to be an advertorial from Direct2Drive at the English IGN the first available DLC for Civilization V has been mentioned! "gamers who pre-order Civilization V through D2D will also receive the first Double Civilization and Scenario Pack downloadable content when it is made available post-release, currently scheduled for late 2010 (a $10 value)." For completeness sake: The Babylonian Civilization with Nebuchadnezzar II as leader will ship with this sale as well!
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Wish I'd known about the promo code... I just broke down last night and bought it.
So is this going to end up being a $70 game? $80?
I was going to pre-order this right now. Now I'm going to wait and see what the deal is.
Enough with the shenanigans!