Civ 4 release date pushed up

[conmcb25]

Special offer for the US for Pre Order and EB Games is saying it ships on 24 October.

Pre-order and receive the Civilization IV Pre-Order Edition!
Pre-order customers only will receive the following:
Collector’s case: Navy blue "leatherette" bookshelf case embossed with the Civilization IV logo.
CD Soundtrack: Containing original compositions by Christopher Tin (http://christophertin.com/news.html) and Jeffrey Briggs (composer of Civilization II), as well as classical pieces throughout the ages.
Keyboard template: A die-cut keyboard layout for quick reference to keyboard commands during the game.
Tech Tree map: A foldout poster that displays the tech tree for ease of reference. A tech tree is a path you need to take with your scientific research in the game in order to reach certain goals. The path you take helps shape the society you create and help shapes you as a leader. Here’s an example: http://www.civfanatics.com/civ3/techtree/
Spiral bound manual: The 250pp+ manual is upgraded from the standard perfect bound to a spiral bound version, allowing it to sit flat while open.

[MarkG]

FINALLY ON AMAZON

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000BC38K6/apolytonciv06-20

[Harovan]

Originally posted by CyberShy, September 8th, 2005, 11:01AM
It's good news.
It means the game is finished.
They would never move the games 2 weeks earlier for financial reasons since that would hardly give any financial benefits anyway. (half a year earlier would)

If dates are pushed back, that means that things are wrong and they're working on it. In the end that means that you can never be sure that the game will be finished when it's released.

There's an agreement between TTI and Firaxis, TTI can't simply say: "we want it two weeks earlier".
This just means that Firaxis thinks it's finished.

Which means that the game if finished when the developper thinks it's finished which is really really good.

Oh, and of course it's even better that we get the game earlier!

[MarkG]

They would never move the games 2 weeks earlier for financial reasons since that would hardly give any financial benefits anyway.

actuallyit does have a financial benefit cause now the release is in this fiscal year (ending october 31) and not the next...

[MarkG]

(thanks Andrian)

amaozn uk says october 21

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0009XH4CK/apolytoncivil-21/

it's a bit strange to have a date before the US one, but i believe all games are released on fridays in the UK....

[Robert]

So, now I only have to trick my wife into a romantic weekend in London around october 21st

[Nikolai]

Well, you could choose to take a trip to Norway, our largest gaming site has October 21st as release date.

[Atahualpa]

Originally posted by CyberShy
So, now I only have to trick my wife into a romantic weekend in London around october 21st

Why not have a "business-meeting" instead

[Rasbelin]

Well, Amazon.co.uk has a different date than what is the official European release date. Take-Two Interactive has set 19th October as the final date.

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/news/news_story.php?id=125151

That will be on Tuesday in roughly one months time.

[RGBVideo]

I'm not making the mistake of buying it blindly on the release date before the dust settles again... I'll wait at least a month before spending any $$$ on it, it usually takes a while before one can read some hype-free reviews from an excepted game.

[Robert]

civ1, civ2 and civ3 gave me that much entertainment that I'll buy civ4 - civ84 most obviously blindfolded.

[GeoModder]

You've just proven VJ's point.

[Robert]

his point is that the game may suck.
I don't believe the game will suck since neither civ1, civ2 nor civ3 sucked.

[GeoModder]

Buying a game prematurely isn't wise IMO. Even if it's all a player can ever wish for, there's always the possibility that it will simply refuse to run on your comp. Seen it happen enough.

[conmcb25]

Is there an "official" US release date??????