Civ 4 release date pushed up

[Ozymandous]

Originally posted by asleepathewheel
This is bad news. If they're done early, then give them an extra month of debugging to make it even more solid. If this is just a moneygrab by the publisher......disaster looms....

Two weeks isn't going to make or break the bug fixing cycle since they've had private players actually helping beta the game for the past 2+ months.

Unlike Civ3 there were no mass defections on the production team and things haven't been as hectic for them. Since they are publishing with an "in house" company they will be able to release bug fixes and patches much quicker than when they had to ask permision from Infogrames/Atari.

As I said, two whole weeks isn't going to mean much when the product has been in development for 2+ years. Or at least it shouldn't.

[MarkG]

Originally posted by Ozymandous
they've had private players actually helping beta the game for the past 2+ months.

actually a lot more than 2+

[Ozymandous]

Originally posted by MarkG
actually a lot more than 2+

True, but I couldn't remember exactly how long but I knew it was longer than 2 months. :P

It's been long enough that I hope they'd have most of the major bugs out by the time it ships and the balance fairly well developed, especially if they had players like Sirian, Sulla, and various others helping.

[Adm.Naismith]

Originally posted by Ozymandous
Since they are publishing with an "in house" company they will be able to release bug fixes and patches much quicker than when they had to ask permision from Infogrames/Atari.

Hmmm, isn't Take2 involved into the process? Official Civ IV site is not in Firaxis hands... (hint, hint...).

[Addled Platypus]

Originally posted by conmcb25
Is there an "official" US release date??????

acording to the preorder box sitting on the shelf at EB


Nov 16

official enough ?

[conmcb25]

Originally posted by Platypus Rex


acording to the preorder box sitting on the shelf at EB


Nov 16

official enough ?

No not really