It's possible they've revised the article. I just went there and found instead of 16 civs, it's only 9 playable.
"Civilization III will feature 16 civilizations out of the box and current plans are that 9 of these will be playable on the same map at the same time, either as human multi-player opponents or quite adept Artificial Intelligence (AI). "
Perhaps someone at Firaxis contacted them about it.
"Civilization III will feature 16 civilizations out of the box and current plans are that 9 of these will be playable on the same map at the same time, either as human multi-player opponents or quite adept Artificial Intelligence (AI). "
Perhaps someone at Firaxis contacted them about it.
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