Release Date?

[Admiral PJ]

slippage .. j'acusse

if its reported as october then it'll probabkly come later, in around december.. a game big as this will definetely slip past the marketing departments guesstimate,
if it could arrive near my 24th birthday october 8th , it'd be the best present for me tho

AdmiralPJ
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[yin26]

Actually, Firaxis has told them NOT to post such a release date. But you gotta sell pre-orders, you know...

[Ari Rahikkala]

I still hold that the best release date for a game is when it is ready. If that is possible.

[Sava]

I want to hibernate until October! Bears are so lucky! Until then, I'll continue playing Counter-Strike.

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[Sava]

If you are still reading Dr. Seuss, doesn't that mean you DON'T have an education?

[H Tower]

Seus

No, it means that you are examing the classics in literature. Haven't you ever read Yurtle the turtle? it's a critical analysis of a monarchy and how communism takes over!

[Solver]

Of course, I'm awaiting the release, but I'd prefer to get it a month later rather than hurried, but incomplete, like it was with CtP 2, when they hurried the game for new year, and forgot about the AI and MP support. If it comes out in December, I'm sure Civ 3 will be my new year present.

[yin26]

Yeah, but something exact like 17 Oct. must have come from somewhere. I doubt amazon.com came up with that without a hint from Firaxis.

Firaxis has said they are shooting for Fall, thus it follows:

Sept. Oct. Nov. = FALL and Oct. 17 is the middle of the week in the middle of the month in the middle of Fall.

[Fidel]

after logging out for 2.3 seconds and sleeping 1.4 seconds, yin is back

[N35t0r]

maybe it's fall for the southren hemisphere...

that would mean March next year

[jglidewell]

Originally posted by yin26
Actually, Firaxis has told them NOT to post such a release date. But you gotta sell pre-orders, you know...

The problem with pre-orders is that if you commit and do it and when release date comes along you might see it on the local computer store shelve before you get it in the mail.

[yin26]

after logging out for 2.3 seconds and sleeping 1.4 seconds, yin is back

I solve one of the greatest mysteries in gaming (retailer release dates) and that is the best you can say? Well, I'll actually be asleep soon and promise not to post for another 10 hours...enjoy!

[Grumbold]

Originally posted by yin26
Firaxis has said they are shooting for Fall ...

The shooting season starts on the "glorious twelfth" as any Scotsman should know. If Firaxis are going to be off shooting for the whole of the season then if they don't go gold before the 11th October I won't expect anything from them until march, which co-incidentally is when PC Gamer predicted

[KrazyHorse]

A never-ending source of pedantry II

Yin, in actuality Fall starts on or about the 21st of sept, and ends on or about the 21st of dec. Therefore, december is more properly considered a part of Fall than september.

[Fidel]

Originally posted by yin26


I solve one of the greatest mysteries in gaming (retailer release dates) and that is the best you can say? Well, I'll actually be asleep soon and promise not to post for another 10 hours...enjoy!

and you miss a huge update (of course, only on pc zone and NOT on firaxis)