Anyone see the Civ3 add in the latest PCGamer zine?

[Jeje2]

What could have happened here

OK,
for once I'll try toi be an optimist about Civ3 (Sorry Yin )

What could have happened? - I'l present one possibility
Infogrames desided to release the game in October and started marketing, made a webpage etc.

Well, due to some delay for papers we saw first the webpage and the fuss was there.
Then when a member of FIRAXIS team saw it - they informed Infogrames to remove the october date. Well on the webpage this was easily done, but the paper ads had already gone to the print. So the date is just an accident that shouldn't have happened and we can blame bad communication for it to ever happen.

Well that's my theory - are there any big loopholes I missed?

You see - it wasn't that hard to be an optimist

[yin26]

I'm almost certain this October 2001 release date stuff is a big mistake, as Jeje so optimistically argues. One day I hope to look back and say, "My God, Jeje. You saw the future!"

[Robert]

Jeff Briggs in one interview said they were aiming at a fall-release

[death_head]

"aiming"

"fall"

[Zealot]

Originally posted by CyberShy
Jeff Briggs in one interview said they were aiming at a fall-release

So 20th December is still a valid release date...

[Fidel]

(trying hard not to sound like yin)

the very fact that there has been no update since may nor any kind of official announcement from firaxis about new website (even on the old website) is really the best indicator of where they are heading.
forget alphas betas gamas and deltas and remember how you behaved in school if you failed to do your homework. so there....