Civilization 5 Release Dated

This is totally a day 1 purchase for me. :D

goddammit steam. i had a fuck of a time with empire: total war. internet connectivity in this part of the world just cannot be taken for granted. the fucking auto-update took three weeks to complete, during which time i couldn't play at all.

Well forced Steam is BS and you just lost a customer. Not that you care but I can't stand that piece of crap Steam. Furthermore, its a slap to your customers who shell out the funds to buy the damn game and you force them into a box with this sort of garbage. Sad too, was looking forward to it in DX11.

awww, horray for some guys :D

Great, right in the middle of my fall semester. This will not go well.

Before you pre-order this, check out the possibility of winning a free copy from http://www.civilization-5.net - there are multiple contests planned before the game launches, the current one ending June 15th.

As long as unit stacking is removed I will be happy!

I'm tempted to order this on Steam, but I want to see what the retail version offers. Especially in terms of what kind of manual it's going to come with. The Civ4 CE wire bound manual was awesome.

When does it come out in Afghanistan? =/

Quick question: If a game uses Steamworks, does it install to the actual Steam folder? Or can you install it elsewhere?

"...and in other news.. nerds around the world seem to have gone missing... nobody is quite sure what happened but some time around September 21st or the 22nd 'nerds' around the world stopped showing up for work and haunting their usual Dunkin Donuts shops. It's been about a week now and the world is beginning to suffer from their absense. Computers and laptops around the world are no longer being repaired... sales of kleenex and Doritos have plummeted... web and applications servers around the world have crashed because nobody is around to reboot them. The US is hinging on a national disaster. Employers have discovered signs on some of the missing 'nerds' desks reading things such as 'gone to play Civilization - see you next year' but nobody is quite sure what this means. Experts claim it's a movement to overthrow the government... others say the 'nerds' are actually aliens from an alien "civilization" and have returned to their homeworld. The story only escalated on Saturday when one such 'nerd' was found wondering the streets aimlessly with a dazed look on his face, obviously deprived of food and water for at least a week.. he was incoherent and mumbling something about betrayal and trade agreements and civil wars... government scientists are studying the man now and believe they HAVE found evidence of anal probing... stay tuned to FOX NEWS to get the latest on this national disaster we have come to call "Civilization Day"...

I can't wait!

I'm also a little relieved that it comes out a month after Elemental, at least I will have about a month to play Elemental before Civ V comes out and takes all my gaming time.

Awesome!! My most anticipated game of this year too.

My most anticipated game of the year. Need to make sure I get everything I need to get done this year by Sept 24th.

Looks like I know when I'm using my comp time.

this game will probably brick steam for at least a week. lol

Wasn't the date annouced already?

IT department manages are suddenly finding their inboxes filled with vacation time requests.

This game is going to be awesome

Yay!