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IGN: Civilization IV English Faction Profile

Last week IGN looked at The Dutch faction in the upcoming Colonization remake. This week, they will look at everyone's favorite tea drinkers, the English. Or, more appropriately, they will turn to Firaxis as they give them the briefing on the English monarchy and the two English faction leaders that you can select in the game, which is a remake of a 1994 strategy game about the settling of the New World.

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2K Announces Online Service Changes for Legacy Titles

2K will implement online service changes for several legacy titles, including releases for Windows PC, as a result of GameSpy Technology terminating its online service offerings for video games.

Beginning May 31, 2014, select legacy titles from the Borderlands® and Civilization® catalogs will temporarily go offline while service is transitioned to Steamworks.

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Amazon Weekend 75% Off Civilization Sale: Civ IV - $4.99, Civ V - $7.49 + More

GamerDeals.net:

"75% OFF Civilization Weekend Sale!

Amazon has kicked off a Weekend Civilization Sale!

From now until Sunday, get 75% off Civilization IV and Civilization V games and expansion packs. That means Civ IV is $4.99, Civ IV Complete Edition (both Steam and no-DRM versions) and Civ V for $7.49, Civ V Complete Edition for $12.49, and DLC as low as $0.75."

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Top 5 Strategy Games Every PC Gamer Should Play

GameFront, "In an age when even old-school FPS gurus like iD’s John Carmack are defecting to consoles, you can still be sure of one thing: strategy gaming has ever been and will always be the province of PC’s. Whether it’s due to the more cerebral, measured gameplay, or — more likely — the crucial importance of mouse controls, the jump to other platforms is rarely successful. Despite their large market share and stable, unchanging hardware, consoles struggle to sustain a pure strategy game."

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Mozilla894605d ago

I pretty much clicked on this to ensure that Homeworld was included and sure enough it is. I approve.

ATi_Elite4605d ago

I never played Homeworld but I'm gonna check it out.....maybe Good ol Games has it for dirt cheap!

Mozilla894604d ago

Amazon seems to have it for a fairly cheap price.

Sidewinder-4605d ago

Damn it I want to play Homeworld. Why hasn't Relic got it up on a digital distribution service like Steam?!