WorthPlaying writes: "A re-release of a 14-year-old game may not be at the top of most people's "must-haves of 2008" lists, but it was for a fairly vocal minority. Colonization, originally released in 1994 when my PC proudly boasted a hard drive that's 80 times smaller than my current MP3 player, was a strategy release from the desk of Sid Meier, he of Civilization fame. Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization is a very similar game, and it's no surprise that this remake is appearing as a total conversion for the latest Civ. While Civilization has gone through several sequels and spin-offs on a variety of platforms, Colonization has gone curiously unloved ? a fact that upsets or relieves many enthusiasts, depending on their trust in Meier's ability to not ruin his cult classic.
Colonization is a microcosm of the Civilization experience, but no less involved as a consequence. While Civ deals in everything from the day we arrived on the planet ("and blinking stepped into the sun" - sing along, kids) to the day in the future where we start a space colony, Colonization takes the slightly less ambitious aim of concentrating on the embarrassing part of European history, where several nations decided it'd be fun to take on a new continent and screw over the natives by mining their resources and establishing European identities on foreign soil. As such, you start with just a simple boat on a square of blue on a black screen. As you sail your boat around the grid, the mysterious new world takes shape, and it's up to you to create your own slice of paradise for the glory of your nation."
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.
GamerDeals.net:
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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."
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."
I pretty much clicked on this to ensure that Homeworld was included and sure enough it is. I approve.
I never played Homeworld but I'm gonna check it out.....maybe Good ol Games has it for dirt cheap!
Damn it I want to play Homeworld. Why hasn't Relic got it up on a digital distribution service like Steam?!
