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    Sid Meier's Civilization V

    Game » consists of 6 releases. Released Sep 21, 2010

    Civilization V brings brand new gameplay elements to this beloved franchise, while maintaining the "just one more turn" mentality.

    Sid Meier's Civ V Coming To The Mac 'This Holiday'

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    Edited By BradNicholson
    Aspyr Media would like you to know that it's putting out a Mac version of Sid Meier's Civilization V in the near future. It doesn't, however, want to let you in on the specifics just yet. A shame, I say. A man should be entitled to know all about a game that has the potential consume his waking and sleeping hours.

    Here's what we know so far, courtesy a press release. Aspyr insists that, when released, Civ V Mac will provide a "native experience." We'll be able to see if this is the case at some point "this holiday." And when the game does hit shelves, it literally will--there will be boxed and digital versions, according to the Aspyr blog. "The game will come in both boxed and digital flavors, both of which will be available for preorder in the next few weeks at GameAgent.com and other retailers," the Civ V post reads.
     

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    There's been no word if this version, which will presumably hit after the PC edition of the title receives its first two bits of DLC, will include that extra content or will ship with any patches that may be released for Civ V for PC beforehand. There's also been no mention of specs, though these platform-specific images might give you a good indication as to if your Mac can handle the game:  
      

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    #1  Edited By BradNicholson
    Aspyr Media would like you to know that it's putting out a Mac version of Sid Meier's Civilization V in the near future. It doesn't, however, want to let you in on the specifics just yet. A shame, I say. A man should be entitled to know all about a game that has the potential consume his waking and sleeping hours.

    Here's what we know so far, courtesy a press release. Aspyr insists that, when released, Civ V Mac will provide a "native experience." We'll be able to see if this is the case at some point "this holiday." And when the game does hit shelves, it literally will--there will be boxed and digital versions, according to the Aspyr blog. "The game will come in both boxed and digital flavors, both of which will be available for preorder in the next few weeks at GameAgent.com and other retailers," the Civ V post reads.
     

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    There's been no word if this version, which will presumably hit after the PC edition of the title receives its first two bits of DLC, will include that extra content or will ship with any patches that may be released for Civ V for PC beforehand. There's also been no mention of specs, though these platform-specific images might give you a good indication as to if your Mac can handle the game:  
      

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    #2  Edited By tineyoghurt

    Great that they make games for those things.

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    #3  Edited By TheSmartMonkey

    Time to get my Civ on

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    #4  Edited By MysteriousBob

    You hate boot camp? Boot camp is the only OSX software that stops me from throwing my MacBook in the garbage. The last time I ever loaded OSX was when I installed XP three years ago.

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    #5  Edited By eminenssi

    Aw right, this is great. I was already afraid that I would have to bring my macbook to its knees by running Civ V via bootcamp. Reckon it would've heat the darn thing hot enough to cause 2nd degree burns on my fingertips. 
      
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    @MysteriousBob: I    must say that I totally love to be able to have bootcamp, but I still prefer a native ports of games, as said macbook(pro)s can't really handle the heat build up that well. I've got a early '09 MB Pro 2.4ghz Core 2 duo and when I played Dawn of War 2's demo, lappy would just go to sleep after 15 mins of playing always. I recently managed to play through the Witcher keeping a room fan aimed at the lappy at a downward angle ^^

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    #6  Edited By oatz

    Awesome. 
    @MysteriousBob said:

    " You hate boot camp? Boot camp is the only OSX software that stops me from throwing my MacBook in the garbage. The last time I ever loaded OSX was when I installed XP three years ago. "
    Bro, you are missing out.
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    Awesome...now if only I had a Mac.. LOL! XD
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    #8  Edited By fwylo
    @oatz said:
    "Awesome. 
    @MysteriousBob said:
    " You hate boot camp? Boot camp is the only OSX software that stops me from throwing my MacBook in the garbage. The last time I ever loaded OSX was when I installed XP three years ago. "
    Bro, you are missing out. "

    Ageed, OSX is pretty hawt. 
     
    And I'll be picking this up for sure.
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    #9  Edited By Jazz

    Been playing it with Wine..nice to see a native port 

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    #10  Edited By Lukeweizer

    Great, now I'll buy it when it goes on sale on Steam.

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    #11  Edited By FritzDude

    Who play games on a mac anyways? If you bought a mac to play games on, then you did a bad deal. *Taking on my flame suit.*

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    #12  Edited By LegalBagel

    Excellent - though the combination of ports and Civ V already being unstable gives me cause for concern.  Just happy to be able to play it here soon though. 
     
    Also, isn't it strange that they didn't mention Steam at all in the press release?  Civ V requires Steam AFAIK, but no mention of Steam as a retailer or if people who have bought Civ V automatically get the Mac version.

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    #13  Edited By Jayross

    Aspyr? Eh, I guess that's not terrible. I would have hoped that a native Mac version would have been developed.

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    #14  Edited By Jayross
    @Catfish666 I'm glad to learn that I'm not the only person who calls their laptop "lappy".
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    #15  Edited By Sambambo
    @FritzDude said:
    "

    Who play games on a mac anyways? If you bought a mac to play games on, then you did a bad deal. *Taking on my flame suit.*

    "
    Macs arent for gaming sure, but being able to play the odd game is nice.
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    #16  Edited By Sooty

    I'll stick to using boot camp. 
     
    A) Games always run worse in OS X  (fuck OpenGL)
    B) I'm not buying it a second time. 
     
    @FritzDude said:

    "

    Who play games on a mac anyways? If you bought a mac to play games on, then you did a bad deal. *Taking on my flame suit.*

    "
    I don't think many buy them purely to play games on but Macs are finally at a point where they can actually play games. The MacBooks come with good GPU power now, not shitty Intel GMAs that struggle to run Plants vs. Zombies.  
     
    You pretty much have to use Windows though, for example; StarCraft II runs at half the FPS in OS X, I can play it on high through Windows 7 but OS X lags so much at those settings. 
     
    That said I just have a MacBook 2010 for some light gaming when bored at college and then my gaming PC for 'real' gaming.
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    #17  Edited By comradecrash

    That's cool. Might be fun to use my laptop for other things than school.

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    #18  Edited By Faltru

    Steamplay?

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    #19  Edited By papercut

    Woot woot. That was the only pc game that i wanted to play this year. Now i can throw my life away with this, super meat boy, and mine craft.

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    #20  Edited By Cybexx

    I hope this is steamplay, also I am standing on pins and needles waiting for that patch.

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    #21  Edited By ruffedgz

    I had to share this exciting news :D

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    #22  Edited By Milkman

    This is pretty off topic but is anyone experiencing a lot of crashes since the last patch?

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    #23  Edited By RE_Player1
    @FritzDude said:
    "

    Who play games on a mac anyways? If you bought a mac to play games on, then you did a bad deal. *Taking on my flame suit.*

    "
    I didn't buy my mac for games it's just a nice addition. Just like Netflix on consoles, you wouldn't buy a 360 just for Netflix but it is a nice addition. 
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    #24  Edited By MAguilera

    The digital copy is going to be what saves me from buying this game on day 1.  I have a hard time paying full price for anything on steam.  Good thing too, as soon as I get this my daughter is going to be neglected for a few months.

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    #25  Edited By gnarlycore

    great news...I've already played this 25 hours at work according to steam haha.

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    #26  Edited By shinali
    @Ygg said:
    " I'll stick to using boot camp. 
     
    A) Games always run worse in OS X  (fuck OpenGL)
    B) I'm not buying it a second time.
    Or you could actually keep up with the OS you're using and get the new Snow Leopard video drivers. Games run similar enough to their Windows counterparts that I'm considering wiping off my Windows 7 install now. 
     
    That and Civ 5 will most likely be available under Steamplay as it has been done the same for Civ 4.
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    #27  Edited By darkjester74

    I hope Steam does a SteamPlay thing for this, I don't want to pay a second time for this game.

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    #28  Edited By AngryRedPlumber

    Yippie!  I cannot wait to play Civ V!

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    #29  Edited By morden2261

    This is excellent, excellent news!  I'll buy this as soon as it pops up on Steam and then start salivating in preparation for its arrival.

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    #30  Edited By D_Man_Taylor

    Alright! I was hoping this would happen. Now I can play Civ 5 :)

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    #31  Edited By MisterMouse

    wonderful news!!!

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    #32  Edited By necrotoxin

    Maybe they should fix the game before putting it on the mac. 

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    #33  Edited By oliveshark

    OOOOOHHHH SSSSHHHHHIIIIIIITTTTTTT! 
    I though I was safe from the addiction, but it's catching up. 
     
    ... Can't wait!

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    #34  Edited By GreggD
    @Jayross said:
    " @Catfish666 I'm glad to learn that I'm not the only person who calls their laptop "lappy". "
    I call my desktop Compy.
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    #35  Edited By Sooty
    @ShinAli said:
    "@Ygg said:
    " I'll stick to using boot camp. 
     
    A) Games always run worse in OS X  (fuck OpenGL)
    B) I'm not buying it a second time.
    Or you could actually keep up with the OS you're using and get the new Snow Leopard video drivers. Games run similar enough to their Windows counterparts that I'm considering wiping off my Windows 7 install now.  That and Civ 5 will most likely be available under Steamplay as it has been done the same for Civ 4."
    Too bad StarCraft II still runs like ass and the last pair of drivers Valve specifically warned that they were terrible, I've yet to try the newest but I know StarCraft Ii is still bad from other forums. 
     
    Similar enough isn't good enough if you're on something like a MacBook/MBP or Mac Mini, every bit of performance helps on those integrated solutions.
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    #36  Edited By Addfwyn
    @Ygg: Really?  I have no problem running SC2 on all ultra settings on my Mac. 
     
    Anyway, pretty happy to play this on Mac, hate having to use bootcamp (it's just for games, for me).  Ideally, Steamplay will let me play this without having to repurchase as well.
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    #37  Edited By Digi7alS3lf

    Too bad my 320M will bleed

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    #38  Edited By shinali
    @Ygg said: 
    Too bad StarCraft II still runs like ass and the last pair of drivers Valve specifically warned that they were terrible, I've yet to try the newest but I know StarCraft Ii is still bad from other forums.  Similar enough isn't good enough if you're on something like a MacBook/MBP or Mac Mini, every bit of performance helps on those integrated solutions. "
    Similar enough is good enough if the difference is a few frames. Instead of relying on anecdotal evidence given by people that would get upset if something else runs 3 frames faster, you can actually try it yourself. The new drivers are like night and day.
     
    Also Valve are the ones that pushed for and worked with Apple for these drivers and have expressly told all Mac users to update their Snow Leopard installs with the latest graphics updates. The one post they were complaining were about the old drivers how they were missing implementations for several OpenGL extensions and commented on how the new drivers would have these. 
     
    Also, I have a 2007 era MBP, meaning a 8600m GT. I know how bad it was before the drivers.

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