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Posted: Oct 19th 2010 11:21PM ch3burashka said

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With Steam coming to Mac, there's been a much more concerted effort to bring games to Macs. I wonder if they'll ever be as big as they were, or if it will be a slow trickle as it is now.

Posted: Oct 19th 2010 11:25PM liquidsoap89 said

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@ch3burashka

I would say any trickle is better than no trickle.

Especially when that trickle comes from Valve (pun totally intended)...
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Posted: Oct 19th 2010 11:24PM Burnflare said

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Holy freaking crap. Mac is actually starting to get more gaming support.

I say this as a Mac user.

Posted: Oct 19th 2010 11:27PM nondual said

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Awesomesauce!

No more Boot Camping into Vista just for Civ 5!

Posted: Oct 19th 2010 11:39PM DonsSword said

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Civ has been on the Mac for a while, at least since Civ 3 if not earlier. Age of Empires is on the Mac as well.

Posted: Oct 19th 2010 11:59PM Ashkental said

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@DonsSword

Age of Empires?

Wasn't ensemble microsoft-owned? And the IP?
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Posted: Oct 20th 2010 12:16AM Epoque said

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@Ashkental Yes, so what? Microsoft makes Office for Mac, why wouldn't they let their games come over too?

Not only AoE and AoM, but Halo CE, Fable, and Rise of Legends as well. Gears of War was also supposed to be ported, but that never happened.
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Posted: Oct 19th 2010 11:42PM extemper said

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Well knowing CIV4 was on Mac; I am glad I waited and did not buy windows version since my Mac is my main machine.

Posted: Oct 19th 2010 11:56PM Mmmmz said

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@extemper
You buy one version you get to play on both. For most games at least, including CIV IV so I'd assume CIV V would follow suit.
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Posted: Oct 19th 2010 11:58PM Mmmmz said

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@Mmmmz
On Steam, that is.
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Posted: Oct 19th 2010 11:57PM Mmmmz said

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Diplomacy? Please. CIV V burned diplomacy down and pissed on its ashes.

There is virtually no meaningful diplomacy or AI in this game. It is simply a glorified RISK game. Plain and simple.

Still damn fun but diplomacy and the U.N died a horrible and tragic death in this game.

Posted: Oct 20th 2010 12:56AM FeendRendor said

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Wow. This is happening much faster than I expected it. Bravo, Aspyr and 2k Games/Firaxis. Bravo.

Posted: Oct 20th 2010 5:46AM Crayola Q Pants ESQ said

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Interesting choice of headline, given that diplomacy in Civ V is practically a dead-end towards victory. That said, they are patching the AI, so hopefully it'll get back up to scratch in the near future

Posted: Oct 20th 2010 7:52AM Faenix said

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Steam, its not just a digital distribution platform.

It also creates bigger gaming communities. :o

Posted: Oct 20th 2010 9:18AM HaloisthemostOverratedGameEver said

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I found this excerpt left out of the press release!


'As Mac fans look forward to the release of Civilization 5, PC Gamers have been putting the game through rigorous beta testing making sure Apple uses have an incredible first time experience with the game.....'

Posted: Oct 20th 2010 10:58AM burjeffton said

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I'll pick this up on my Mac.

Posted: Oct 20th 2010 11:28AM BigD145 said

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Diplomacy? What diplomacy? Diplomacy takes a back seat to outright war.

Posted: Oct 20th 2010 12:26PM Drace said

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Oh no... there goes the last lingering shred of productivity in my life. And here I thought I was safe with Civ being PC only.

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