Take-Two To Publish Civilization IV
Take-Two Interactive has announced that it is the new owner of the Civilization franchise (at least in some form, the company says it has purchased "certain rights"), and have signed Firaxis Games to a multi-title publishing agreement. The new 2K Games label will publish Sid Meier's Civilization IV later this year.
The fourth game in the PC strategy series that has sold over five million copies, Sid Meier's Civilization IV is a bold step forward for the franchise, with spectacular new 3D graphics and all-new single and multiplayer content. Civilization IV will also set a new standard for user-modification, allowing gamers to create their own add-ons using the standard Python and XML scripting languages.
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pupismyname
replywait, don't we hate take-two now for getting the exclusive mlb license?
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To me, it's different when the company is forced into it as a defensive action. A purist might say they should have stayed away on principle, but that would almost guarantee extinction of licensed games by anyone other than EA over the longhaul.
Maybe if Take Two got big enough in the sports arena, they would have done the same thing as EA, but that's not the way it turned out. Better Games + Little or No Dirty Tactics + David vs. Goliath Tilt = <3 Take Two (for now).-
Both companies acted as defensively as the other.
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