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- Oct 24, 201490% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
October release date announced for Civilization: Beyond Earth
- 2K Games and Firaxis announced on 3-4 July 2014 that Civilization: Beyond Earth launches October 24, 2014 for Windows PC, with HEXUS adding Mac and Linux[1][4]
- Pricing was given as $49.99 SRP (Engadget) or about 27 pounds / US$50 (HEXUS)[1][4]
- Pre-orders get the Exoplanets Map Pack of six maps inspired by real exoplanets: Kepler 186f, Rigil Khantoris Bb, Tau Ceti d, Mu Arae f, 82 Eridani e and Eta Vulpeculae b[1][4]
- It was first announced at PAX East in April 2014[1][4]
Notable features
- It is a sci-fi turn-based strategy game, a spiritual successor to Alpha Centauri, where players lead factions with contrasting cultures; features include the nonlinear Tech Web, an Orbital Layer and a Quest system[1][4]
- Firaxis built it on the hexagonal-grid engine of Civilization V; instead of picking a historical empire and leader, players create their own civilization at the start by choosing the sponsor that backed the expedition, its spacecraft and the colonists and cargo it brings[2]
- The tech web branches out radially and needs only one prerequisite to unlock a dependent technology, so players can research some directions in depth while ignoring others; technology trading is deliberately not allowed[2]
- Three affinities - Harmony, Supremacy and Purity - shape technological advancement and unlock affinity-unique units, each with a special project that wins the game; other victories come from conquest or from making contact with an alien civilization[2]
- Satellites launched into the orbital layer give bonuses to the tiles below them and later serve as weapons or transport units across the map; the game also supports AMD's Mantle graphics API[2]
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- [1]90%hexus.net/gaming/news/pc/71821-october-release-date-announced-civilization-beyond-earthhexus.net· Posted Jun 15, 2017· Starts Oct 24, 2014 ✓· 0% of score
Happened as dated, per hexus.net: "October release date announced for Civilization: Beyond Earth Tags:…"
- [2]80%Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org· Added Sep 22, 2026· 100% of score
Wikipedia's article on the game describes its Civilization V-based hexagonal-grid engine, sponsor choices, the radial "tech web" needing one prerequisite, the Harmony/Supremacy/Purity affinities, the orbital layer and Mantle support.
- [3]90%Civilization: Beyond Earth Release Date Is October 24gamespot.com· Published Jul 3, 2014· 0% of score
GameSpot's own headline, 'Civilization: Beyond Earth Release Date Is October 24,' matches the pin's stored October 24-25, 2014 date, published July 3, 2014, months ahead of the actual release.
- [4]88%Civilization: Beyond Earth enters orbit on October 24engadget.com· Published Jul 3, 2014· 0% of score
Engadget confirms the game 'will be released globally on Friday, October 24, 2014 for Windows PC,' exactly matching the pin's stored date, in an article published nearly four months earlier.
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