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Golden Joysticks 2011 voting extended, vote now or forever hold your peace

Tom Senior — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:48:46 +0000

Games are great, as we all know. But some games are greater than others, and some people tend to disagree on which games are the greatest. That is why we have the Golden Joysticks 2011. They let us use the power of democracy to decide which games are the greatest ONCE AND FOR ALL (until next year).

The thing is, you people have too many opinions about games. Voting on the Golden Joysticks was supposed to close today, but there are still those out there who want their opinion to be known. And Lo, so it came to pass that voting on the Golden Joysticks was extended until 4pm, Monday October 17.

But SERIOUSLY. Look at my face. Okay, you can’t see my face. But it is Deadly Serious. There are brilliant PC games in some of those categories that deserve to win everything, including Total War: Shogun 2, The Witcher 2, Civilization V, Minecraft. Oh, and you stand a chance to win a top of the range Alienware gaming laptop if you vote in every category. Head over to the Golden Joysticks site and make it so.

Civ World trailer brings Civilization to Facebook

Tom Senior — Tue, 17 May 2011 13:17:48 +0000

The trailer above is our first look at Civ World, the upcoming Civilization Facebook game that’s trying to put an accessible spin on one of the most complex and detailed empire-building strategy games ever made.

Have they succeeded? Trading with friends to achieve a collaboratively could be fun, but my favourite bit is the little crown icon you get for being the most successful empire. Who doesn’t want to be king of all their friends? The game’s currently in beta, but you can find out how to join on the Civ World Facebook page.

[US giveaway] Win a free ticket to Polynesia DLC in Civ V!

Lucas Sullivan — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 22:12:20 +0000

UPDATE: Winners announced! Congratulations to Christian Coogan, Abra Cadabra (lawls), Iuliu Balibanu, and Scott Jones! Thanks to everyone who entered.

Have you ever wanted to stay up all night in a tropical paradise, playing just one more turn? Now you can, thanks to PC Gamer Airlines. We’re giving away four tickets to paradise – by which we mean Steam codes for the Polynesia DLC pack. This bundle adds (among other things) Easter Island heads and Polynesian warriors to the battle for global domination. Doesn’t that sound exotic? Read on to find out how to enter.

I will conquer your civilization and seduce your women.

To enter, simply send an e-mail to contests@pcgamer.com with the phrase “Ticket to Paradise” in the subject line, and we’ll select four lucky winners on Monday, March 14. Send those e-mails, and you’ll be visiting Civilization’s tropics in no time.

Fan made map brings World of Warcraft to Civilization V

Tom Senior — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 16:07:16 +0000

Deathwing’s bringing a fiery cataclysm to World of Warcraft next month, but imagine if instead of a colossal dragon bringing the apocalypse, it was an army of giant robots, supported by tanks and fighter bombers. Now you can make that a reality, with this wonderfully crafted map of Azeroth for Civilization V.

Below you’ll find a massive overview of the map, you can click to enlarge it. Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms have been lovingly recreated using Civilization V’s Worldbuilder tool. From the Night Elven homelands of Teldrassil to the spiralling maelstrom at the centre of the great sea, every corner of Azeroth has been crafted, given accurate terrain and dressed in resources.

You can download the map from the Civ Fanatics forum, simply drop the extracted files into your Civilization V map folder and you’re away. If you fancy creating some new worlds of your own, check out our guide to using Civilization V’s worldbuilder.

PC Gamer US Podcast 245 – Helicopter Freeman vs. Jet J.C. Denton

PC Gamer — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 21:00:04 +0000

This week, on a very special episode of the PC Gamer Podcast…Josh returns from BlizzCon to tell us about Diablo III’s Demon Hunter class. We share our spoiler-free experiences in Fallout: New Vegas (also, how is Dan already on his third playthrough). Evan tells us why Tribes deserves to be remade, and Logan describes the unique anatomical advantages of a civet vis-à-vis coffee.

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Genghis Khan’s Civilization V DLC is out

Tom Senior — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 10:10:23 +0000

Last week we mentioned that there would be free downloadable content appearing for Civilization V. Now it’s out! The update should apply automatically when you boot up Steam, giving you the ability to play as Genghis Khan and run riot over the steppes with armies of super fast horsemen. Firaxis have also released the Babylonian pack, which was originally released as part of Civ V’s Digital Delux edition, but now it’s available to all on Steam for £2.99, ideal if you’re looking for a more refined and well washed leader.