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Civilization IV, a game so addictive it has its own
support group, joins GameTap this week as the 1000th title on the service.
Civ IV, under lead designer Soren Johnson (who is currently
trying to make a game out of
Spore), was the
Civilization game that brought an incredible amount of accessibility to the epic franchise. We aren't currently aware if
Civ IV expansion packs,
Warlords or
Beyond the Sword, are integrated into this version for the
GameTap service, but perhaps they'll be added at a later date. For GameTap subscribers who have even the slightest hint of interest in an accessible strategy game and somehow missed
Civ IV, along with
Sid Meier's Pirates! which was made available a couple weeks ago, now is the time to try them on the service.
The new subscriber games this week are:
- Armored Warriors (Arcade) - Capcom's Final Fight-esque brawler with robots. If you happened to get very lucky you may have run across this game in an arcade during the mid-90s. A beat 'em up with robots, there really aren't enough of those -- and no, Gundam does not count.
- Civilization IV (PC) - Build an empire to stand the test of time. Create your German monarchy full of Buddhists focusing on environmentalism and then send them to Alpha Centauri to win the game. And as is obligatory whenever saying Alpha Centauri, we still want a sequel to that other great strategy game of our time -- now if EA would just give the rights to Firaxis.
After the break we have GameTap's list of
free games. New free games are bolded for easy reference. Topping the list of additions is
Hitman: Contracts, which is part of GameTap's continuing
Hitman promotion leading up to the
film's debut in theaters.
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