![]() ![]() When we were building one of our victory conditions (making contact with a sentient alien species), we wanted to know more about communications over the vast distances of space, which, in turn, led us to reading about quantum entanglement being used in communications. Every time we've come up with a gameplay idea, and we've thought: "If only there were some sort of science we could hang this on," we've found a real and promising current direction being explored. Working on "Beyond Earth" has been an amazing opportunity to continue to learn about current directions in research and engineering. The next chapter of humanity will be defined in terms of what humans do when they leave this planet and start to spread out through the universe.ĢK Games and Firaxis released a promotional graphic for the forthcoming computer game: Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth, due in October 2014. Instead of taking control of Stone Age settlers as they would in Civ, players in "Beyond Earth" will be leading one of the expeditions that leave Earth during the Seeding, before the hard reality of the Inflection Point makes it hard to do so. Settling an extrasolar planet would be a massively resource-intensive process, and as resources become scarce, eventually, there won't be enough to support mass colonization, which is an idea we're referring to as the Inflection Point. In our game fiction, this is galvanized by a few key events, such as the first image of a habitable world, another pale blue dot around a distant star. In "Beyond Earth," we start with the premise that humanity has emerged from a period of great difficulty with a renewed interest and drive in exploring space. You can find more information about Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth for Linux in our original report.If you're a topical expert - researcher, business leader, author or innovator - and would like to contribute an op-ed piece, email us here. Most likely, the same company will take care of the porting process, but their products always ship after the official launch and never at the same time. The porting of the previous Civilization V title was made by Aspyr Media, a company that usually brings the Windows titles to Mac OS X. Mac and Linux versions are coming soon," reads the official website. "Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth is not yet rated by the ESRB, and will be available for Windows PC on October 24th, 2014 for $49.99. "In addition to its use of DirectX 11, Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth will be among the first wave of products optimized for the latest in AMD graphics technologies, including the new Mantle graphics API, for enhanced graphics performance AMD CrossFire, for UltraHD resolutions and extreme image quality and AMD Eyefinity, which allows for a panoramic gameplay experience on up to six different HD displays off a single graphics card." Linux is now featured with "soon," which is not actually all that promising. The only thing that changed is the entry on the official website, which lists the platforms and the dates. ![]() There was no official announcement about the Linux and Mac OS X delay, and it's likely that there won't be one either way. It's unclear why 2K chose to delay the game for Linux, but we can only hope to find something soon. In fact, Civilization V is still one of the most played games on Steam, which really says something about its appeal. The previous two games in the Civilization series have been very successful. ![]() A real distinction hasn't been made between the PC and the rest of the platforms, which let everyone believe that all the versions would be released at once. The original announcement was made back in April and one of the things that really stood out was the commitment of the studios and of the publisher to have a Linux and Mac OS X versions. This was supposed to be the silver bullet for the Linux platform, but it looks like we're going to be skipped. When 2K Games and Firaxis announced that the upcoming Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth launch will also include a Linux version, gamers were ecstatic. ![]() Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth, the next game in the Civilization series developed by Firaxis, no longer has a Linux launch date. ![]()
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