C3C-mac ships tomorrow! (Dec14)

[one_hoop]

Wednesday December 14th... at least according to amazon:
http://tinyurl.com/akav6

Ooohhh I'm so excited for the Mac version of Civ4... and it is GREAT news that it will (fingers crossed) run on the mini... I was going to buy a new windows machine, but now I'm holding off for the mini (would like to know definitely before the release date).


M@

 

[Brad Oliver]

Wednesday December 14th... at least according to amazon:
http://tinyurl.com/akav6

*slap!*

Never take street dates from Amazon (or other online retailers) as fact. They're simply guesses. Civ3 is right now going through approvals with Take2/Firaxis.

No one (certainly not anyone at Aspyr) knows when that'll be done and we'll be able to press the big red "send to manufacturing" button. I can say that our finger is wavering over said button though, in the hopes of getting this to stores ASAP. When that happens, you'll either see a press release shoot out of Aspyr like a bullet or I'll come on here and pass along the good news.

 

[wallyskier]

So....
I take it then there will NOT be a copy of Civ III Complete waiting for me at Smalldog this afternoon? Bummer... I was looking forward to this and was rushing through a long game on my vanillia version to clear the decks. (Probably shouldn't have gone nuclear at 2 am...)

 

[dojoboy]

There is an announcement at InsideMacGames that C3C has gone beta, so it should be soon.

 

[Schisgall]

I just want to say it publicly ... I love you, Brad. You don't know me from Adam but you are my frickin' Mac-Civ hero. You are the angel from game heaven. Thanks for Civ III, all the patches, Civ III Complete. Everything. And have a Happy Holidays and a CIV IV New Year.


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[Macintosh]

... I'll come on here and pass along the good news.

I'll check this place twice a day

 

[Beamup]

Only twice?

Sometimes it's nice to be waiting for jobs to run - gives you more time to keep an eye on CFC.

 

[JoAT]

There is an announcement at InsideMacGames that C3C has gone beta, so it should be soon.

Seems to me that the InsideMacGames article is one step behind. According to Brad the game is already at Take2 for final approval. Yay!!

JoAT

 

[AlanH]

We all know that the request for beta testers was posted here a month or more ago.

 

[dojoboy]

Seems to me that the InsideMacGames article is one step behind. According to Brad the game is already at Take2 for final approval. Yay!!

JoAT

Not a request for testers, but notifying the public that the game is ready for press - needing final approval by Take2.

 

[Brad Oliver]

Seems to me that the InsideMacGames article is one step behind. According to Brad the game is already at Take2 for final approval. Yay!!

To be fair, Aspyr just put out the press release about beta a few days back, so IMG is just reporting that. We're actually kinda sneaky - our alphas are most people's betas, and our betas are most people's final candidates. Our beta phase now represents the step where it's going through QA at the original PC publisher, waiting for approval from them (i.e. we've signed off on it). We made the change, IIRC, because these approval phases can sometimes take what seems like a lifetime and it feels like a bit of a tease for a game to sit at "final candidate" for an inordinately long amount of time.

 

[Beamup]

Amusing update... Amazon is currently claiming they have it in stock. Methinks somebody there actually trusted their guessed Dec.14 date enough to do a product update based on it.

 

[waltham845]

I uh preordered it and the said delivery date would be on Dec. 23 (not)...
food for thought.

 

[Beamup]

I daresay we're likely to know here before (or as soon as, at least) Amazon does, actually. A general rule of preorders - Amazon release dates mean absolutely nothing. Ignore them completely.

 

[ejday]

Okay...

From approvals to golden master to mass production to shipping to stocking and finally to lost sleep.

That's a lotta steps.

For those that aren't preordering from Amazon (or, better, IMG), anyone want to place bets on when we'll actually see C3C on the shelves of CompUSA (or, better, the Apple Store)?

I'm gonna say January 13...

 

[ancestral]

For those that aren't preordering from Amazon (or, better, IMG), anyone want to place bets on when we'll actually see C3C on the shelves of CompUSA (or, better, the Apple Store)?

I'm gonna say January 13...

I work at an Apple Retail Store, so I can tell you when we do receive them there. But it's gotta be done by MWSF. Aspyr will be making an appearance, won't they?

I'll take a stab and say in stores on Jan. 6.

 

[iamliberal]

Damn, after all my excitement about getting C3C and even civ4 soon... I'm totally disappointed at 3am to be reaading that Civ3c didn't ship I was hoping my family would have it for me under the ole Christmas tree next week... /sigh

On another note, I'm upgraded my video card in anticipation for C3C and civ4! (OK, I also play World of Warcraft, so that will benefit too), anyone know what the actual requirements will be for Civ4?

yikes, I've started dreaming about civ4 (a true civfanatic i guess?)... lol

 

[dojoboy]

I'll go out on a limb and say C3C ships before Christmas. It's at beta, which per Brad's explanation means near press. Getting it printed and boxed may take, what, a day - or 4 to 6 hours. It won't exactly get produced on a "Henry Ford" era assembly line. The delivery systems are well established.

 

[jallen0]

I just received an e-mail from Amazon stating that "due to supplier problems" C3C will not ship before Christmas.

So much for meeting promised dates!

 

[Brad Oliver]

I'll go out on a limb and say C3C ships before Christmas.

Unfortunately, I'm less optimistic. We had it kicked back to us late last week for a performance issue on the science advisor screen primarily on Macs that had nVidia cards. I was able to fix that on Saturday, but it means that we'll get a new DVD in the mail today (Monday) and Take2 will likely get it Tuesday, which means it'll be really tight for them to approve it in time for us to actually start shipping by the end of the week. But you never know.