LegioCorvus
Prince
Finally 2 civs that represent me and the people from southamerica... but I hate the fact that you have to buy the civs... that sucks!! I think nobody else is going to buy them so I wont be able to play multiplayer with them... bah... This game needs a lot of tweaking.
None of the DLC Civs currently work in multi-player, according to my understanding. Not even Khan, which everyone has.
How is this any different from an expansion pack ? Is all content of an expansion pack also withheld from the initial release ?
The only difference is size and timing.... it's not like Civ 5 shipped with 10 civs while 4 did with 18, then you could claim it was withheld.
There are a lot of clues that these Civs were planned from the beginning, if not already finished. From incomplete files with their names released with the game (Mongolia), to them being offered as purchase bonuses (Direct2Drive & these Civs), to the fact that the game was released with a 22 Civ limit per map (exactly the number of Civs after these two).
Also, expansion packs add gameplay mechanics along with Civs. Here we getting Civs that were already being worked on pre-release. All significant (and desperately needed gameplay changes) are currently being released in patches.