Thank you guys.
Both sides of this discussion.
I read some of this here, and in the other links from here, and have concluded that Civ V won't fit my needs.
I prefer to buy a PC game, install it on my 2 computers at home, and play on a LAN with a friend of mine (when they are over) vs a few AIs.
Civ games tend to cost alot, around $100 after all of their expansions come out, so, I can't afford 2 copies, and wouldn't just out of principle.
I am not interested in another company being involved for me to do this, or them stopping me from doing this.
Since, this is how it appears Civ 5 will be sold. Sadly, I will be skipping this version.
Been a Civ buyer since Civ2, and I have both expansions for each version.
I hope Starcraft2 won't be coming out with similar issues.
July 27th, and I don't even have to wait as long.