“At the time of that announcement, we expected to be able to get the demo out before the 21st, but unfortunately we weren’t able to finalise it in the timeframe we had initially planned, and for that we’re very sorry,” the studio writes on the game’s official site.
They reason there’s still plenty of time to try-before-you buy, either in a retail store or online.
Civilization V Playable Demo Release Date [Official site]
Paul Hudson
Sunday, August 29, 2010 at 4:30 PMdaw, I will be pre-ordering it pretty soon and I was really hoping to dig my claws into it before the actual game.
Warlok
Sunday, August 29, 2010 at 8:17 PMI was hoping to try it out before it launches.
Daniel Tyler
Monday, August 30, 2010 at 10:24 AMSooo who else is pulling a sickie on the 21st?
matt
Monday, August 30, 2010 at 10:43 AM… and the 22nd… and the 23rd…
have you never played a civ game before?
Ben Routledge
Monday, August 30, 2010 at 1:07 PMI know this issue comes up a lot, and I’ve been excited by each piece of news on the new Civ game, buuuut… I’ve once again been dissapointed by the US to AU price differential.
US = $49.99US
AU = $79.00US
$30USD difference, I could buy a whole other game for that, I could probably buy a tonne of Indie Games. Now I knwo none of those will match up to the late night, turns morning, turns day off work game play of Civ V. But $30 difference for a digital download which is the same product, I cannot support that and am votng with my wallet.
Nav
Friday, September 3, 2010 at 4:15 PMTry this Ben: http://www.zavvi.com/games/platforms/pc/sid-meier-s-civilization-v-5/10208055.html
~$63 AUD delivered.