26-05-2005 20:23									#1
	Civ City, a new civilization game? Put an end to popups!

From the Trademark Electronic Search System, which you can consult on the United States Patent and Trademark Office site:

quote: Word Mark - CIV CITY Goods and Services - IC 009. US 021 023 026 036 038. G & S: Computer game programs; software and computer game cartridges; and computer games provided and played through a global computer network Standard Characters Claimed Mark Drawing Code - (4) STANDARD CHARACTER MARK Serial Number - 78627670 Filing Date - May 11, 2005 Current Filing Basis - 1B Original Filing Basis - 1B Owner - (APPLICANT) Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc CORPORATION DELAWARE 622 Broadway New York NEW YORK 10012 Attorney of Record - G. Roxanne Elings Type of Mark - TRADEMARK Register - PRINCIPAL Live/Dead Indicator - LIVE

So, what do you think it is? A Simcity kind of game?

Edit: The first link was leading to a "session expired" page, so I changed it to point to the TESS main search page. If you want to see the page about Civ City, just click on "New User Form Search (Basic)" and use the search box to look for it.

	26-05-2005 21:14									#2
	Inflate your Upload Space

Interesting. Maybe another Will Wright/Sid Meier collaboration?

	26-05-2005 21:16									#3
	Got spare money?

I hope not. We've got SimCity for managing a city already. SimCity 2000 was a fine game, too. I don't believe Meier and Wright go well together, though.

	26-05-2005 21:24									#4
	Support Apolyton, buy GURPS/ Alpha Centauri

methinks there would be some slight copyright issues

	26-05-2005 21:32									#5
	Got spare money?

Well, Take-Two did spend $22 million on the rights to Civ, unless it does really, really well they ain't gonna make that much on Civ4 alone. So I could see it happening...

Then again, it might just be an idea they're toying with and they want to make sure noone steals it. Doesn't necessarily mean it'll actually become a game.

	29-05-2005 03:59									#6
	Support Apolyton, buy GURPS/ Alpha Centauri

I thought Firaxis bought the rights to the Civ series? TakeTwo just publishes for them ...

	29-05-2005 05:05									#7
	Put an end to popups!

Nope, Take 2 bought the rights. Firaxis probably doesn't nearly have that kind of money...

Firaxis did buy the rights of a couple of other titles from Atari though, more notably Pirates and Colonization. This was a long time ago though: at around the same time that they signed the initial deal with Atari to develop Civ4, in the spring of 2003.

	30-05-2005 08:46									#8
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quote: Originally posted by Solver I hope not. We've got SimCity for managing a city already. SimCity 2000 was a fine game, too. I don't believe Meier and Wright go well together, though.

As SidGolf should demonstrate

	30-05-2005 09:18									#9
	Enter the AD-FREE zone

They could be holding it so noone else can

	05-06-2005 11:03									#10
	Support Apolyton, buy Civilization III: Complete

My eyebrow cocked in interest at the thought of a Firaxis-led Colonization remake. I look forward to that day.

	05-06-2005 17:43									#11
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As do we all, I reckon

Though right now, that would put them right opposite to AoE3 for many gamers -- and I don't think they can win that. Civ4 will have enough trouble with that as it is...

It would probably be wiser for Firaxis to wait a few years with that, if they're ever gonna do it.

	06-06-2005 01:11									#12
	Support Apolyton, pre-order Civilization IV

I bet they'll do it eventually- I mean, they remade Pirates!

It's always a good strategy to revisit the old classics.

	29-06-2005 00:33									#13
	Support Apolyton or Terrorists Win

quote: Originally posted by DerSchwarzfalke My eyebrow cocked in interest at the thought of a Firaxis-led Colonization remake. I look forward to that day.

I noticed those comments coming out of Firaxis, too. I expect that Colonization II will depend on the success of Civ4. If Gamebryo proves to be a good engine, then Colonization II may surface as either a Civ4 add-on or look-alike.

If Civ4 doesn't pan out well, then this "Civ City" model is another way to approach Colonization II. Historically, the act of colonizing divided into two starkly different tasks -- exploration and city planning. Colonization II could benefit, then, from the knowledge gained coding a city-based game.

...if Sid ever makes it, that is.