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Date: Dec 07 1998 16:54:52 EST
From: Apolyton Announcements (Apolyton Civilization Site)
Subject: Apolyton Weekly News 6/Dec/98


Greetings everyone
This is the weekly round-up of what happened in the civworld and on our
site the last week(30.Nov-6.Dec).

The big news are the release of Civ2:MGE and Saturday's CTP chat...

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**Civilization II Section http://civilization.gamestats.com/civ2

*News
FIRST LOOK AT MGE
(4.Dec) We promised and we have delivered. On the day of Civilization II:
Multiplayer Gold Edition's release, we are proud to present your first
look at this long-awaited product (unless you have already raided your
local computer store and purchased a copy :)). Apolyton's own Dan Quick
took MGE for a test drive a couple of weeks ago and his preview begins
here. Enjoy!

CIV2:MGE IN STORES NOW!
(4.Dec)(2:30am) And a couple of hours after me posting a news item with
that exact title you see below, Jeffrey Olson(Saganaga Canoer) and Eric
Luttrell were buying their copies of Civ2:MGE from their local BestBuy
stores at $19.99!! Yeap, it's out there! Check your local stores(BestBuy
or not BestBuy of course) and tell us if and where MGE can be found!
Saganaga for example lives in Minnesota. Also, Derek Lande from Ireland
has been told that MGE will be available in the GAME stores on Dec
11th(next Friday). See you on the battlefield!
(3:50am) Patrick Coville reports that MGE is available in Washington at
Best Buy, Futureshop and Computer City for $19.99 and at Electronics etc.
and EB(despite the page on the site) for $29.99. Check them out!

HOLD ON A BIT MORE... December 3, 1998
From what it seems, we'll have to wait a bit more MGE. Gamespot's list
from December 4th to 11th doesn't include MGE, and EbWorld now says
December 8th(from 4th). Chips&Bits has updated the date and now says
Dec/98 from Nov/98. Meanwhile, Russel Waymire contacted Hastings and he
was told that it was due in last tuesday(Nov.24) but that it is on
backorder. Finally, 'My Wife Hates Civ' posted on the Civ2 General Forum
that he called MPS and they said that it will be available Mid December.
Oh well, at least there is an official response! Our thanks to Joel
Siragher, Jeffrey Sisk, Jim Burck for continuously notifying us.

APOLYTON IN PRINT!
(Dec.1) Do you read PC Games? Well, get the December issue and go to page
42. A pretty interesting article on the participation of fans in
development of games, mentions Apolyton twice! Not exactly everything is
accurate but you can't everything in this life...

*Site Changes
5.Dec Dan covers weekly column.
3.Dec Hall of Fame updated
1.Dec Three entries finish November's TG. A new TG has started.

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**Civilization: Call to Power Section http://civilization.gamestats.com/ctp

*News
MISSED THE CHAT? (Dec. 6)
What? You missed the chat?? Bad boys(and girls!)! Although we had a pretty
big audience yesterday here's the 7-pages transcript for the rest. Don't
miss the next one! :)

DON'T FORGET SATURDAY(WAS SUNDAY)! (Dec. 1-2)
Don't forget that this SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6TH, we have the "CTP Designers
Chat" with 5 members of the CTP team. The time is 12 noon PT, which is 2pm
CT, 3pm EDT, 8pm GMT. See you on Saturday!
(Dec. 2) No, it's not an error, it's Saturday not Sunday. Due to a change
of plans, the chat has been moved to Saturday. The time is unchanged.

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**Alternative Civs Section http://civilization.gamestats.com/alt

OFFER OF GALACTIC PROPORTIONS
(6.Dec) Apolyton is looking to expand its reach. We are looking to branch
our coverage to include Stardock's Galactic Civilizations. No member of
the current Apolyton staff has any knowledge of let alone has ready access
to a PC with OS/2 Warp, so we need someone with first-hand experience with
GC to fill this position! If you believe that you're that special someone
:), please email Dan with your application.
dan@gamestats.com

That was all for this week
Until next time...
Markos Giannopoulos, Apolyton CS