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These will affect the outcome of your journey to achieving peace and sustainability for your kind. Explore and colonize an alien planet, research new technologies, amass mighty armies, build incredible Wonders and shape the face of your new world,” says the publisher.Ī full-fledged strategy game at its core, Civilization: Beyond Earth involves making crucial decisions, such as choosing the sponsor and make-up of your colony wisely. “As part of an expedition sent to find a home beyond Earth, you will write the next chapter for humanity as you lead your people into a new frontier and create a new civilization in space. Aspyr Media, the primary publisher of video games in the Mac App Store, explains how the new sci-fi title will play out.

Nations have re-developed and have geared all their energy and know-how to achieve interstellar travel to move camp and establish a brighter future for our species. In Beyond Earth, players are left struggling to recover the human race.
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One thing is for sure, Intel and AMD users won't be happy if they are not be able to run the game, although it's possible that the drivers will be improved in time or that the devs will continue to work on this issue even after the launch.Aspyr Media this week released Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth in the Mac App Store with a $36.99 / €32,99 price tag, which the studio claims is a promotional price that shaves off 25% off for a limited time to celebrate the launch on the Mac App Store.Īn all-new science-fiction take on the renowned Civilization franchise, Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth is set in the future where modern society has collapsed and a new world order has been established.
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The devs said that the Linux version is two, three weeks behind the Mac OS X one, which has already been released. Though not official yet, it’s likely we’ll drop support for Intel and ATI graphics cards on Linux platforms prior to the game’s launch on Linux," reads the official announcement made on Aspyr Media's blog. no slowdown or chugging frame rates), but there’s still lots of graphical tearing and other anomalies that make it practically unplayable. "Additionally, we’re seeing some graphical problems with Intel and ATI cards on Linux. And like the Mac version patch release, this may cause a delay in the full game’s release on Linux." However, we’re seeing some of the same problems as on the Mac. "Like the Mac version, we’ve been working on implementing the new patch into the Linux version prior to release so that it’s fully up-to-date when it goes live.
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The AMD driver support is not stellar on Linux (to say the least) and it looks like Intel is also having some problems. The guys from Aspyr Media said that the porting process had been progressing nicely, but it looks like they hit a wall when it comes to getting the game to work properly on ATI and Intel video cards. Dropping Intel and ATI support can be a solution Civilization: Beyond Earth, on the other hand, is a DirectX 11-only title, so it's a much more difficult title to port.
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This allowed the devs to port it without any major problem, not to mention the fact that it was already available for Mac OS X and the bulk of work was already done. Some users might remember that Civilization V was capable of running in DirectX 9 and DirectX 11. One of the biggest differences between the two games is in the technology used. When Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth was announced, the Linux OS was also mentioned, although it had no launch date. The previous one, Civilization V, was a real success and everyone was surprised to see it on Steam, but since then 2K has ported a number of other titles as well. This is not the first Civilization game ported by Aspyr Media for the Linux platform. The devs have encountered some problems with the Intel and ATI video cards and they are considering dropping the support for this hardware. Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth is in the works and it's being ported for the Linux platform by Aspyr Media.
