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Firaxis dates its next expansion, Capcom readies PC demo of sci-fi shooter, Bungie writer pens Contact Harvest, Soltrio Solitaire headed to Live Arcade...with multiplayer.

Civilization IV narrows Beyond the Sword release window
2K Games today announced a release date for the second expansion to its popular PC turn-based strategy game, Civilization IV. Beyond the Sword is expected in US retailers the week of July 23, with other countries receiving their copies at the end of July. The expansion focuses on adding content to the in-game time periods following the invention of gunpowder and will add 12 scenarios, 10 factions, and 16 leaders to the game.

Lost Planet PC demo arrives Tuesday
Capcom released its first Xbox 360 demo of Lost Planet some eight months before the game arrived in stores. PC players sold on the trial version of the sci-fi shooter for their systems won't have to exercise quite so much patience. Capcom has said it will release a downloadable demo of the PC Lost Planet worldwide this coming Tuesday, with the full version hitting stores in June.

New Halo novel focuses on first contact with Covenant
Science fiction publisher Tor Books (no relation to GameSpot editor Tor Thorsen) today announced the latest installment in its lucrative line of Halo tie-in novels, Halo: Contact Harvest. Penned by Bungie lead writer Joseph Staten, Contact Harvest tells the story of humankind's first encounter with the Covenant through the eyes of Master Chief's own personal Yoda, Staff Sergeant Avery Johnson. Staten's work should be considered canon, since he wrote and directed the cinematics for Halo and Halo 2. Contact Harvest will be released October 2 and will retail for $14.95. An audio version will also be available on CD for $29.95.

Soltrio Solitaire headed for Live Arcade
It's a commonly held belief that one is in fact the loneliest number, but Microsoft might help change that with the release of Silver Creek Entertainment's Soltrio Solitaire on the Xbox Live Arcade this Wednesday. While the game's roster of 18 different solitaire games includes support for solo players, it also includes two-player cooperative and competitive play modes, as well as support for the Live Vision Camera. Soltrio Solitaire will be available in all regions except for Korea for 800 Microsoft points ($10).

54 Comments

  • Alcotamaysees

    Posted May 17, 2007 9:00 pm PT

    Multiplayer solitaire, I mean what the f.

  • starwarsguy15

    Posted May 15, 2007 3:33 pm PT

    it will be released at 6:00PM 8:00Pm central time

  • builtman

    Posted May 15, 2007 2:21 pm PT

    Hello, it is tuesday the 15 of may and no demo???? What is the story???

  • starwarsguy15

    Posted May 15, 2007 11:13 am PT

    it will be available today at 6pm pst

  • Seobazz

    Posted May 15, 2007 6:02 am PT

    Wheres DEMO NOW???? I don't see any of it yet since they say it released demo TODAY? what happen"?

  • FraserAlexander

    Posted May 14, 2007 10:18 am PT

    10 bones is too much for a card game...c'mon! they should put out civ one on XBLA. Or at least something that doesn't suck like TMNT = dreadful.

  • bojan_sokol

    Posted May 14, 2007 9:31 am PT

    hehe xbox fans will have something to wait for - Solitaire hehe

  • GIJesse77

    Posted May 14, 2007 7:17 am PT

    Darn, just more things to make Korea mad at the U.S.

  • englishbobb

    Posted May 14, 2007 12:52 am PT

    hey man i live in korea foo. LOL

  • shrink45

    Posted May 13, 2007 9:51 pm PT

    Hahahaha, "except for Korea"... Too busy building nukes!

  • Borney12

    Posted May 13, 2007 8:39 pm PT

    agreed... the writing in the halo series of books is absolutely terrific

  • Soupass1

    Posted May 13, 2007 8:11 pm PT

    I Miss E3.

  • GizmoVirus

    Posted May 13, 2007 3:16 pm PT

    $10 for solitaire!

  • Lonelynight

    Posted May 13, 2007 5:52 am PT

    Dilan120

    now people who buy LOST PLANET on PC will know how much the story sucks!!!
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    I'm interested in the game but I couldn't care less about the story.

  • azizrulez

    Posted May 13, 2007 2:54 am PT

    another expansion to CIV 4,now i have to finish the earlier one which ive been putting off for ages,also lost planet seems really tempting

  • Pudgieluv

    Posted May 12, 2007 11:53 pm PT

    Boring................

  • -InsrtNameHere-

    Posted May 12, 2007 11:08 pm PT

    Nice! Can't wait for that new Halo book!

  • gelihui

    Posted May 12, 2007 8:13 pm PT

    Civilization IV, cool!!

  • imperial_agent

    Posted May 12, 2007 6:15 pm PT

    *sigh*

    where is Puzzle Fighter on XBL?

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