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• At the Gates - Kickstarter launched by Civ 5 designer Jon Shafer

  Civilization V lead designer Jon Shafer has started a Kickstarter for his turn-based strategy game set during the fall of Rome titled At the Gates.

• Saturday shorts - MLB11: The Show footage, Fable Coin Golf shakycam, more

  Something new. We had a meeting this week and it was suggested there’s a better way of getting up all the little stories quickly. Could be better for everyone. Let’s see if it works.

• Shafer "very confident about where things are going" with Stardock's Elemental

  Jon Shafer has said the main reason he left Civilization developer Firaxis and took a job with Stardock was because of the fun and unique approach to creating games the firm’s CEO Brad Wardell harbors.

• Stardock hires Civ V's lead designer Jon Shafer to work on Elemental

  Stardock has revealed that it’s hired Civilization V lead designer Jon Shafer to design and implement mod support for Elemental.

• Civilization's new design lead on combat evolved

  God only knows how many otherwise productive hours of people’s lives the Civilization series has stolen over its 20-year history. That turn-based structure is a work of time-sapping genius. Civilization V is out at the end of the month, and VG247 spent an afternoon with the game and its ambitious, ideas-filled new lead designer, Jon […]

• Civilization V to allow imports of Civilization IV maps

  Civilization V is to come with mod and editing tools, as well as having the ability to import maps from Civilization IV.