While RTS fans will likely have plenty to digest when Civilization V releases in October, SouthPeak and developer Firefly Studios are working together to ensure that strat fans won't have a drought after 2010's flood. According to the announcement press release, the castle creating and crashing simulation will boast improved building creation, more realistic physics, sieges set during evenings and historical battles, and the option of tacking a 'combat or economic' campaign.

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