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Ultimate CivII Site and First Greek CivII Site Merging!!!
Historic Civilization II Lawsuit Settled
Huge news for the CivII world today!! Two of the largest CivII sites on the Internet - the Ultimate CivII Site and the First Greek CivII Site - are merging! The new site will be called the Apolyton Civilization Site ("Apolyton" means ultimate in Greek) and will promise to be not only the largest CivII site, but one of the largest sites on the Internet. According to Markos Giannopoulos (TFGC2S) and Daniel Quick (UC2S), Apolyton will provide complete coverage on everything Civ - CivII, its add-ons, Civ: Call to Power, Macintosh versions, and its predecessors, Civilization and CivNet. The site will utilize UCIVII's mailing lists and TFGC2S's message forums, and will be updated on a regular basis.
Click here to read the press release.
Click here for more info on the merger.
The war over CivII that has been proceeding in the courts of law for several months now - ownership lawsuits brought against Microprose, Activision, and Avallon Hill by each other - has at last been settled! According to the agreement between the three companies, the trademark and ownership rights to Civilization II belong completely to Microprose, with Avallon Hill yielding all claims. However, the Civilization: Call to Power name will be a trademark of Activision. Activision will release Civ: CTP and a version of Civilization II for the Sony Playstation game console in the future under license from Microprose.
Click here to read the Microprose press release.
Click here to read the Activision press release.