Civilization: Beyond Earth Deals Awaken As Release Nears

It's just about time to thaw out of your cryotank — the long wait for Civilization: Beyond Earth is over this Friday, October 24th. The additional good news is that you're not frozen into paying the $49.99 MSRP if you choose to play on Day One as a handful of PC digital retailers have discount coupons to save you money on pre-orders.

Four PC digital retailers have coupons available that extend until the release date later this week. Not all discounts work in all regions, but the discounts do go as high as 22%. All the latest details on the deals below can also be found at Dealzon.

Beyond Earth Deals in North America:

• DLGamer has Civ Beyond Earth for $38.99 after coupon DLG-OPHANJ
• 2Game has Civ Beyond Earth for $39.99 after coupon CIVBE-20OFF
• GameStop has Civ Beyond Earth for $42.49 after coupon PCD15P

United Kingdom / Europe Deals:

• GMG has the UK price at £24 and EU price at 40€
• After coupon: U9OULG-XRTO1V-4VMUGZ

Pre-Order Bonus for Civilization: Beyond Earth:

Pre-ordering Civilization: Beyond Earth before Friday's release also gets you a free DLC: the "Exoplantes Map Pack". This includes not just one, but six custom environments inspired by real world astronomical bodies/planets. These are:

• Kepler 186f: This lush forest planet is one of the oldest known Earth-like planets.
• Rigil Khantoris Bb: Orbiting the closest star to our solar system, the historical records of this arid continental planet’s settlement are well-preserved.
• Tau Ceti d: This planet of seas and archipelagos features booming biodiversity and a wealth of resources.
• Mu Arae f: Tidally locked in orbit around a weak star, the southern hemisphere of this planet is a blistering desert where the sun never sets, while the northern hemisphere is perpetually in frozen darkness.
• 82 Eridani e: An alien world of scarce water and wracked by tectonic forces.
• Eta Vulpeculae b: A mysterious new discovery with unknown terrain.

More details on the DLC can also be found here.

Pre-Load is Now Live

As soon as you have a Steam key, you can begin your pre-load immediately. The download shouldn't be too much of an issue as the download is "only" 2.7 GB (we now live in a world where less than 5 GB for a game download is rare). Beyond Earth takes up only about 8GB of hard drive space after unpacking. You can read more about the system requirements here.