by Blizzard Entertainment
Platform:
Windows Vista / 7 / XP, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
(26)Buy new:
32 used & new from $47.98
(Visit the Most Wished For in Mac Games list for authoritative information on this product's current rank.)
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The Collector's Edition of Mists of Pandaria includes the full version of the game on DVD-ROM and contains the following exclusive bonus items as listed in product features:
- Behind-the-Scenes DVD and Blu-Ray: Learn about the creation of Pandaria with this two-disc set featuring over an hour of commentary, insider interviews, and developer roundtables.
- Collector's Edition Soundtrack CD: Experience 20 orchestral pieces from Mists of Pandaria.
- The Art of Mists of Pandaria Book: Explore this 208-page hardcover tome featuring never-before-seen pieces from the expansion, from early concepts to final 3D renderings.
- Chen Stormstout Mouse Pad: Equip your desk with this special-edition mouse pad featuring the legendary pandaren brewmaster.
You've ended Deathwing's destructive rampage and saved the dragonflights from extinction. Now you must unlock the mysteries of the lost continent and discover the dark secrets of Pandaria's past. Explore ancient kingdoms hidden since before the Sundering, plunder vast treasures from the depths of the forgotten vaults, and rise to defend Pandaria from the shadow of a long buried evil - before it's too late.
Master the Path of the Monk
Learn the mystic powers of the Monk, World of Warcraft’s newest playable class. Destroy foes with the Windwalker’s devastating attacks, replenish allies with the Mistweaver’s spiritual energies, and shrug off enormous damage with the Brewmaster’s unyielding strength.
Battle to Level 90
Ascend to new heights of power as you explore the verdant reaches of the Jade Forest, war with the terrible Yaungol on Kun-Lai Summit, and unlock the secrets of the Mogu’shan Vaults.
Unleash Pandamonium
Set out as a member of the enigmatic Pandaren—World of Warcraft’s first neutral race – and join the ranks of either the Horde or Alliance as you enter the conflict brewing on Pandaria’s shores.
Discover a Lost Continent
Explore the ancient kingdoms of Pandaria and mount your defense against a newly awakened evil stirring in the continent’s dark corners.
World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria is the fourth expansion to the Massively Multiplayer Online Role-playing game (MMORPG), World of Warcraft.* Set in Pandaria, an until now hidden corner of Azeroth, the expansion features an Asian inspired theme that includes: a new playable race the Pandaren, the new Monk class, and new instanced adventures. Additional features include: PC and Mac compatibility, a new level cap of 90, challenge modes, a vanity pet battle system, and talent calculator.
This special collector's edition contains a variety of physical and digital bonus items. See the complete list of these below.
Discover the Secrets of a Lost Continent
Shrouded in fog since the world was sundered more than ten thousand years ago, the ancient realm of Pandaria has remained unspoiled by war. Its lush forests and cloud-ringed mountains are home to a complex ecosystem of indigenous races and exotic creatures. It is the homeland of the enigmatic Pandaren, a race that celebrates life to the fullest even while under siege by an ancient menace. The new continent reveals itself to a broken world just as the Alliance and Horde are spiraling ever closer to a war that will consume all of Azeroth. Will the mists of Pandaria part to reveal the world's salvation? Or will the battle to control this rich and breathtaking new land push the two mighty factions over the brink of war and into total annihilation? The answers await within Pandaria's mysterious shores.
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Minimum System Requirements
PC
| Mac
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Collector's Edition Items Included
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Key Game Features
- A New Playable Race: the Pandaren - Play as the noble and enigmatic Pandaren, a new race available to both Horde and Alliance players, and discover the secrets of their ancient and mystical homeland Pandaria.
- Master the Path of the Monk - Learn the mystic powers of the Monk, World of Warcraft's newest playable class. Destroy foes with the Windwalker's devastating attacks, replenish allies with the Mistweaver's spiritual energies, and shrug off enormous damage with the Brewmaster's unyielding strength.
- Battle to Level 90 - Ascend to new heights of power as you explore the verdant reaches of the Jade Forest, war with the terrible Yaungol on Kun-Lai Summit, and unlock the secrets of the Mogu'shan Vaults.
- Challenge Modes - Master the new Challenge Mode, compare best times with your friends, and gain amazing rewards for your character.
- Pet Battle System - Level up your vanity pets, teach them new abilities, and challenge your friends to friendly pet battles.
- New Instanced Adventures - Join forces with your fellow heroes and embark on epic scenarios that will challenge you like never before.
- Talent Calculator - Customize your character with the new and improved talent system.
Additional Screenshots
 All new bestiary creatures. View larger |  Represent the Alliance or Horde. View larger |  The level cap raised to 90. View larger |  Hone your kung-fu skills. View larger |
* Full game versions of World of Warcraft, Wrath of the Lich King and Cataclysm, as well as an Internet connection are required for play.
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Thursday, 4 October 2012
#8: Sid Meier's Civilization V: Gods and Kings
by Aspyr Media
Platform: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
Release Date: July 15, 2012
Buy new: $29.99
4 used & new from $29.99
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Sid Meier's Civilization V: Gods and Kings is the first expansion pack for Civilization V - the critically acclaimed 2011 Mac Game of the Year. This robust expansion covers the entire scope of time from founding your first Pantheon of the Gods and spreading religion across the world, to deploying your spies in enemy cities in order to steal information and technology. As you move through the ages, you’ll interact with new types of city-states, engage in new city-state quests and global competitions, and master exciting new systems for land and naval combat. Civilization V: Gods and Kings will also include nine new civilizations, nine new wonders, three original scenarios, and dozens of new units, buildings, and techs that will offer even more ways for players to expand their empire and dominate the world.
Sid Meier's Civilization V: Gods and Kings is the first official expansion pack for the Turn-Based Strategy game, Sid Meier's Civilization V .* It features the introduction of religion as a major gameplay component to the game, through a faith-based mechanism. It also adds additional diplomatic abilities to those found in the base game. Additional features include, a variety of benefit types for the establishment and adoption of religion, spies that both level with mission completion and that can be a liability if captured, several new playable civilizations, improved battle abilities, and new units, buildings and wonders.
Expanded Power with Religion and Enhanced Diplomacy
The Sid Meier's Civilization V: Gods and Kings expansion pack* introduces the power of religion and improved diplomatic abilities to Civilization V . Religion, used as a major tool, was left out of the 2010 base game release, but now joins culture, technology, diplomacy, and warfare as the fifth pillar of the game's turn-based statecraft and empire building game mechanic. Use of religion begins during a civilization's infantcy, with the player interweaving select core beliefs with particular realities of their civilization. This in turn unifies people and generates faith, setting the stage for the emergence of unit's like The Great Prophet, Missionaries and The Inquisitor, along with the founding of a religion. Religions available initially correlate to actual world religions such as Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Shinto, etc., but they are designed to be renamed and customized with player chosen tenets. Civilizations that found religions enjoy certain exclusive benefits, while a later series of benefits connected to a religion can be enjoyed by any civilization that is converted to it. This includes rival civilizations. As the timeline of the game progresses to the renaissance and beyond, religion becomes less important, but remains a surprisingly powerful tool.
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The Sid Meier's Civilization V: Gods and Kings expansion pack also improves on the base game's use of diplomacy, especially in the area of espionage. With spies players can do a wide range of things, including steal technologies, provide intelligence, rig elections, and even counter the actions of foreign spies planted domestically in their own cities.
New Unit Battle Abilities and New Civilzations
Although religion and diplomacy are potent tools of state craft, war is inevitable. This is why Sid Meier's Civilization V: Gods and Kings includes expanded abilities to units in battle. Improvements include: expanded general health of units to ensure more time for strategy and changes to forces during exchanges, the inclusion of early multi-winged aircraft, expanded offensive abilities of naval units pitted against other ships and against land tagets, and improved defensive abilities of ground units during transport by sea.
Gods and Kings also includes additional civilization not included in the initial release of the base game. In many cases, following the theme of the expansion pack these new peoples possess an extreme potential for influence by/and manipulation of religion. A sampling of the new civilizations available include, the Celts lead by Boudicca, the warrior queen of the proto-British Iceni tribe, and the Maya featuring Pacal the Great the long-time ruler of the powerful city-state of Palenque.
System Requirements
Minimum
| Recommended
Notices
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Key Game Features
- Introduces religion, wielded through faith, as a crucial tool of the state into the Civilization V game franchise
- A multi-layered belief system that allows for civilization-specific benefits, as well as benefits to any game civilization holding that belief
- Changing benefits to religion depending on the time period of the game
- An improved diplomacy and espionage component that allows for technology theft, foreign intelligence and election rigging, and domestic counter espionage
- Improved capabilities of battle units including, improved general health, the inclusion of early aircraft, and expanded abilities of naval and ground units
- Several new civilizations available for play, including Celtic - featuring the warrior queen of the proto-British Iceni tribe Boudicca, and Mayan, featuring Pacal the Great the longtime ruler of Palenque
- Many new units, buildings and wonders
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* Sid Meier's Civilization V -- sold separately -- is required for play.
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Friday, 28 September 2012
#5: World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria Collector's Edition
by Blizzard Entertainment
Platform:
Windows Vista / 7 / XP, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion(19)Buy new:
28 used & new from $54.90
(Visit the Most Wished For in Mac Games list for authoritative information on this product's current rank.)
Product Images
Review & Description
The Collector's Edition of Mists of Pandaria includes the full version of the game on DVD-ROM and contains the following exclusive bonus items as listed in product features:
- Behind-the-Scenes DVD and Blu-Ray: Learn about the creation of Pandaria with this two-disc set featuring over an hour of commentary, insider interviews, and developer roundtables.
- Collector's Edition Soundtrack CD: Experience 20 orchestral pieces from Mists of Pandaria.
- The Art of Mists of Pandaria Book: Explore this 208-page hardcover tome featuring never-before-seen pieces from the expansion, from early concepts to final 3D renderings.
- Chen Stormstout Mouse Pad: Equip your desk with this special-edition mouse pad featuring the legendary pandaren brewmaster.
You've ended Deathwing's destructive rampage and saved the dragonflights from extinction. Now you must unlock the mysteries of the lost continent and discover the dark secrets of Pandaria's past. Explore ancient kingdoms hidden since before the Sundering, plunder vast treasures from the depths of the forgotten vaults, and rise to defend Pandaria from the shadow of a long buried evil - before it's too late.
Master the Path of the Monk
Learn the mystic powers of the Monk, World of Warcraft’s newest playable class. Destroy foes with the Windwalker’s devastating attacks, replenish allies with the Mistweaver’s spiritual energies, and shrug off enormous damage with the Brewmaster’s unyielding strength.
Battle to Level 90
Ascend to new heights of power as you explore the verdant reaches of the Jade Forest, war with the terrible Yaungol on Kun-Lai Summit, and unlock the secrets of the Mogu’shan Vaults.
Unleash Pandamonium
Set out as a member of the enigmatic Pandaren—World of Warcraft’s first neutral race – and join the ranks of either the Horde or Alliance as you enter the conflict brewing on Pandaria’s shores.
Discover a Lost Continent
Explore the ancient kingdoms of Pandaria and mount your defense against a newly awakened evil stirring in the continent’s dark corners.
World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria is the fourth expansion to the Massively Multiplayer Online Role-playing game (MMORPG), World of Warcraft.* Set in Pandaria, an until now hidden corner of Azeroth, the expansion features an Asian inspired theme that includes: a new playable race the Pandaren, the new Monk class, and new instanced adventures. Additional features include: PC and Mac compatibility, a new level cap of 90, challenge modes, a vanity pet battle system, and talent calculator.
This special collector's edition contains a variety of physical and digital bonus items. See the complete list of these below.
Discover the Secrets of a Lost Continent
Shrouded in fog since the world was sundered more than ten thousand years ago, the ancient realm of Pandaria has remained unspoiled by war. Its lush forests and cloud-ringed mountains are home to a complex ecosystem of indigenous races and exotic creatures. It is the homeland of the enigmatic Pandaren, a race that celebrates life to the fullest even while under siege by an ancient menace. The new continent reveals itself to a broken world just as the Alliance and Horde are spiraling ever closer to a war that will consume all of Azeroth. Will the mists of Pandaria part to reveal the world's salvation? Or will the battle to control this rich and breathtaking new land push the two mighty factions over the brink of war and into total annihilation? The answers await within Pandaria's mysterious shores.
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Minimum System Requirements
PC
| Mac
|
Collector's Edition Items Included
| View larger |
|
Key Game Features
- A New Playable Race: the Pandaren - Play as the noble and enigmatic Pandaren, a new race available to both Horde and Alliance players, and discover the secrets of their ancient and mystical homeland Pandaria.
- Master the Path of the Monk - Learn the mystic powers of the Monk, World of Warcraft's newest playable class. Destroy foes with the Windwalker's devastating attacks, replenish allies with the Mistweaver's spiritual energies, and shrug off enormous damage with the Brewmaster's unyielding strength.
- Battle to Level 90 - Ascend to new heights of power as you explore the verdant reaches of the Jade Forest, war with the terrible Yaungol on Kun-Lai Summit, and unlock the secrets of the Mogu'shan Vaults.
- Challenge Modes - Master the new Challenge Mode, compare best times with your friends, and gain amazing rewards for your character.
- Pet Battle System - Level up your vanity pets, teach them new abilities, and challenge your friends to friendly pet battles.
- New Instanced Adventures - Join forces with your fellow heroes and embark on epic scenarios that will challenge you like never before.
- Talent Calculator - Customize your character with the new and improved talent system.
Additional Screenshots
| All new bestiary creatures. View larger | Represent the Alliance or Horde. View larger | The level cap raised to 90. View larger | Hone your kung-fu skills. View larger |
* Full game versions of World of Warcraft, Wrath of the Lich King and Cataclysm, as well as an Internet connection are required for play.
Read more