My personal opinion is that Civ5 is the shame of the 4X video game industry.
They released a game in 2010 without proper multi-player ???
That is totally laughable. And to think that the single-player game is total crap...
So yes, this news is a middle-finger to all the longtime fans. I'm glad I stopped following the gaming industry, even though I'm partly sad to see such an excellent franchise being ruined like it is today.