PinnedAug 20, 2024Ash ParrishCivilization 7 lets you mix and match history and its a blastImage: Firaxis GamesImagine Caesar Augustus at the head of an army of Mongol warriors or Ben Franklin building the Great Wall of China. In Sid Meiers Civilization 7, such flights of historical fantasy can become historical fact. The game has new ages to experience, new civilizations to build up, new leaders to guide them, and for the first time in franchise history the ability to mix and match leaders and civilizations to build the empire of your wildest dreams. The Verge had the opportunity to test out the game and talk with its developers at Firaxis Games. The brief, three-hour demo wasnt enough time to get a feel for how well leaders and different civilizations work together, but I left feeling excited about all the ways Civilization VII aims to change the course of history. In previous Civilization games, civs were always tied to a specific leader who was usually, but not always, a noteworthy head of state. Later iterations of the game offered multiple leaders for civs, and on a couple of occasions where it made historical sense, one leader could straddle multiple civs like France and England both having access to Eleanor of Aquitaine, who, during her unusually-long-for-the-time-period life, was the queen of both countries.Read Article >Oct 3, 2024Jay PetersHere are the PC requirements for Civilization 7.Check em out to see if your PC can run the game when it comes out on February 11th. Specs arent yet available for macOS and Linux.Aug 20, 2024Ash ParrishCivilization 7 launches in FebruaryYoull be able to rewrite the course of history in Civilization 7 next year. Firaxis Games showed up during Opening Night Live 2024 with a new trailer and some news Civilization 7 will launch on just about everything you can play a video game on February 11th, 2025.Civilization 6 released eight years ago but has received a steady flow of updates and DLC in the intervening years. Firaxis Games announced it was working on a new Civilization game in February of last year. Since then, the studio has been slowly rolling out the details, debuting a teaser trailer during this years Summer Game Fest and now a new release date trailer for Gamescom 2024. If this trailer isnt enough for all the 4X fanatics in the house, Firaxis has even more to share, hosting a 20-minute gameplay deep dive on Twitch at 4:30PM ET later today.Read Article >Aug 1, 2024Ash ParrishBaba yetu, yetu uliye!Ghandis coming, hide the nukes! On August 20th, Firaxis Games will share an in-depth look Civilization VII at 3:30 PM ET on Twitch and YouTube. The reveal coincides with Opening Night Live, the last big video game event of the summer hosted by video game hype meister Geoff Keighley. Expect a 20 minute deep dive into the game including new gameplay footage and new features.Image: Firaxis GamesJun 7, 2024Andrew WebsterCivilization 7 is launching in 2025Its been a long wait, but the next Civilization has finally been revealed. At the main Summer Game Fest keynote, publisher 2K officially announced Civilization 7, the first new entry in the strategy series since 2016. We didnt get any real details or actual gameplay, but instead a very brief teaser trailer that looked a lot like, well, Civilization. But theres one thing we do know: the game wont be launching until 2025. And its coming to a number of platforms, with the launch planned for PC, PlayStation, Xbox, and Switch.More details will be coming in August, according to 2K, with a full gameplay showcase.Read Article >Feb 17, 2023Jon PorterA new mainline Civilization game is in development at FiraxisThe last mainline entry in the series Civilization VI. Image: FiraxisA new Civilization game, likely to be called Civilization VII, is in development at Firaxis Games, incoming studio head Heather Hazen has announced. Im thrilled to have this opportunity to carry on the studios storied legacy, beginning with the announcement that Firaxis is in development on the next iteration of the legendary Civilization franchise, Hazen said in a press release. Im lucky to be working with some of the best developers in our industry, and we have plans to take the Civilization franchise to exciting new heights for our millions of players around the world.Read Article >