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XCOM: Chimera Squad Announced, Coming Next Week

In a surprising move, Firaxis Games has announced a new XCOM title, XCOM: Chimera Squad, and it's coming out next week on April 24 for 50% off. */ /*-->*/ /*-->*/ The game's story takes place 5…

April 14, 2020 | 10:31 EDT

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Civilization VI PlayStation 4 Version Coming This November

During today's State of Play Sony announced that the Civilization VI PlayStation 4 is coming, as the first entry in the Civilization series on the console. The trailer showed off the gameplay we've…

September 24, 2019 | 05:24 EDT

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Civilization VI Gets a Battle Royale Mode, Because Everything is Battle Royale Now

Are you ready for another game that has you drop into an active warzone and fight other players inside of a slowly closing play area? Well good news, turn based tactical game Civilization VI is…

September 10, 2019 | 05:40 EDT

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Civilization V Environment Skin Mod Created by Civ VI Art Director

A Civilization V Environment Skin mod has been created by Civilization VI Project Art Director Brian Busatti. Primarily, the mod was created as a sort of "learn by doing" kind of exercise — the fine…

April 8, 2019 | 10:40 EDT

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Civilization VI: Gathering Storm Expansion Announced

Today, after running a stream for 24 hours showing increasingly stormy weather, Firaxis announced the second expansion for Civilization VI and will officially release Civilization VI: Gathering Storm…

November 20, 2018 | 02:21 EST

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Civilization VI Rise and Fall Expansion Announced

Sid Meier’s Civilization VI: Rise and Fall, is the first expansion for the latest title in the Civilization series, and will be available for Windows PC on February 8th, 2018. The new expansion…

November 28, 2017 | 06:00 EST

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Sid Meier's Civilization VI Summer 2017 Update Now Available

The Summer 2017 Update for Sid Meier's Civilization VI is now available for PC Players according to a news post on the game's Steam Community page. A major highlight of the update is the introduction…

July 31, 2017 | 05:44 EDT

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[The Wire] Sid Meier's Civilization VI Digital Deluxe Edition Getting More Content

If you bought the Digital Deluxe edition of Sid Meier's Civilization VI, you may be glad to know that Firaxis has decided to add retroactively add some more value to your purchase. This news was…

May 5, 2017 | 04:05 EDT

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Sid Meier's Civilization VI Spring Update Details

At some point this week Firaxis Games will release the Spring Update for Sid Meier's Civilization VI on both Mac and PC. This free update implements more balance tweaks to the game's mechanics as…

March 29, 2017 | 09:30 EDT

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New Civilization VI Spotlight Shows Off Macedon and its Leader Alexander the Great

Hot on the heels of the Persia reveal a couple days ago comes the reveal of the second new faction coming to Sid Meier's Civilization VI as part of the upcoming Spring Update. This time around we're…

March 22, 2017 | 01:30 EDT

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New Civilization VI Spotlight Shows Off Persia and its Leader Cyrus II

Firaxis Games have released a new video giving us a sneak peak of the new civilization coming soon to Sid Meier's Civilization VI. This new civ is Persia, led by Cyrus the Great. https://www.youtube.…

March 21, 2017 | 10:40 EDT

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Sid Meier's Civilization VI Now Has a Free Demo

Firaxis Games and 2K have released a demo for Firaxis' grand strategy game Sid Meier's Civilization VI. This demo imposes some heavy restrictions that nevertheless show off what the game is all about…

March 17, 2017 | 08:30 EDT

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DayZ Developer Dean Hall's New Game ION Has Been Cancelled

It's been quite some time since we last heard from Dean Hall. The original creator of the popular DayZ mod for ARMA 2 left the DayZ Standalone project back in 2014 to pursue other opportunities…

March 8, 2017 | 08:30 EST

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Humble Releases Civilization Game Bundle

Always wanted to try playing Sid Meier’s award-winning Civilization series but wasn’t sure where to start? Humble’s latest bundle, the Humble Civilization Bundle, has got you covered. For a change of…

February 25, 2017 | 08:30 EST

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Civilization VI to get Modding Tools, Australian Faction

Since the release of Sid Meier's Civilization VI last year, players have been eagerly anticipating the promised Steam Workshop support that makes it easy to browse and install mods, as well as give…

February 22, 2017 | 10:30 EST

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Civilization VI Winter 2016 Update and Polish Civ DLC Released

2K and Firaxis Games have announced the first DLC faction coming to Sid Meier's Civilization VI. This time around, we're getting another European faction to throw into the mix; Poland, led by King…

December 21, 2016 | 09:30 EST

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$15.99 Civilization VI Was An Error, Refunds and Bonuses Being Issued

Yesterday, we and many others spotted that Games Republic had what appeared to be a rather insane deal on the new Sid Meier's Civilization VI Deluxe Edition for only $15.99, only a few weeks after…

November 25, 2016 | 08:16 EST

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First Civilization VI Update Tunes AI, Adds Requested Features

Less than a month after its release, Sid Meier's Civilization VI is getting its first update, titled the Fall Update. It appears that the folks at Firaxis have been listening to the community's…

November 17, 2016 | 11:39 EST

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Sid Meier's Civilization VI Impressions: A Giant Leap

There aren't many games that slurp up all my time and attention in quite the same way as Sid Meier's Civilization. I've not been with the franchise for very long (my first entry in the franchise was…

November 12, 2016 | 09:00 EST

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Team Liquid Announce Civilization VI eSports Team

eSports organization Team Liquid has announced that they've started up a new eSports team for the recently released grand strategy game Sid Meier's Civilization VI, led by Stephen Takowsky, who you…

October 24, 2016 | 09:15 EDT

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Civilization VI's Multiplayer Has Issues at Launch

It seems like the launch of Sid Meier's Civilization VI didn't entirely go off without a hitch. This news comes from a forum post on the Steam Community page for the popular grand strategy game from…

October 22, 2016 | 04:14 EDT

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New Civilization VI Spotlight Shows Off Greece's Second Leader Gorgo

It's just a few more days until Sid Meier's Civilization VI becomes available to the public and Firaxis, in a surprise move, just announced that the Greek civ is going to have a second leader players…

October 13, 2016 | 09:24 EDT

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New Civilization VI Spotlight Shows off Russia

Even though TechRaptor's review copy of the game seems to have gotten lost in the mail, Firaxis Games' PR campaign keeps on churning out new spotlights ahead of Sid Meier's Civilization VI October 21…

October 5, 2016 | 01:32 EDT

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New Civilization VI Spotlight Shows off Arabia

As we're edging forever closer to the October 21 release date, Firaxis Games have released yet another preview for Civilization VI. This time, we're introduced to Arabia led by none other than…

September 29, 2016 | 11:40 EDT

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[Updated] New Civilization VI Spotlight Shows off Sumeria

Update: Sumeria's Unique Ability was tweaked between the recording and release of the official spotlight. A quote by a Firaxis employee has been included. Another week, another spotlight for Sid…

September 26, 2016 | 01:45 EDT

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Civilization VI System Requirements Released

It's just under a month until you're able to play the next big installment Sid Meier's grand-strategy franchise, and Civilization VI is shaping up to  be a good one, not in the least because of the…

September 23, 2016 | 12:34 EDT

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Sid Meier's Civilization VI

Fight, trade, buy or backstab your way to victory as one of the many prominent heroes of the past.

September 18, 2016 | 04:35 EDT

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New Civilization VI Spotlight Shows off Greece

Not even a week ago we got to know Norway and its leader Harald Hardrada. This week's Civilization VI spotlight sees us leaving the wild shores of the Viking lands and move to a decidedly warmer…

September 14, 2016 | 11:41 EDT

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New Civilization VI Spotlight Shows off Norway

Another week, another spotlight for Civilization VI. While last week we went to the sun-drenched shores of Kongo, we now move to the decidedly less warm mountains and lakes of Norway led by Harald…

September 7, 2016 | 12:01 EDT

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New Civilization VI Spotlight Shows off Kongo

Firaxis games have released yet another video highlighting some of the mechanics and abilities of one of the civilizations coming to Sid Meier's Civilization VI. In this newest spotlight, we get to…

September 4, 2016 | 06:35 EDT

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New Civilization VI Spotlight Shows off India

We all knew it was coming eventually, and now we know for sure. The newest reveal for Civilization VI is India, led by everyone's favorite nuclear missile man Mahatma Gandhi.  https://www.…

August 30, 2016 | 12:04 EDT

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New Civilization VI Spotlight Shows off Spain

Firaxis Games have released a new spotlight for Civilization VI. This time around we get to know a little more about the Spanish civ led by Philip II. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N-ql-r_QEU…

August 26, 2016 | 12:33 EDT

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Civilization VI 25th Anniversary Limited Edition Announced

With Sid Meier's Civilization hitting its 25th anniversary this year, it is perhaps of little surprise that Firaxis and 2K are taking the opportunity to celebrate that milestone as Sid Meier's…

August 24, 2016 | 01:30 EDT

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New Civilization VI Spotlight Shows off the French

It's not even been a week since we got to meet the Aztecs, the perfect civ for establishing dominance in the early ages of Civilization VI, and now it's time to take a look at France led by Catherine…

July 26, 2016 | 12:07 EDT

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New Civilization VI Spotlight Shows off the Aztecs, Preorder Bonus

Another day, another preview for one of the civs coming to Civilization VI. This time, it's the Aztecs who are getting their time in the limelight, led by their ever magnanimous leader Montezuma. …

July 21, 2016 | 11:52 EDT

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New Civilization VI Spotlight Shows off China

Just over a week ago we got introduced to the Japanese civ ruled by Hojo Tokimune, and we're staying in Asia a while longer to take a look at China and its leader Qin Shi Huang in Civilization VI!…

July 19, 2016 | 02:20 EDT

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New Civilization VI Spotlight Shows off Japan

It's only been a few short days since we were formally introduced to the Egyptian civ in Civilization VI, but that doesn't stop Firaxis from quickly moving on to another civ. The new spotlight shines…

July 8, 2016 | 12:13 EDT

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Civilization VI Information on Egypt Civilization

It's only a couple more months until we can all waste away ungodly amounts of hours on Sid Meier's Civilization VI, and the PR train is slowly picking up steam. We were already introduced to the…

July 6, 2016 | 12:29 EDT

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Firaxis Show Off Civilization VI's City Changes and American Faction

2K Interactive and Firaxis Games released a new batch of info for the upcoming 4X grand strategy game Sid Meier's Civilization VI. This time around, the info centers around city unstacking and the…

June 21, 2016 | 08:00 EDT

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Civilization VI Announced for PC in October 2016

The iconic strategy genre from Sid Meier is back, and it's keeping its feet firmly planted on the Earth this time around. Coming off the heels of the 25th anniversary of the franchise, Civilization…

May 11, 2016 | 01:02 EDT