Sid Meier’s Civilization VII: all the latest on the strategy epic from Firaxis Games – The Verge

Civilization VII is mostly fine on the Steam Deck, which is great news

2025-02-11T09:47:28-05:00

Most of my encounters with other leaders were friendlier than this one.

There are few things more daunting than attempting to win a game of Civilization by way of cultural victory… except maybe trying to play a complex strategy game on the Steam Deck. And while I'm still struggling on the culture victory aspect, I can say, playing Civilization VII on my Steam Deck was far less difficult than I imagined.

In my review of Civilization VII, my biggest complaint was not really understanding some of the game's more complex systems. The controls are a function of that misunderstanding. In playing a game as information-dense as Civilization, every function is mapped to a button, and there are a lot of functions. I tri …

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Civilization VII is all about establishing your unique legacy

2025-02-03T09:23:30-05:00

Sid Meier developed the first Civilization game in 1991 and has contributed to every iteration since. When I visited Firaxis Games last year, I saw that the company maintains the very computer Meier used to develop the game, which can still be booted up and played. Walking through the halls of the studio, I saw not only the legacy of its games but its employees, too, some of whom have children who work or worked at Firaxis, including Meier's own son. It's no wonder, then, that Civilization VII is a game about legacy and all the ways it leaves a mark on history and contributes to the future.

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Civilization 7 lets you mix and match history — and it’s a blast

2024-08-20T17:00:00-04:00

Imagine Caesar Augustus at the head of an army of Mongol warriors or Ben Franklin building the Great Wall of China. In Sid Meier's 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 wasn't enough time to get a feel for how well leaders and different civi …

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Civilization 7 launches in February

2024-08-20T15:05:00-04:00

You'll 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 year's Summer Game Fest and now a new release date trailer for Gamesc …

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Civilization 7 is launching in 2025

2024-06-07T17:21:39-04:00

It's 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 didn't get any real details or actual gameplay, but instead a very brief teaser trailer that looked a lot like, well, Civilization. But there's one thing we do know: the game won't be launching until 2025. And it's 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."

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A new mainline Civilization game is in development at Firaxis

2023-02-17T10:31:00-05:00

The last mainline entry in the series — Civilization VI. | Image: Firaxis

A new Civilization game, likely to be called Civilization VII, is in development at Firaxis Games, incoming studio head Heather Hazen has announced.

"I'm thrilled to have this opportunity to carry on the studio's 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. "I'm 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."

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