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Civilization VI

Civilization VI is a turn-based strategy game in which the players take their civilizations into the Atomic Age and claim one of five victories.
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Civilization VI new Gathering Storm DLC coming early 2019

A volcano erupts in Civilization VI: Gathering Storm
Firaxis gave a first glimpse of the new expansion for Civilization VI, with some radical new mechanics and concepts as well as some looked-for changes to existing gameplay and a whole new era into which to take the leading strategy game.

Civilization VI: introducing leaders and their civilizations

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All the Civilization VI leaders so far - and what we know about them. Civilization VI sees a few old faces return, but mostly it's all change, with both new civilizations and new leaders for civs we know from previous editions of the series

2K Games confirm Civilization VI for Nintendo Switch

2K Games have confirmed that the one-more-turn monstrosity Civilization VI will be coming to Nintendo's Switch consoles on 16 November 2018, along with four pieces of additional content and four civs exclusive to Nintendo's platform.

Civilization VI: Rise and Fall expansion rolls out early for Mac and Linux

In-game screenshot of The Khevsureti in Civilization 6: Rise And Fall, Georgia
Civilization VI's expansion Rise and Fall seems to have rolled out a bit early for the underpaying and overpaying components of the IT sector, Linux and Mac, seeing as how it has no March patch applied, which means no PC cross-play.

Civilization VI's AI shortcomings were down to a spelling mistake

Mongolia's leader Ghenghis Khan likes his calvary
It seems Firaxis' engineers could use a few language lessons, because it just so turns out that a simple spelling error in one of Civilization VI's data files was behind the AI's strange behaviour, and Firaxis agrees.

Improvements to Civilization VI Rise & Fall are already on the way

Fireaxis are moving quickly on improvements to the Civilization VI Rise and Fall expansion. The options to place Polders as the Netherlands will increase, city states will be harder for the AI to take - and much, much more.

Civilization VI versus Civilization V: Is Rise & Fall the game changer we need?

A collage of Civilization V and Civilization VI game covers
In terms of playtime to cost ratio, the Civilization series has to be one of the best value titles out there. Civilization V remains a more widely played game than Civilization VI. Civ VI's Rise & Fall DLC aims to change that.

Review: Civilization VI Rise & Fall - some much needed improvement

We've got 700 hours on vanilla Civilization VI, despite its flaws, so we were keen to try a couple of complete single player games of Rise & Fall immediately after launch. The verdict? It's a major improvement, particularly in the later stages of play - and the new mechanics give you plenty to think about.

Run for your lives - Zulu are in the Civilization VI Rise & Fall DLC and they aren't nice

Zulu warrior chief
For the last of the "new" civs joining the Civilization VI Rise & Fall expansion, we have our traditional favourite aggressors the Zulus, led once again by that bloodthirsty old warrior Shaka. With many new civs having quite complex bonuses, it's actually nice to see a straight-up rowdy civ in the expanded roster.

Mapuche join Civilization VI adding a long awaited new South American Civ to play

Malon Raiders made rapid raids on Spanish troops
Continuing the theme of those who fought back against the powerful after Scotland got Robert the Bruce as leader, Lautaro leads the Mapuche, who valiantly resisted the Spanish Conquistadors and who retain their identity as a people to this day.