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33 years later, the $10,000 PC that built Civilization 1 is enshrined at Firaxis alongside the leather chair that Sid Meier sat in to make it

It did take some "creative salvage" to get it working

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Civilization 7 director teases "sudden death" wins that will keep you in the game even if you're way behind: "The chance to get that victory is pretty much always there"

Victory from the jaws of defeat

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Civilization VII: 15 things we know so far about the strategy game

Developer Firaxis is making pretty substantial changes to how the game works according to the previews

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After 8 years and multiple expansions, Firaxis had to make Civilization 7 because Civ 6 "was getting too big for its britches"

Civilization 7 is also solving a huge problem by dividing campaigns into three ages

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Civilization 7: Everything you need to know about the new Civ game

Here's a complete guide to the Civilization 7 release date, gameplay, trailer, and more.

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Civilization 7's new features: a revamped three-age structure, towns, navigable rivers, and more

Everything we know right now about the changes in Civilization 7.

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'If you fire it up, there's a build of Civilization 1 on there': The PC that Sid Meier used to make the first Civilization has a whopping 16MB of memory and still works

The Firaxis IT team got the classic Compaq Deskpro 386 running with the help of "some creative salvage."

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Civilization 7 hands-on: Huge changes are coming to the classic strategy series

Firaxis is changing Civilization's structure with the goal of getting more of us to the victory screen.

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A new age begins: Civilization 7 captures the chaos of human history in manageable doses

Firaxis Games needed to move on from Civilization 6 because, its developers explain, ‘it was getting too big for its britches’

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We'll see what makes Civilization 7 different on August 20 when Firaxis shows off the first gameplay of its 'revolutionary new chapter' in the grand strategy series

The Civ 7 gameplay trailer will premiere at Gamescom's Opening Night Live, and will be followed by longer livestream.

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We're finally getting a Civilization 7 gameplay reveal at Gamescom, and a whole "20+ minute deep dive" at that

Mark your calendar for August 20

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How well does XCOM: Enemy Within hold up today?

Having a chill time watching the occasional noob die.

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Civilization 7 release date and everything we know so far

Civilization 7 has been revealed, with recent showings confirming the full release date. Here's everything we know so far.

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Bit Reactor has a Star Wars tactical strategy game in the works, 15 XCOM veterans on its team, and an ambitious vision for the future of the genre

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Civilization 7 exists, but if you want to know more than that you're going to have to wait for its full reveal in August

We know it will be released next year, but precious little else.

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Civilization 7 has been confirmed for real, and it's coming to PC and consoles simultaneously next year

A big new step for the franchise

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The Most Underrated and Overlooked Marvel Game Is Free on Epic Games Store

'Marvel's Midnight Suns' is a woefully overlooked, refreshingly unique spin on the superhero genre's traditional action fare. It is now free on the Epic Games Store.

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I love that Jake Solomon is following his life sim passions, but just give me a minute to mourn XCOM

The turn-based strategy genre is more alive than ever, but I've lost hope we'll ever get another great sequel to the series that shaped it.

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How the systems in Marvel's Midnight Suns and XCOM 2 influenced Jake Solomon's next-gen life sim

Interview | "There's no hit point bars, there's no damage, but there's still ways to make it meaningful"

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The devs of the underplayed Marvel's Midnight Suns once more blame the game's commercial woes on the cards (I really don't think it was the cards)

Cardly the problem, here.

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Marvel's Midnight Suns and XCOM dev is looking to reinvent the life sim genre with newly-formed Midsummer Studios: "the whole point is player-storytelling"

Interview | In conversation with founder and creative director Jake Solomon on Midsummer Studios and the quest to put their own spin on the life sim genre

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XCOM's greatest DLC was almost a Battletech-style mech expansion before the game's camera scuppered it all: 'Our camera angle is not meant for 30 foot mechs, apparently'

But what we got was one of my favourite expansions ever, so no harm done.

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Millennia review

A spirited but messy attempt to usurp Civ's throne.

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Midnight Suns devs 'absolutely' knew cards would be a controversial choice, but they were also 'absolutely the right fit for this game and our design goals'

Midnight Suns' game director explains how XCOM's combat evolved into the strategic card system that emphasized "feeling heroic."

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From Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag to Sea of Thieves, there a plenty of pirate games better than Skull and Bones

Time for some skulduggery.

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