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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.

TechRadar · Jul 10, 2024

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

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

PC Gamer · Jun 20, 2024

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.

PC Gamer · Jun 7, 2024

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.

PC Gamer · May 15, 2024

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

GamesRadar · May 14, 2024

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.

PC Gamer · Apr 3, 2024

Millennia review

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

PC Gamer · Apr 2, 2024

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."

PC Gamer · Mar 27, 2024

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.

PC Gamer · Feb 19, 2024

XCOM strategy game veteran of over 20 years wants to do a life sim: “there’s something about life in miniature that I think is just naturally appealing”

Jake Solomon loves what life sims are up to behind the scenes

GamesRadar · Jan 3, 2024