Civilization looks poised to carry on with its latest turn.
Hunt Valley-based Firaxis Games officially launched Civilization VI for Windows PC last week. It’s the latest take on Sid Meier’s influential and massively popular empire-building strategy game, released 25 years after the original.
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Hype has building for weeks, with Ars Technica declaring way back in September that a pre-release version “might be the most in-depth Civilization game to date.” Many reviews are still in progress, but the initial word is pretty positive.
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Digital Trends points out that the game marks an “evolution, not revolution.” That’s by design, the site notes, as Firaxis goes by a rule that 33 percent of a previous game carries over to the next edition, while another third will be adapted.
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The game is also showing the ability to evolve with the times.
According to Motherboard, a team is set to introduce Civilization VI to the eSports world. A professional player of the game who goes by MrGameTheory joined the influential Team Liquid, and is set to fill out a full team. Since eSports is built on viewers who tune in on Twitch, there are questions about whether anyone will want to watch. (For other titles, that is certainly not a question.) But any good show needs stars, and MrGameTheory sounds pretty impressive.
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Twenty-five years after Sid Meier’s first “Civilization,” here’s how the game is changing with the times.
