For the first time in the game’s 30-year history, leaders and civilizations can be chosen independently of one another. is a reporter who covers the business, culture, and communities of video games, ...

Civilization 7 features some of the most significant gameplay changes the long-running strategy series has ever seen. Chief among them is the ability to, for the first time, mix leaders with civs they ...

At Gamescom in Cologne, Germany, last month, I sat down in one of a dozen chairs arranged like a makeshift theater to watch Ed Beach -- lead designer of the upcoming Sid Meier's Civilization 7 and ...

Prioritizing playing like an advanced board game rather than a history simulator, Civilization has always been light on historical accuracy. Usually, most civilizations in the Civilization games only ...

Recent discoveries in archaeology have unveiled a previously unknown civilization that could fundamentally alter our understanding of human history. This civilization’s unique characteristics and ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Grand strategy games are a bit too big to demo. Building from a single settlement and a couple of farms into a vast nation is a time-consuming process ...

It's 1944. The world is plunged deep into war. American troops are on the verge of crossing into German territory. The war has dragged on for years. Heavy bombers and fighter planes have regularly ...

IRAN, a land with a civilization stretching back more than five thousand years, has always been one of the most significant ...

1. Our Oriental heritage, being a history of civilization in Egypt and the Near East to the death of Alexander, and in India, China and Japan from the beginning to our own day, with an introduction on ...

The turn-based strategy game Civilization VII emphasizes chaotic transition periods when latent challenges all emerge at once. By Yussef Cole Unhappiness is a dreaded condition in the Civilization ...