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Civ VII is nominated for the Golden Joystick Awards!

by sar.firaxis

Hey Civ players! We're excited to share that Civilization VII has been nominated for not one, but TWO Golden Joystick Awards - Most Wanted Game and Best Game Trailer! Our team has been working hard to bring you a game that lives up to the Civ legacy, and these nominations are a huge honor for us. If you're as excited for Civ 7 as we are, we'd love your support to bring these awards home! And, if you weren't already convinced, a special word from our Creative Director, Ed Beach: 🗳️ Cast your vote here! Voting closes November 1, 2024. Thanks for all your support and for joining us on each and every turn! - The Firaxis Development Team

Civ VI Monthly Challenge: Cleopatra, Lich Queen of the Nile

by gabe.baltazar

The new monthly challenge for Sid Meier's Civilization VI starts on October 16! This new challenge can be attempted on Prince or Emperor difficulty. Each limited-time monthly challenge affords you an opportunity to test your skills as a specific leader in a unique scenario. The first time you successfully complete a challenge, you'll earn yourself a new in-game Hall of Fame Badge commemorating your impressive achievement! To play the current monthly challenge, go to the main menu in-game and click on the "Challenge of the Month" image in the rotating marquee for your desired difficulty level. Note that if you don't own any of the DLC featured in the current challenge, you will be granted free trial access to it for use in the challenge so you won't miss out! CURRENT CHALLENGE CHALLENGE 12: Cleopatra, Lich Queen of the Nile Duration: October 16 - November 13 Get into the spooky Halloween spirit with this spine-tingling Zombie Defense scenario! As Ptolemaic Cleopatra, you alone have the ...

Civ VI Monthly Challenge: Know Your Enemy

by gabe.baltazar

The new monthly challenge for Sid Meier's Civilization VI starts on September 11! This new challenge can be attempted on Prince or Emperor difficulty. Each limited-time monthly challenge affords you an opportunity to test your skills as a specific leader in a unique scenario. The first time you successfully complete a challenge, you'll earn yourself a new in-game Hall of Fame Badge commemorating your impressive achievement! To play the current monthly challenge, go to the main menu in-game and click on the "Challenge of the Month" image in the rotating marquee for your desired difficulty level. Note that if you don't own any of the DLC featured in the current challenge, you will be granted free trial access to it for use in the challenge so you won't miss out! CURRENT CHALLENGE CHALLENGE 11: Know Your Enemy Duration: September 11 - October 16 Fight to survive the decades-long Mongol invasion of China in this new challenge. As Wu Zetian, Empress of China, you must join forces with Qin S...

If you're excited for Civilization 7, get Civ 6 for just $3

by editor@pcgamesn.com

The Humble Bundle Summer Spectacular Sale has discounts on over 5,000 titles and DLCs. This is especially good news for fans of strategy games, as there are some absolute classics available at heavily slashed prices, including Sid Meier's Civilization 6 at 95% off (just $2.99 / ÂŁ2.49), and that's not even the only game with that much of a huge discount applied. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: The best 4X games on PC 2024 Get one of the best strategy games, Civilization 6, for less than $3 Grab these amazing Steam Deck games for cheap in the Summer Sale

Sid Meier's Civilization® VII Gameplay Revealed; Pre-Order Now

by gabe.baltazar

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1295660/ Get ready to build something you believe in when Sid Meier's Civilization® VII launches on February 11, 2025! You can pre-order Civilization VII now, with three editions to choose from: Standard Edition, Deluxe Edition, and the limited-time Founders Edition that's only available until February 28, 2025. For full details on what's included in each edition, visit the Civilization VII Buy page or the Civilization VII FAQs page! Pre-ordering Civilization VII Standard Edition will grant you the Tecumseh and Shawnee Pack!* The Tecumseh and Shawnee Pack is included as part of the Deluxe Edition and Founders Edition. In addition, the Deluxe Edition and Founders Edition will grant early access for Civilization VII beginning on February 6, 2025. You can also show the world your affinity for Civilization with the Sid Meier's Civilization® VII Collector's Edition, featuring a premium set of physical collectibles themed around Civilization VII! For more i...

2K removes its pointless launcher from Civilization 6, while also announcing that Civilization 7 players will never have to suffer launching the game twice for no reason

by Rick Lane

PC Gaming is beset by terrible supplementary launchers, from the rubbish EA app to the pointless Ubisoft Connect, all the way down to the digital wasteland that is the Microsoft Store. One of the most baffling examples of the form, however, is the 2K launcher. Rarely glimpsed (because it's only mandated for about seven games) the 2K launcher does basically nothing apart from force you to click a second button when you launch some (not all) 2K published games on Steam. It also occasionally causes performance problems for those games, such as slowing down superhero shenanigans in Marvel's Midnight Suns... Read more.

Watch the Civilization VII Gameplay Showcase on August 20

by gabe.baltazar

After Opening Night Live, tune in here on Steam or visit Twitch.tv/FiraxisGames at 1:30 PM PT / 10:30 PM CEST to watch our official Civilization VII Gameplay Showcase! For more than 20 minutes, we'll share exclusive insights from the development team about this revolutionary new chapter in the franchise, including our vision for the game as well as its innovative new features. For a one-stop shop on everything Civilization VII, you'll definitely want to catch this one live!

Good news faff dislikers, Civilization 7 is dropping the 2K launcher as a requirement on PC, with Steam copies of Civ 6 having just done the same

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You! Do you find having to have nine million different launchers installed on your PC all at once to be something that keeps you up at night? Well, if so, good news, because Firaxis has confirmed that Civilization 7 is ditching the 2K launcher as a requirement on PC, with Civ 6 having also just dropped it too, assuming you bought your copy on Steam. While I’d argue that 2K’s launcher isn’t the worst, even if that's a very low bar, having to log into extra things in order to play a game that you’re not even trying to play via the service or storefront in question is always an annoyance, so it’s no surprise that this move has gone down to a chorus of cheers and relieved sighs. “Alongside Challenge 10 going live on August 14, the new update also removes the 2K Launcher from Sid Meier's Civilization VI on Steam,” Firaxis confirmed in its Steam announcement of Civ 6’s latest event, “In addition, Sid Meier's Civilization VII will not use the 2K Launcher on PC.” Read m...

Civ VI Monthly Challenge: Rotating Reduxes

by gabe.baltazar

A NOTE ABOUT THE 2K LAUNCHER AND CIVILIZATION VI ON STEAM Alongside Challenge 10 going live on August 14, the new update also removes the 2K Launcher from Sid Meier's Civilization VI on Steam. In addition, Sid Meier's Civilization VII will not use the 2K Launcher on PC. --- The new monthly challenge for Sid Meier's Civilization VI starts August 14! But this month, you're not getting just one event to take on: we're bringing back four fan favorites as week-long challenges with altered parameters! All four challenges can be played at Prince difficulty, or—if you reckon you're a certified Civ expert—the highest difficulty level of Deity. The limited-time monthly challenges afford you an opportunity to test your skills as a specific leader in a unique scenario. The first time you successfully complete each challenge, you'll earn yourself a new in-game Hall of Fame Badge commemorating your impressive achievement. For PC players who already earned the Hall of Fame Badge for the original vers...

Sid Meier's Civilization VII - Gameplay Showcase Coming August 20

by gabe.baltazar

Greetings Civ Fans! Since we announced Sid Meier's Civilization VII back in June, the entire team at Firaxis Games has been delighted to see the excitement and passion shared throughout the Civ community. We promised that your first look at gameplay would be coming in August, and now we want to provide some details on what you can expect. Civilization is a game that is as wide as it is deep, covering the span of human history as you build your empire piece by piece in the attempt to stand the test of time. We know many of you love getting into the details, and we do too - that's why we're going all-out for the gameplay reveal coming later this month. First, mark your calendars for August 20, 2024! We're excited to be part of Gamescom Opening Night Live with Geoff Keighley, where we'll debut our gameplay trailer for Civilization VII. This will be the first time the world sees Civilization VII in motion, and you won't want to miss it. Make sure you tune-in at Twitch.tv/gamescom at 11:00 ...

Civ VI | July Challenge of the Month

by gabe.baltazar

Today we're excited to share that the next monthly Civilization VI challenge, Live Yongle Reaction, starts on PC via Steam on July 16! This challenge can be attempted at either Prince or Emperor difficulty. Limited-time challenges like this one afford you an opportunity to test your skills as a specific leader in a unique scenario. The first time you successfully complete each challenge, you'll earn yourself a new in-game Hall of Fame Badge commemorating your impressive achievement. To play the current challenge between July 16 and August 14, go to the main menu in-game and click on "Live Yongle Reaction - Challenge of the Month." Note that if you don't own any of the DLC featured in the challenge, you will be granted free trial access to it for use in the challenge so you don't miss out. We'll update this page with details on upcoming challenges as they become available. CURRENT EVENT CHALLENGE 9: LIVE YONGLE REACTION As the leader of a great civilization you're no doubt accustomed to...

Get one of the best strategy games, Civilization 6, for less than $3

by editor@pcgamesn.com

While we recently learned that Civilization 7 is being made by Firaxis right now, it won't be launched until sometime next year. That isn't a huge issue, given that strategy players have plenty of other great options to check out in the form of recent games like Manor Lords, Homeworld 3, Total War: Pharaoh, and Against the Storm, as well as extremely cheap ways to catch up on past Civilization entries - like Civilization 6, which is currently discounted by a massive 95% for a few more days via the Steam Summer Sale. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Grab these amazing Steam Deck games for cheap in the Summer Sale Don't wait for Civilization 7, Civ 6 just hit its lowest price ever Seven of the best games like Civilization to play in 2024

Grab these amazing Steam Deck games for cheap in the Summer Sale

by editor@pcgamesn.com

The annual Steam Summer Sale has arrived, offering a great chance to buy some games you've been eying up for a long time without having to pay the full price. We're going to shine the spotlight on some great Steam Deck titles, new and old, that you should consider picking up if you haven't already. As the best handheld gaming PC, the Steam Deck isn't short of great games, and Valve has even highlighted a special section within the Steam Summer Sale specifically for the most popular Deck titles included in the sale. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Baldur's Gate 3 price hits a new historical low in Steam Summer Sale Best RPG games on PC 2024 Try these games if you liked Baldur's Gate 3

2K Launcher Bug Fix - June 2024

by gabe.baltazar

We are aware that an update made to the 2K Launcher is causing technical issues for some of our players, preventing the acceptance of Terms of Service. Please see this troubleshooting article for a workaround solution: https://support.2k.com/hc/en-us/articles/28999636894227-2K-Launcher-Update-June-25-2024 We're working to diagnose and fix the issue as soon as possible. We apologize for the inconvenience, and thank you for your patience. UPDATE : We've deployed a hotfix to the 2K launcher that resolves an issue where some users were unable to accept the Terms of Service due to certain combinations of Screen Resolution and Scaling Percentage. You should now be able to accept the Terms of Service. We are continuing to investigate some cases where players are unable to access online multiplayer functionality. Stay tuned. UPDATE : We've deployed a second hotfix to the 2K launcher that resolves an issue where some users were unable to access online multiplayer functionality. Thank you for yo...

Civ VI | June Challenge of the Month

by gabe.baltazar

Today we're excited to share that the next monthly Civilization VI challenge, Terra Incognita, is now live for the Steam version of the game on PC. This challenge can be attempted at either Prince or Emperor difficulty. For a limited time, challenges like this one afford you an opportunity to test your skills as a specific leader in a unique scenario. The first time you successfully complete each challenge, you'll earn yourself a new in-game Hall of Fame Badge. To play the current challenge between June 18 and July 16, go to the main menu in-game and click on "Terra Incognita - Challenge of the Month." Note that if you don't own any of the DLC featured in the challenge, you will be granted free trial access to it for use in the challenge so you don't miss out. We'll update this page with details on upcoming challenges as they become available. CURRENT EVENT CHALLENGE 8: TERRA INCOGNITA Lacking both strategic materials and the luxuries your people demand, you're compelled to explore bey...