Civilization is now synonymous with turn-based strategy, but Sid Meier says the original game could have gone in a very different direction. In a PC Gamer piece revisiting the series’ history, Meier says he and Bruce Shelley considered making Civilization real-time during early development. The team eventually moved away from that approach because the game’s scale needed breathing… Read More »

PC Gamer reports that Civilization VII’s new Test of Time update has pushed the game to its highest Steam player count in over a year. According to the article, Civ VII recently climbed above 16,000 concurrent players on Steam, roughly double its recent peak numbers. That suggests many players were waiting for a substantial reason to give the game another look.… Read More »

Mark Zuckerberg had a proud dad moment when his daughter Max won her first game of Civilization. :thumbsup: https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10113004041797791