Firaxis has given us today a new first look for Civ7: Machiavelli. A famous florentine politician, which certainly most civ-fans will have heard about at some point in their life. He will profit from other civs going to war, will also benefit from failed trade deals, and can always declare war on you, even if you are friends.… Read More »
Firaxis will be doing another live stream, this time in the exploration age. Read the whole announcement below, and discuss it with us here: Our next Civ VII developer livestream is coming November 7!​ Tune in at 10AM PT / 1PM ET / 6PM GMT / 7PM CET to the Firaxis Games Twitch Channel or the Civilization YouTube… Read More »
Firaxis has uploaded some of the music of the known antiquity and exploration age civs (some are currently being re-uploaded), and they seem very nicely themed. For the soundtrack discussion, please check this thread by our user Guandao. For people interested in the background art, our user Rac has uploaded all the nice artwork, and you can find… Read More »
Besides having changing civs, the most controversial and interesting change in Civ7 is the Ages mechanic. Instead of playing one game, there will be breaking points after roughly 150-200 turns, where you switch your civ, and many other things also happen at the same time. This includes that in each age there will be different mechanics present, some… Read More »
Firaxis has given us today a deeper look onto the last remaining antiquity age civ, Persia, and the suitable leader for it, Xerxes. Persia is an economic and militaristic civ, with a starting bias for deserts and plains. Their associated wonder, the Gates Of All Nations, gives more gold and support in a war. This ability will go… Read More »
Firaxis has revealed today the next exploration era civ in Civilzation 7: The Abbassids. As an arab caliphate from the Golden Era of Islam, they are scientific and cultural, and get the House of Wisdom as their associated wonder. They get a starting bias for camels and coastal tiles. They get three unique buildings, the Ulema, Madrasa and… Read More »
Our user Rac made this great overview over all the civs, which we know so far, or very likely assume. We know the base game has 30 civs, plus Shawnee as DLC. We do not have a good idea yet about what civs will be in the 2 DLC packs, but obviously we are speculating, see this thread.… Read More »
Also today we got more fresh Civ7 info! This time we got more info for the medieval Indian Chola empire, a new exploration age civ. The Cholas are economic and diplomatic, they get 3 unique infrastructures, and with their coastal and tropical starting bias, together with their unique abilities, they are destined to be traders in Civ7. For… Read More »