Category Archives: Civilization VII

News relating to Sid Meier’s Civilization VII

PCGamer: “Civilization 7 senior historian prays it’ll be a ‘gateway drug’ into textbooks”, and physical PCGamer article

By | January 5, 2025

The whole title doesn’t fit into the name of the thread, but it’s “Civilization 7 senior historian prays it’ll be a ‘gateway drug’ into textbooks: ‘I teach undergraduates in my other life, and my God, man, they don’t read’”.Our Firaxis forum resident @Andrew Johnson [FXS] told us about it, and he’s also the name-giving historian.For most of our… Read More »

The Baltimore Banner: How Baltimore County became a hidden world of video game companies

By | December 29, 2024

The Baltimore Banner, a news website dedicated to Baltimore, has just before Christmas ran a title called “How Baltimore County became a hidden world of video game companies“.As many of you know, Baltimore is the home to our most important gaming studio, Firaxis, but not only that. Its predecessor, Microprose, responsible for Civ1+2 was also situated in Baltimore,… Read More »

Civ7: Redwood Forest Natural Wonder video

By | December 21, 2024

Firaxis has released another short video, this time about one of the natural wonders, the Redwood Foreset. The ingame wonder reaches over 3 tiles, and will give quite some massive yield gain. Check out our discussion here.

Holiday greetings from Firaxis

By | December 20, 2024

Firaxis has posted holiday greetings over on Twitter, and now we wonder if there is something maybe hidden in the picture ;). If you want to join in on the greetings, or deeply analyze the picture, then join us here.

Civ7 Mac and Linux specs

By | December 19, 2024

Firaxis has today released the requirements for Civ7 to run on Mac and Linux computers, and they seem to be rather moderate. For the discussion about the new specs, and also for the PC specs, please check this thread.

Civ7 dev diary #5: Combat

By | December 18, 2024

Firaxis has today released the next dev diary, this time about combat. In this diary they talk about how you can use commanders to move your units, the promotions they get, siege warfare, and how the combat is now more immersive due to the concurrent battle animations on the battle field. Want to know more? Check our thread… Read More »

The modern age live stream: Ben Franklin, Harriet Tubman, and America!

By | December 17, 2024

Today we got the Modern Age live stream, and it revealed quite some interesting details for us. If you want to read the whole thread, please have a look here , and for the most interesting screenshots please have a look at our image gallery here. The new leader introduced today is Harriet Tubman. She is diplomatic and… Read More »

New short about diplomacy, and don’t forget the live stream tomorrow, Dec 17

By | December 16, 2024

Firaxis has today released another short, this time focusing on the diplomacy. They explain the various options which the new system gives to you, and how you can use them to influence the other civs in the game. Have a watch, and discuss it with us here! And don’t forget, tomorrow, December 17, we have the next live… Read More »