Category Archives: Civilization VII

News relating to Sid Meier’s Civilization VII

New Civ7 merchandise: Civilization coffee

By | February 24, 2026

Today Firaxis has announced on Twitter that the geek coffee shop Madrinas has now Civilization coffee to offer (click here).Madrinas has a range of other themed gaming merchandise (if you e.g. want a Mafia coffee mug), and given that you definitely need some strong coffee for one-more-turn until the next morning, this might make some sense.The coffee is… Read More »

PolyCast 425: Era Studies and Rants

By | February 17, 2026

The Polycast team is releasing some of their old episodes, which were not previously published due to circumstances with the editing. You can now download the PolyCast #425, which is from August 2023. The thread for this episode is here. The four-hundred-and-twenty-fifth episode of PolyCast, “Era Studies and Rants“ is now available for streaming on the PolyCast YouTube… Read More »

Behind the Music of Civilization VII

By | February 16, 2026

Firaxis Games has released a new behind-the-scenes video exploring how the award-winning music of Civilization VII was brought to life. The feature offers a look at the creative process behind Civ VII’s sweeping score, crafted by the Firaxis audio team alongside composer Christopher Tin. Tin is no stranger to the franchise — his composition “Baba Yetu” for Civilization… Read More »

PCGamer: Moroccan pirate queen Sayyida al-Hurra was largely omitted from history books, but now she’s in Civilization 7 thanks to a professor’s curiosity and years of research

By | February 4, 2026

We have already heard a lot about Firaxis has worked with the Shawnee, and we’ve also gotten interesting insights from Firaxis chief historian, but now PCGamer has published an interesting article about another new addition in Civ7: Sayyida al-Hurra. In the article PCGamer writes about how Firaxis stumbled upon her by accident due to academic research by a… Read More »