For the first time in the game’s 30-year history, leaders and civilizations can be chosen independently of one another. is a reporter who covers the business, culture, and communities of video games, ...

At Gamescom in Cologne, Germany, last month, I sat down in one of a dozen chairs arranged like a makeshift theater to watch Ed Beach -- lead designer of the upcoming Sid Meier's Civilization 7 and ...

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Civilization 7 features some of the most significant gameplay changes the long-running strategy series has ever seen. Chief among them is the ability to, for the first time, mix leaders with civs they ...

If you haven’t heard about Sid Meier’s Civilization, now’s as good a time as any to start — this iconic turn-by-turn strategy game has been around since 1991, and has sold 40 million copies. What’s ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Grand strategy games are a bit too big to demo. Building from a single settlement and a couple of farms into a vast nation is a time-consuming process ...