New Games: SID MEIER'S CIVILIZATION VI - RISE AND FALL (PC)

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Video Game Description: Civilization VI is a game about building an empire to stand the test of time, and the Rise and Fall expansion brings new choices, strategies, and challenges for players as they guide a civilization through the ages. Can you inspire the Loyalty of people around the world, or will you lose cities to your rivals? Will you establish a Golden Age for your civilization, or be mired in a Dark Age? In Civilization VI: Rise and Fall, you truly become a leader for the ages.

Successful leadership of a civilization can send it into a prosperous Golden Age, but falling behind can usher in a Dark Age. Respond well to the challenges of a Dark Age, and your civilization can rise again into renewal with a Heroic Age.

Encourage the Loyalty of your citizens to keep your borders intact, or inspire Loyalty among other civilizations to expand your empire. World borders continually shift and change as Free Cities emerge from empires, and neighbors compete for the Loyalty of cities across the map.

With the new the Governor system, players are able to further customize and specialize their cities, as well as react to the new challenges of Dark Ages and Loyalty. Each of the seven unique governors has its own promotion tree, and lends itself to different playstyles and strategies.

In addition to these new systems, Civilization VI: Rise and Fall introduces eight new civilizations and nine new leaders. Eight new world wonders can be constructed, as well as a variety of new units, districts, buildings, and improvements. There are more ways than ever before to build, conquer, and inspire.

Genre: Strategy

Publisher: 2K

Developer: Firaxis

Rating: E for Everyone 10 and Older

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New Games: XCOM 2 - WAR OF THE CHOSEN (PC, PS4, Xbox One)

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Video Game Description: XCOM® 2: War of the Chosen, is the expansion to the 2016 award-winning strategy game of the year and it adds extensive new content in the fight against ADVENT when additional resistance factions form in order to eliminate the alien threat on Earth. In response, a new enemy, known as the “Chosen,” emerges with one goal: recapture the Commander. This expansion includes new Hero classes to counter the “Chosen”, new enemies, missions, environments and increased depth in strategic gameplay.

Genre: Strategy

Publisher: 2K, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux)

Developer: Firaxis, Feral Interactive (Mac and Linux)

Rating: T for Teen (Violence, Blood, Use of Tobacco)

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CIVILIZATION VI Announcement Trailer and Images

A new installment for the acclaimed strategy game "Civilization" was announed today by Firaxis via a trailer and a few screenshots.

"Civilization VI" is the first major release in the franchise since 2010, following the fifth game and its 2014 sci-fi spinoff "Beyond Earth". The new game was built using a brand-new engine which adds not just cosmetic improvements, but also more functionality, including more expressive AI characters and much bigger cities.

And speaking of the AI characters, the developer says that they will function on the basis of the newly introduced "dynamic diplomacy", a function which allows them to change their motivations over the course of a game based on the player's interaction with them, and who they were in history.

"Civilization VI" will be released on PC on October 21st.

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New Games: XCOM 2 (PC)

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Video Game Description: Earth has changed. Twenty years have passed since world leaders offered an unconditional surrender to alien forces. XCOM, the planet’s last line of defense, was left decimated and scattered. Now, in XCOM 2, the aliens rule Earth, building shining cities that promise a brilliant future for humanity on the surface, while concealing a sinister agenda and eliminating all who dissent from their new order. Only those who live at the edges of the world have a margin of freedom. Here, a force gathers once again to stand up for humanity. Always on the run, and facing impossible odds, the remnant XCOM forces must find a way to ignite a global resistance, and eliminate the alien threat once and for all.

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New Games: SID MEIER'S CIVILIZATION: BEYOND EARTH - RISING TIDE (PC)

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Video Game Description: After the first wave of great colony ships departed Earth, the jubilation of humanity was short-lived. Those left behind fell into a violent struggle over the quickly-diminishing resources on their barren home world. From this tumultuous time, two new factions arose. These newcomers were grounded not in the idealism of their predecessors, but on opportunism, resilience, ruthlessness, and above all a commitment to their own survival. Now, many decades after their first landfall on a new planet, the proud survivors of the first expeditions beyond Earth look up to see the skies darkened by a new breed of pioneers. Beyond Earth extended the Civilization franchise from its historical setting into the possible futures of science fiction. Rising Tide extends Beyond Earth to new frontiers on the planet’s surface and beneath its seas, adding even more choices and diplomatic options as you continue to build “just one more turn” toward a new vision for the future of humanity.

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New Games: SID MEIER'S STARSHIPS (PC)

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Video Game Description: From the award-winning design team behind Sid Meier’s Civilization comes the turn-based, adventure-driven interstellar strategy game Sid Meier’s Starships. Players command a fleet of starships as they embark on a series of missions to explore the galaxy, protect planets and their civilizations, and build a federation to ultimately usher in a new age of peace throughout the galaxy.

Sid Meier’s Starships challenges players to build a planetary federation by exploring the galaxy, expanding its influence and domain, researching futuristic technologies and engaging in deep, turn-based tactical space combat with an armada of uniquely customizable starships. Each new campaign will feature its own distinctive galactic strategy map of worlds with dynamically generated tactical combat missions that will enhance the game’s replay value. In addition, Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth fans who purchase Sid Meier’s Starships will uncover cross-connectivity with the two games that will enhance and expand the depth of both game experiences.

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