2K have announced that Civilization VII will get a world premiere of gameplay shown off during Gamescom Opening Night Live.
On August 20th at 11 AM PT / 6 PM UTC it will begin on the Gamescom Twitch, and later afterwards at 1:30PM PT / 8:30PM UTC there will also be a Civilization VII Gameplay Showcase direct from developer Firaxes on their own Twitch channel. Here's what they said about it:
For more than 20 minutes, we'll be sharing exclusive insights from the development team about this revolutionary new chapter in the franchise, including our vision for the game as well as its innovative new features. For a one-stop shop on everything Civilization VII, you'll definitely want to catch this one live!
But that’s just the start! From August 21 to 25, attendees at Gamescom should be sure to stop by the Civilization VII booth located in Hall 6.
Finally, we'll be heading over to PAX West in Seattle and hope to see you there! On August 31, Kinda Funny Games' Greg Miller will host our developer panel, where we'll share new insights and behind-the-scenes anecdotes from the creation of Civilization VII. For those attending in-person, we'll be located in the Main Theater on the 5th floor of the Summit Building.
The press release didn't go into any other detail, and gave little away to the imagination other than the basic details.
What are you hoping to see in Civilization VII? As noted in the original announcement I covered, they do plan to offer Native Linux support once again for this game.
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Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
TheRiddick Aug 2
I know they sort of did that with other games but on smaller shorter scale.
Despite the fact that I immediately reported the problem to them, nothing was done to make the game playable again, this most certainly to force us to buy the latest version of the game which was at the time Civilization VI ;-(
After having lived such an adventure, I don't think I will buy a game of this franchise again...
Mountain Man Aug 2
Quoting: phil995511Civilization V that I own worked perfectly on Linux until its maintainers downgraded it with an old patch that made the game crappy, since then it keeps crashing.You could have installed the Windows version via Proton. Even Civilization VI ran like a pig on Linux from day one, and Proton was always the preferred way to play.
Despite the fact that I immediately reported the problem to them, nothing was done to make the game playable again, this most certainly to force us to buy the latest version of the game which was at the time Civilization VI ;-(
After having lived such an adventure, I don't think I will buy a game of this franchise again...
Hmmm . . . this thing where you have different leaders for the same country might be expanded. I mean, in VI, you could take Greece (with Pericles) or Greece (led by Gorgidas), and the leader would give different characteristics, and that's how it would stay. But maybe you could have different leaders over time. So like, maybe you could take Greece and you start with some dictator leading it and later you can angle to replace him with Pericles or Philip of Macedon or Alexander. Getting the good leaders would be a perk you could unlock, and/or maybe you can make a choice every time you hit a Golden Age which would give more reason to give a damn about Golden Ages. And some leaders might be what you want in peacetime but others better in wartime, so you'd change back and forth a bit.
Down with workers getting used up!
ElectricPrism Aug 2
I'm honestly not hyped. If in 2 years it has a steam rating of 95%+ I'll buy it on sale.
Also, I understand the concept of "Expansion Packs" but the way they do their DLC feels like their games are made using Agile methods and that v1.0 is barely even a proof of concept game.
From playing many other popular games, those "tweaks" deserve to be free Workshop content and not 9,99 or whatever.
I can't imagine how many nights and hours it would take to get good at these games with how long each game takes too. What 1-3 hours each?
Kimyrielle Aug 3
Also, please no more cartoon art style.
I would love if we could build in/under water and have tech advances a bit farther into the future, like in Call to Power II, which I still feel was the overall best "Civ" title.
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