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Civilization fans are discussing who the next narrator should be

One of the best things about Civilization is the narration. Whether it's the quote that gets read whenever you unlock a new tech, or the intro movies that set the scene for the 4X game's compulsive 'one more turn' loop, Firaxis has chosen some excellent companions for strategy fans across the years.

Civilization VI is currently narrated by Sean Bean - who was the focus of some major community appreciation a couple of months ago - but we've also been graced by the voice talents of William Morgan Sheppard in Civ 5, and Leonard Nimoy in Civ 4. Recently, fans on the Civ subreddit have been discussing who else would be a good voice for the strategy game - especially as we consider the possibility of a Civilization 7.

The most upvoted suggestion is of course David Attenborough, although strong contenders arise in Morgan Freeman, Keith David, James Earl Jones, and even Patrick Stewart. There have been some suggestions for a lead female narrator as well, which would be a welcome change for the series. Natasha Loring currently provides the voice for the advisor in Civilization VI, as well as the narration for the diplomatic victory video that was introduced in Gathering Storm.

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Humble's June Choice games include Civilization 6 Platinum Edition

The June Choice bundle from Humble is now available, and the headline game is none other than Civilization VI, one of the best 4X games on the market. That's not all, though - this is the platinum edition of Civilization VI, which includes the Rise and Fall and Gathering Storm expansions as well as six civilization and scenario DLC packs.

The June Choice bundle is $12, and along with Civilization VI, it includes social horror game Secret Neighbor, Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse, Worms Rumble (with the Legends Pack DLC), startup-themed roguelike game Going Under, Panzer Paladin, Milky Way Prince - The Vampire Star, zombie survival game Desolate, Ikenfell, Paw Paw Paw, Effie, and Disjunction.

With no disrespect intended to the rest of the games in this month's bundle, it's safe to say the Civilization VI Platinum Edition is the Big Game for June. The Rise and Fall and Gathering Storm expansions both made exciting changes to the established Civilization formula, and they're necessary for playing many of the best Civ 6 mods.

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Please look at these extremely cursed Civilization 6 horsemen

No game is ever truly free of visual glitches. If you spend an amount of time in any game's community spaces, a favourite thing to share is amusing or notable visual hiccups that can occur. These trigger for a whole host of reasons, the most common of which being strange or unusual interactions between the game's software and the hardware in your machine. Mods can also cause issues, depending on what they change.

Civilization VI, despite the fine-tuned polish that's come from five years of active development, is no exception. I enjoy keeping an eye on spaces like the Civ subreddit - it's thrown up everything from crazy tile yields, to the best worst (or worst best) city placement I've ever seen. It also provided this incredibly cursed image of a horseman unit.

As you can see, it's missing quite a few things. Namely the armour, helmets, and weapons for the human riders. Oh, and their actual bodies. The horses are also missing their bridle gear. User AkihabaraAccept is not sure what might be causing the glitch. It could be mod related, but they report they're not using any mods that interact with this unit specifically.

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This Civilization 6 mod adds Mondstadt from Genshin Impact

Every time I open Facebook, I see advertisements for T-shirts that blend one humongous pop culture phenomenon with another humongous pop culture phenomenon. Jules and Vincent from Pulp Fiction, except they're stormtroopers from Star Wars, for example. Well, this Civilization IV mod is in that same vein: it adds Genshin Impact's nation of Mondstadt as a playable civ in the massively popular 4X game.

Genshin Impact - Mondstadt by Kevin Liu is an impressive piece of work, it turns out. With Mondstadt, you get three Genshin Impact characters as leaders: there's Fischl, Barbara, and Noelle. The civ has its own unique district, the Knights of Favonius Headquarters. This replaces the Government Plaza, and it has an outer defence and provides bonus amenities during peacetime.

Mondstadt's unique unit is the Outrider Knight, which replaces the skirmisher, or Rise and Fall's scout. You'll need the Rise and Fall DLC to use this mod, by the way. The Outrider Knight can get Wind Gliders, which gives them +1 movement when they begin a turn on a hill.

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This Civilization 6 city placement is next level

May 19, 2021 StixLord later returned to state they managed to flip the city in the end via loyalty pressure.

The Civilization 6 community has been twiddling its thumbs a bit as of late now that the New Frontier season pass has come to a close. Last week the denizens of the Civ subreddit decided to create a bunch of city-location maps, and this week they've been googling statues, all in an attempt to pass the time while we wait for whatever Firaxis is working on next.

Some players though are still finding the fun within Civ 6 itself, and today's item is a galaxy-brain city placement that we can't tell whether is genius, or just incredibly dumb. In a recent game of redditor StixLord, Peter the Great decided to found Saint Petersburg in a hex surrounded on all sides by mountains. The Putorana Plateau, to be specific.

While the city's boundaries can extend beyond the mountains via basic culture generation and growth, because the city centre itself is locked within the mountain, no units can escape the plateau. The AI can't send out armies to defend itself or conquer others, it can't spawn new settlers to found new cities, it can't even spawn workers to improve the tiles Saint Petersburg does end up claiming. Truly a next level play.

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