Ahoy, Me Hearties! Firaxis Games have announced the next free upgrade for Civilization VI is coming on October 22 and it sounds like it's going to be a lot fun.
Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2020/10/civilization-vi-to-get-a-sid-meiers-pirates-inspired-scenario-in-a-free-upgrade
After several years of 'will they, won't they?' in 2019 Civilization V and Civilization VI finally switched places on Steam's 'most played games' list. After an expected-yet-slightly underwhelming launch and a small controversy over the price of expansions, the latest release in Sid Meier's 4X series has surpassed the previous entry by a decisive margin.
Newer games dethroning predecessors is in most cases inevitable, but in Civilization's case the timeline took slightly longer than predicted. Even after the release of both major DLCs, the fifth Civilization game was still holding strong for two years into Civ VI's life cycle. Even today it brings in an average of 18,000 players, peaking at 26,000.
You should read our original Civilization VI review, if you're interested in what we thought at the time.
While Civ 6 is now comfortably beating Civ 5's player numbers , that took a long while to achieve. So what gave Civilization V such long-lasting appeal in the first place?
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The Civilization series has never reached Paradox-levels of DLC's, but there's now enough Civ 6 DLC, that you may need a bit of help evaluating all of the variety and options. We're now at half a dozen scenario packs, two major expansions and the New Frontier Pass is currently running with six smaller DLCs releasing between May 2020 and May 2021.
Time will ultimately tell if we get anything beyond that or even another 'big' expansion, but in the meantime here's everything you need to know about Civ 6's current DLC library, including all of the smaller DLC that add many new civs and standalone scenarios. This is similar to what happened with the Civ 5 DLC run back when that was still a thing.
We've broken everything down for you below, but it's worth noting that at the time of writing, most of the initial civilisation/scenario packs that were released prior to the Rise and Fall aren't actually available to purchase separately any more. You can typically pick them up together by buying either the Civilization & Scenario Pack bundle or the Platinum edition. The 'New Frontier' pass packs though are being sold individually.
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Sid Meier's Civilization VI has another expansion out now for the New Frontier Pass with the Byzantium & Gaul Pack available now.
Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2020/09/the-next-addition-to-the-civilization-vi-new-frontier-pass-is-out-with-byzantine-and-gaul