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Civilization VI - First Look: Pirates Multiplayer Scenario

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Check out the new Pirates multiplayer scenario, available as part of the October 2020 update coming to all Civilization VI players on October 22. Watch our First Look video above for the full rundown on what you can expect in this new free mode.

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Steam Digital Tabletop Fest is a celebration of games that cross digital and physical, happening next week

Next week, Steam is hosting a celebration of strategy games and board games in all their physical and digital glory. The Steam Digital Tabletop Fest will run from October 21 to October 26, featuring panels from developers and studios all across the tabletop, and tabletop-adjacent sphere.

The inaugural event will contain "let's plays, panels, talks and more streaming activities that explore the fusion between physical and digital games", all free, and all virtual. Across the six days, you can tune in for live interviews with the likes of Munchkin creator Steve Jackson, and Games Workshop co-founder Ian Livingstone, as well as discussions around why Mars is such a stereotypical setting, and the board game that helped win World War II.

On the digital side of things, we have a developer's let's play of Civilization 6, a developer let's play of Warhammer: Vermintide 2, a comparison between the Mars Horizon board game and videogame, and a conversation about Slay The Spire between one of its devs and a board game creator. The digital version of Oceans, an uber-popular Kickstarter from last year, will be previewed for the first time, and, if you're feeling a tab morbid, James Vaughan, founder of Ndemic Games and designer of Plague Inc. for PC and tabletop, will be having a go at the board game live on stream.

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The best Civ 6 mods

While Civilization VI has had a rough time trying to hold on to the historical 4X crown in recent years, it's still one of the most popular strategy games around right now. The secret to the success of a lot of games, especially on PC is the potential mods and other user-generated content can bring to the table. The Civ 6 mod scene is just as robust as any other, and there are plenty of interesting options for you to spice up your next play-through.

It's worth noting that, at the time of writing, the Civilization VI mods seems mainly to be about smaller UI or quality of life mods. There aren't the sweeping overhauls of say Total War or Paradox games; it's a bit like when you look at our XCOM 2 mods guide, where the main highlights are smaller content packs or UI improvements. These things can make all the difference though with a game a big as Civ.

Please note that, for the moment, we've only looked at the Steam Workshop to compile our initial list of Civ 6 mods - we will be looking at non-steam sources as well for future updates to see if there are still any interesting mods worth checking out that aren't on the Workshop.

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Civilization VI to get a Sid Meier's Pirates inspired scenario in a free upgrade

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

Civilization VI - October 2020 Update Coming Next Week

Ahoy, you scallywags! We're happy to share that the next FREE update for Civilization VI will be available to all players on October 22. Watch the developer video below for more info:

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This update includes the new unique multiplayer scenario “Pirates” (which we’ll go more in-depth on later) as well as some balance changes, AI updates and more. We’ll have the full update notes available alongside the patch on October 22.