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Civilization 6's Next Update Will Add Australia to the Country Roster

By John Keefer, Feb 21, 2017 11:25am PST

The Civ will be led by John Curtin, the country's prime minister during World War II.

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Civilization 6 estimated to have sold over one million units

By Daniel Perez, Nov 02, 2016 12:50pm PDT

That's a lot of people trying to take over the world.

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Pre-ordering Civilization 6 will get you Montezuma and the Aztec civ exclusively for 90 days

By Daniel Perez, Jul 21, 2016 7:55am PDT

You'll be the envy of all of your Civilization-playing friends for at least 90 days.

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"And by full expansion I mean $35 patch that mostly completes the game."

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XCOM 2 Review: Mass Extinction Event

By Josh Hawkins, Feb 01, 2016 5:00am PST

Humanity turns revolutionary in Firaxis' follow-up to the celebrated action-strategy game, but do the new additions make it better or just bigger? Our review.

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"Very cool Josh, sounds awesome, nice write up. Damn 80 hours and you did not do all the side ..."

- valcan_s see all 6 comments

Some XCOM 2 mods you can play from day one

By Josh Hawkins, Jan 30, 2016 12:30pm PST

Mods for your mods for your mother's mods.

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"Although now that I've seen footage of the smg, it's not thaaaat game breaking..."

- bolneze see all 6 comments

Civilization: Beyond Earth Rising Tide Review: The Call of the Sea

By Steven Wong, Oct 08, 2015 5:00am PDT

Civilization: Beyond Earth Rising Tide takes your extraterrestrial empire to the ocean, where vast resources and opportunity await. But is it enough to bring new life to an game that was held back by its rigidity and forgettable leaders? Our review. 

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"Metacritic indicates that this is Gods and Kings of BE, and not the Brave New World we hoped for. "

- TaintedSyringe see all 6 comments

XCOM 2 Devs Address Mod Support, Procedural Levels

By Steve Watts, Oct 05, 2015 9:00am PDT

Shacknews talks with XCOM 2 creative director Jake Solomon and art director Greg Foertsch about the future of mod support, how its procedural generation works, and alien win conditions.

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"And just as the player is trying to complete the game, the aliens are too. XCOM 2 introduces ..."

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Meet XCOM 2's New Enemies, the Archon and Shieldbearer

By Steve Watts, Oct 03, 2015 8:45pm PDT

Today at Firaxicon, the developer unveiled two new enemy units for XCOM 2. Shacknews talked to creative director Jake Solomon and art director Greg Foertsch about these latest additions.

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Civilization: Beyond Earth - Rising Tide Impressions: Making Planetfall

By Steven Wong, Sep 29, 2015 6:50am PDT

Shacknews goes hands-on with the Civilization: Beyond Earth - Rising Tide expansion and claim the seas in the name of our empire. Here's what we found in the ocean depths.

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XCOM 2 introduces us to its new, and familiar, personnel

By Daniel Perez, Sep 02, 2015 9:46am PDT

2K and Firaxis are introducing us to the personnel we'll be working with on the Avenger in XCOM 2.

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XCOM 2 release date pushed back to February 2016

By Daniel Perez, Aug 28, 2015 9:32am PDT

The upcoming sequel to 2012's XCOM: Enemy Unknown needs a little more time to be developed, so 2K and Firaxis have announced XCOM 2 is getting delayed.

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XCOM 2 to Infiltrate PCs This November

By Steven Wong, Jun 01, 2015 8:30am PDT

After some teasing, XCOM 2 has been officially announced, and it will release exclusively for the PC this November.

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"Man I hope there is melee combat like the cinematic trailer suggests :)"

- kwperley see all 7 comments

Sid Meier's Starships Review: Fire All Guns

By Steven Wong, Mar 11, 2015 9:50am PDT

Sid Meier's Starships lets you manage over a fleet of space ships for intense tactical combat missions. But is a game that's all about ship combat worth checking out? Read the review to find out.

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"It probably will work well with touch screen controls on the windows platform."

- baron calamity see all 13 comments

Sid Meier's Starships Preview: Journeying to the Stars

By Steven Wong, Feb 24, 2015 5:00am PST

We go hands-on with Sid Meier's Starships to see if we have what it takes to build an unstoppable armada and conquer the galaxy... through reason and diplomacy, of course. Our most powerful battleships are named Reason and Diplomacy.

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"2k is sharing you out :D https://plus.google.com/113254436424549007660/posts/H2Jp6dUidVZ"

- Degenerate see all 9 comments

XCOM: Enemy Within hits iOS and Android devices tomorrow

By Steven Wong, Nov 12, 2014 5:00am PST

XCOM: Enemy Within is finally being ported to iOS and Android devices, and it hits digital stores tomorrow.

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"I'd love to play this but not switching back to android or apple. I really love my Nokia Icon, ..."

- Saldrin see all 12 comments