With it almost being February, the onslaught of video games is almost upon us. Liable to consume endless hours if you let it, Civilization VII is out 11th February on PS5; 6th February if you're willing to pay extra for early access. Developer Firaxis has unveiled the content roadmap players can expect, with a fairly constant stream of updates planned for 2025 and beyond. As a bonus treat, we even got a trailer for Friedrich the Great.
Following a dedicated livestream event earlier today (thanks, IGN), it seems that both free and paid additional content, adding new Leaders, Civs, and Natural Wonders, is already on the way. The headliner is the two-part paid Crossroads of the World pack, which, in March, adds Leader Ava Lovelace and new Civs like Rome's ancient nemesis, Carthage, and the much more modern Great Britain to the game. Later in the month, Simon Bolivar will stir up a revolution alongside two more Civs, Bulgaria and Nepal.

Another two Leaders and four Civs are expected in the Right to Rule pack, scheduled for sometime between April and September, with a third pack seemingly teased for sometime after October. Free content updates sprinkled throughout will add challenges, events, and balancing patches.

Are you looking forward to Civilization VII on PS5? Have you said goodbye to friends and family in preparation for the historical strategy gaming sessions to come? Let us know in the comments section below.
[source youtube.com, via ign.com]
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Shameful that something a civilisation as instrumental as Great Britain isn't in the base game, but is coming just 1(!!!) month after launch as premium DLC
I will not reward these businesses practices, I'll wait until base game + bundle of DLCs are on sale
Nice to see a more modern take on Great Britain rather than just attributing leaders as ‘English’ monarchs when they were more than that. And I should be chuffed Ada Lovelace will be in there given my degree but it does strike me as a little odd that she’s a leader. I get people like Harriet Tubman as she was a leader of people and a cause but Ada Lovelace was a uniquely fascinating person that I’d never describe as much of a leader of hearts and minds. Smart as hell, ahead of her time, fantastically scandalous in her own right as well as her father’s for sure but a leader strikes me as odd especially given Babbage was the one that got the credit in his time.
I’m an idiot, she’s the mother of computer science and this is a game literally made by programmers. That’s why she’s in the game. Fair enough, leaders have completely shifted this game anyway and they have Machiavelli as one when the entire point was that he wasn’t a leader but had his view on power itself.
I'm getting older and those bad practices are catching me in, because whats the point to wait for significant sale 1-2 years later, I better play now. I waited 2 years for GOW:R to drop to 50% off and it wasnt really worth it.
After those previews for some YT people I preorder Founders Edition. I'm ready to conquer World by Force, Monetary systems, Culture or Science. Game looks awsome. And the music... mmm.
@MeatyVeg This game’s completely different due to you picking a different Civ for each era a bit like Humankind. Technically England are already in the game as an Exploration Era Civ, but are under the Norman banner. Great Britain will be a separate Modern Era Civ added post launch. So it’s not that they’re omitting ‘instrumental’ Civs, it’s more that the entire basis of the game has shifted and now they need more Civs from across different time periods and they already have medieval England so having two base game slots taken up by similar Civs would possibly be worse.
Why the ***** does Civ VII have Early Access? We really let the stupidest practice in modern games just take over.
Idk why but the more I hear about this game the less interested I become. I loved 6 so I’m trying to get excited about 7 but it’s just not catching my eye for some reason.
Sorry but I'm a hypocrite and am preordering the founder's edition. I just can't say no to Civ. Civ 6 was my most played game probably ever and I know this one will be more of the same.
I would love it if they made another Civilization Revolutiuon, still playing to this day, enjoyed Civ VI, but being able to play a full game in a couple of hours is better for me.
I do have to make my own victory cnditions to make it harder and more fun though.
This is easily the most controversial Civ game I've seen so far and I've been playing it since the 90s. It'll sell - but I predict some major backtracking going forward.
If I wanted to play Humankind, I would have bought Humankind.
@breakneck: The sad and dry truth is, because people buy it. Personally I can always wait this small amount of time. I don't even think about it
I did pre-order Civ7 (but only because I plan on getting a lot out of it) I'll probably end up going day one with Egypt as usual but I'm curios to see how the Maya and Inca play. I do hope they push the modern age past the 1950's though, even if it's paid DLC. 1950's leaves the window open for weapons like Tsar Bomba and the Hydrogen Bomb so at least the nuke mechanic should still be available. I'm playing Civ6 again at the moment, it was supposed to be a friendly pacifist run but of course someone else provoked. It will be interesting to see if the AI plays harder when conflicts do break out. There's a new commander system that adds more options for the battlefield. I've been seeing a lot of people in the community go from 'I hate the look of this new Civ game' to 'I'm actually really excited now'.
My hype meter hasn't exactly reached critical but I am looking forward to having to learn the game again, I just hope they push the modern age past the 1950s, even if it's DLC. I hope they handle late game crashes this time too, even on PS5 those late game turns crash so many peoples game. That's even without Gathering Storm which I've never gotten through because just enabling it can crash your game and corrupt your saves.
Would love to getcthis but no matter how much i tried the last game gave me brain melt and i just couldnt get my head around it. Even after following youtube guides etc.
It was obvious that this game would have a ”content” roadmap but I think I’ve reached the end of my tolerance for this stuff, because it instantly turns me off of the game. I’ll wait until there’s a complete edition that (if Civ 6 anything to go by) is regularly on sale for 70% off.
@LifeGirl not much doesn't upset you huh?
The biggest question is will it consistently corrupt saves losing hours upon hours of gameplay forcing you to start from scratch again like 6 did? And will it regularly slow to a crawl before crashing when you get mid to late game? I loved 6, even bought the expansion which I never normally do but I'm not going to bother if I can't be sure these issues won't happen again. I love Firaxis games, civ 6, xcom and midnight suns are some of my favorite games, xcom series being my absolute favourite series but the games are always infested with technical problems. I see it's releasing on ps4, no chance this doesn't blow up ps4's at this point.
Is it PPW?? Pay per War ???
Keep in mind that the current and futures ages WILL NOT BE IN THE GAME AT LAUNCH. They said that in a dev video
So you are better off waiting for a while. You get bug fixes, free updates, a more complete game for a lower price.
@atoqir
But if everyone waits then they'll consider the game a failure and stop development. You need suckers like me paying full price at launch to show the execs that it's worth continuing to produce content for the game.
Avowed, KCD2, and this have my year packed already
I have a passing interest. Played a little of the last Civ game, but all the content drip makes me want to wait for a complete edition.
As a casual Civ enjoyer, there is literally zero reason for me to pay extra to buy this game day 1 when they're going to be dripping out content gradually for years. I'll check back in circa 2027, when the second expansion probably comes out and this is bundled on sale.
I only buy new computers when a new Civ comes out. I will be buying a new MacBook for this one, I’m very hyped!
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