The fifth installment in the acclaimed Civilization franchise aims to reinvigorate the classic turn-based strategy genre with a new engine built from the ground-up. In development at Firaxis and to be published by 2K Games, Civilization V features a new combat system, deeper diplomatic interactions between the game's 18(!) civilizations, and other expanded features, so get ready to have many hours of your life sucked away.
Civilization V continues to be one of the most popular grand-strategy games you can play on Steam, for about three years.
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Philip Boyes:
When I was a kid, I played a lot of Civilization 2. I played a lot of strategy games in general, but having a deep love of both history and sci-fi, the epic sweep of Civ 2 from prehistory to the stars held a particular appeal. I loved taking my little people from their huts and ziggurats to the world of science and advanced space-flight.
