
Behind closed doors at PAX East, Firaxis Games and 2K Games hosted groups of media for half-hour gameplay presentations of the recently announced and absolutely stunning Civilization V. With this first look at its gameplay, the turn-based strategy game has definitely given the famed series a massive facelift thanks to the updated combat, maps, and a new diplomacy system.

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.