So, I have to be honest: I’ve spent two years avoiding Civilization V on purpose. It’s not that I have anything against the evolution of city-states into empires, or that I find resource-gathering, diplomacy,and warfare uninteresting. In fact, it’s exactly the opposite: I am deeply, painfully susceptible to the classic Civ player crisis of, “Just… one more… turn!” There’s a great wide hex-gridded world out there, and I have to be responsible for all of it.
Civilization V: Gods & Kings will be out for PC on June 19, publisher 2K Games said today. The upcoming expansion pack will bring religion and espionage back to the strategy series.
Ed Beach talks rapid-fire when he’s dishing details on Gods & Kings, the Civilization V expansion pack that Firaxis announced this morning. I can’t blame him. He’s got a lot to say.