To be skeptical someone has seen Genoa in the game files as well, and so far no Genoese civilization
My bet (and hope) is still Ottomans and Persia
I do wonder
where Genoa is in the game files then.
Where is that reddit conversation where it states that it's going to be Macedonia and Persia?
I don't have the link to reddit ready, but I do have the folder path plus a copy/paste of the lines we're talking about:
Path: Steam/steamapps/common/Sid Meier's Civilization VI/Platforms/Windows/audio/English(US)/Speech_Localized.txt (NOT the xml file)
This is about the intros when the game is loading up (bold is mine). There are 24 lines for civilizations/leaders, while right now we have 21 civilizations (22 leaders) including Australia. Apart from the two bolded, all are in the game already:
Switch Group ID Name Wwise Object Path Notes
359624871 Era_DawnofMan \Default Work Unit\Era_DawnofMan
693112979 Leader_Screen_Civilization \Default Work Unit\Leader_Screen_Civilization
Switch ID Name Switch Group Notes
255893691 Classical_Era Era_DawnofMan
712573564 Ancient_Era Era_DawnofMan
984117391 Modern_Era Era_DawnofMan
1009499909 Atomic_Era Era_DawnofMan
2183131863 Industrial_Era Era_DawnofMan
2654112219 Medieval_Era Era_DawnofMan
3100933318 Renaissance_Era Era_DawnofMan
3434975410 Information_Era Era_DawnofMan
37647108 Spain Leader_Screen_Civilization
106570839 Brazil Leader_Screen_Civilization
242352332 France Leader_Screen_Civilization
532012563 Japan Leader_Screen_Civilization
588369673 Kongo Leader_Screen_Civilization
691446547 Norway Leader_Screen_Civilization
729632283 America Leader_Screen_Civilization
913157837 Poland Leader_Screen_Civilization
964848514 Scythia Leader_Screen_Civilization
971839178 India Leader_Screen_Civilization
1200561094 Egypt Leader_Screen_Civilization
1318961621 Australia Leader_Screen_Civilization
1816587302 Russia Leader_Screen_Civilization
1832345227 Persia Leader_Screen_Civilization
2043698106 Rome Leader_Screen_Civilization
2896613368 Germany Leader_Screen_Civilization
3254137207 Arabia Leader_Screen_Civilization
3703292532 England Leader_Screen_Civilization
3819233736 Greece Leader_Screen_Civilization
3866797368 Aztec Leader_Screen_Civilization
3976266244 Macedonia Leader_Screen_Civilization
4088560763 Greece_Gorgo Leader_Screen_Civilization
4139763389 Sumeria Leader_Screen_Civilization
4260845482 China Leader_Screen_Civilization