Official announcement: Hot off the presses. Next Civ game in development!!!!!!!

[blackbutterfly]

So, I am a little confused why the tweet omits "Civ 7", and my first thought was that this could be some kind of terrible off shoot...

Beyond Earth is still Civilization.
Sid Meier's

It's what I am rooting for!

 

[queenpea]

Just a reminder not to harass, coerce, or threaten any devs, playtesters, members of the media, or streamers/youtubers who may have a hands-on preview. They are probably under an NDA that prevents them from discussing Civ 7, either generally or in detail.

Wow, do you think they are that far along?

 

[Nikolai II]

Just a reminder not to harass, coerce, or threaten any devs, playtesters, members of the media, or streamers/youtubers who may have a hands-on preview. They are probably under an NDA that prevents them from discussing Civ 7, either generally or in detail.

Good Guy Eagle has a very good point and attitude. Be like Good Guy Eagle, folks.

 

[Eagle Pursuit]

Wow, do you think they are that far along?

Probably not to the point of media and streamer previews yet, but it's best to be comprehensive.

 

[The_J]

Wow, do you think they are that far along?

100%


Also:
Moderator Action: Moved the whole thing to a new thread.

 

[queenpea]

To me the biggest example of this is what EA did to SimCity. Tragedy.

Can you expand on this? I miss SimCity.

 

[queenpea]

100%


Also:
Moderator Action: Moved the whole thing to a new thread.

Care to place a bet on release date?

 

[The_J]

Care to place a bet on release date?

2 options:
- This year September/October
- Next year September/October

Just based on the fact that they've always announced the game in spring and released it in the following autumn.

Seems other sources don't really have more info either right now:

• https://www.gamesradar.com/civilization-7-is-in-development-at-firaxis/
• https://www.polygon.com/23604146/civilization-7-release-date-firaxis-games-announcement
• https://www.ign.com/articles/civilization-7-officially-announced-by-firaxis

EDIT: Press release: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230217005038/en/A-New-Era-Begins-at-Firaxis-Games

 

[Nikolai II]

Has anyone linked to the press release yet? I don't think I have seen it mentioned here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230217005038/en/A-New-Era-Begins-at-Firaxis-Games

Confirms Ed Beach is leading up the Civ franchise.

 

[TheMarshmallowBear]

What I'm curious to see is if the game will go into a further board-game direction or more builder direction like civ 4 felt.

 

[UWHabs]

Probably not to the point of media and streamer previews yet, but it's best to be comprehensive.

I mean, the devs would know how far along, no matter what stage it's at they couldn't say.

Sounds like this is mostly about coordinating with the new head. I'm guessing that the team saw/knew their comments were going to be in the IGN story today, so they figured they may as well confirm it all officially on socials. Would be nice to get some pre-hype going, with an announcement coming after the leader pass (maybe May/June), and a launch for next Fall.

In terms of development, it wouldn't surprise me if most of the team was shifted off to start on the new game once Gathering Storm released. Then a few were shifted back to handle the NFP once they decided to try that route (a lot of the NFP stuff feels like recycled items from earlier development work). Or even NFP might have just been like Anton basically knowing he was leaving the company relatively shortly thereafter and wasn't sticking around for the next full product cycle, so it made sense to keep him mostly handling the NFP stuff (or vice versa on the setup, where they kept him on NFP stuff instead of letting him work on civ 7, and that caused him to want to move elsewhere after).

But in any event, it's quite possible there's been parts of the team working on it for a few years already, so certainly not out of the question that the release is sometime this year, and not "a couple years out".

 

[The_goggles_do_nothing]

I personally hope the new person is of the opinion that delivering a great game at launch is more important then when it's launched. I guess I'll be stuffing my spare cash for a new computer under my mattress a little while longer.

 

[Eagle Pursuit]

I personally hope the new person is of the opinion that delivering a great game at launch is more important then when it's launched. I guess I'll be stuffing my spare cash for a new computer under my mattress a little while longer.

The money is fronted by 2K and its 2K's stock price that suffers if a revenue stream is delayed. So, whether the new studio head feels a game could benefit from more time in development or not, the game will only get that extra time if they can convince 2K that the cost/benefit equation will improve with a delay.

 

[Pitohui]

There was speculation going back earlier in 2016, but it was officially announced on May 11th with this video:

Civ VIIs announcement trailer has a lot to live up too...same (of course) with intro cinematic and main theme


probably would be good if the games good too

 

[Chekko]

I'm hoping for a bit more change and additions this time. Civ 6 feels too much like a fully DLC'd Civ 5 with some extra mechanics.

 

[Pitohui]

Can't wait! I feel in my heart they wouldn't announce this, only for it to be released in 2024.

There is no way we get no realase trailer/release date this year,even if the game comes out 2024.Maybe November/ December 2023 release for Christmas market?In my head that would line up for an late March announcement(after Leader Pass is finished)

 

[The_goggles_do_nothing]

The money is fronted by 2K and its 2K's stock price that suffers if a revenue stream is delayed. So, whether the new studio head feels a game could benefit from more time in development or not, the game will only get that extra time if they can convince 2K that the cost/benefit equation will improve with a delay.

Dear 2K bean counters, give me a AI that knows it's I from it's A and I give you money for you game and DLC.

 

[TheMarshmallowBear]

I'm hoping for a bit more change and additions this time. Civ 6 feels too much like a fully DLC'd Civ 5 with some extra mechanics.

I presume they will stick for the most part to their rule of thirds.

 

[Kwami]

I personally hope the new person is of the opinion that delivering a great game at launch is more important then when it's launched. I guess I'll be stuffing my spare cash for a new computer under my mattress a little while longer.

Hopefully, the new studio head also isn't a big fan of game-ruining microtransactions.

 

[SammyKhalifa]

Can you expand on this? I miss SimCity.

First EA massively misundertood the player base when they acquired Maxis. They required that the game be played online at all times on their servers, presumably because of some sort of monetizing issue, and the servers couldn't take it. I'd assume they had the idea of adding events, playing with "friends," of course dlc, etc. It very often didn't work, and when it did there were some issues with the game that never really got worked out (one of which is that city sizes had to remain very very small, which kind of goes against the reason to play the game in the first place). So not only did they anger their audience by making this online requirement (and wouldn't back down from it), they didn't have the infrastructure to support that anyhow.

They had one expansion. They had plans for some more and I think some other things, but citing lack of success EA shut down the studio. I'm still hoping they let go of the property to let someone who likes the game continue it on. It it such a legendary franchise, I would never thought that someone could destroy it so thoroughly.

It's partly why I get pretty upset to see people on here talking about how civ producers "don't care," "don't listen to the fans," etc. etc. Those people have no idea.