Lo and behold, the leak earlier Tuesday was right. Sid Meier’s Civilization VII will launch Feb. 11 for Windows PC. Firaxis took the stage at Gamescom Opening Night Live to offer the first trailer for the nearly 35-year-old strategy franchise.
This will be followed by a 20-minute live stream at 4:30 p.m. EDT/1:30 p.m. PDT that will showcase even more about the game. You can watch that right here, even:
“In Civilization VII, your strategic decisions shape the unique cultural lineage of your evolving empire,” the game’s YouTube description says. “Rule as one of many legendary leaders from throughout history and steer the course of your story by choosing a new civilization to represent your empire in each Age of human advancement.”
Players will expand their territory with cities as well as architectural innovations, while exploring the vast map and warring with other civilizations they encounter. Civilization VII is a single-player game and, if you want to lose friends by sacking their capitals, multiplayer as well.
Civilization VI launched in 2016, making it eight long years since the last mainline entry, a robust schedule of post-launch content stretching to 2022 notwithstanding. When Civ 7 launches, it will not use the nettlesome 2K Launcher that fans of the series almost universally reviled.
