{"id":1140975,"date":"2026-02-05T21:08:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T21:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/m9QbRDwZKpVLzy3k4Kx8Xg"},"modified":"2026-02-05T21:08:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T21:08:15","slug":"firaxis-says-its-entering-our-sukritact-age-as-it-hires-popular-modder-to-work-on-civilization-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/firaxis-says-its-entering-our-sukritact-age-as-it-hires-popular-modder-to-work-on-civilization-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Firaxis says it&#8217;s &#8216;entering our Sukritact Age&#8217; as it hires popular modder to work on Civilization 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>It&#8217;s fair to say that the release of <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/civilization-7\/\">Civilization 7<\/a> has not gone quite according to plan. <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/strategy\/civilization-7-review\/\">It&#8217;s good<\/a> but not great, and the resulting letdown\u2014people expect big things from new Civ games\u2014has manifested in a straight 50\/50 split between positive and negative user ratings on <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1295660\/Sid_Meiers_Civilization_VII\/\" target=\"_blank\">Steam<\/a> and concurrent player numbers that continue to lag behind those of Civilization 6.<\/p>\n<p>But a recent announcement spotted by <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/civilization-7-firaxis-hires-top-modder-ui-tweaks\" target=\"_blank\">VG247<\/a> has a lot of fans excited for the future: Firaxis has hired noted Civilization modder Sukrit &#8220;Act&#8221; Tan to work on the game in an official capacity.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:30.83%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"8rbktB68y6tys8bpvei5Q3\" name=\"suk age\" alt=\"We're happy to announce that Sukritact (FXS) has officially joined Firaxis as our latest Tech Artist!\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/firaxis-says-its-entering-our-sukritact-age-as-it-hires-popular-modder-to-work-on-civilization-7.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"1\" width=\"1920\" height=\"592\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"expandable\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Firaxis (Discord))<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Tan&#8217;s hiring was first revealed on Discord (via <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/civ\/comments\/1j3mwhr\/sukritact_is_joining_the_firaxis_team\/\" target=\"_blank\">Reddit<\/a>) and later confirmed by Tan on <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:kc5puhiozo4mtry3dtgd6wzv\/post\/3ljlhk5vkv22f\" target=\"_blank\">Bluesky<\/a>, and the reactions are a whole lot more enthusiastic than you might expect for an &#8220;I got a job&#8221; message.<\/p>\n<p>Like, for instance, this:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1420px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:68.80%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"ZfdXA9fqKa8BpssEwoWQYL\" name=\"suk save\" alt=\"SUKRITACT WILL SAVE US ALL\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/firaxis-says-its-entering-our-sukritact-age-as-it-hires-popular-modder-to-work-on-civilization-7.png\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"1\" width=\"1420\" height=\"977\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"expandable\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: mockduckcompanion (Reddit))<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Okay, a little bit of pressure there, but there&#8217;s genuine happiness and excitement for the move, not just because &#8220;modder gets hired by game studio&#8221; is a natural feel-good story but because Tan&#8217;s previous work is just that good: The reactions to a recent update to the Simple UI Adjustments mod for Civilization 6 that <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/civ\/comments\/1ikuggc\/sukritacts_simple_ui_adjustments_is_available_for\/\" target=\"_blank\">got it running in Civ 7<\/a> were not too far short of rapturous:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1323px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:104.84%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"MdcNMKMndA4wmk5nDVzufj\" name=\"suk king\" alt=\"King Sukritact collects another W\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/firaxis-says-its-entering-our-sukritact-age-as-it-hires-popular-modder-to-work-on-civilization-7-1.png\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"1\" width=\"1323\" height=\"1387\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"expandable\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Freida_Krakken (Reddit))<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ironically, someone in that thread jokingly called for Tan to be made chief of the Civilization 7 UI team, a suggestion that sparked a brief conversation about whether they&#8217;d be able to continue making mods as part of Firaxis, and how that might actually be a net loss for the Civilization community. Tan <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/civ\/comments\/1ikuggc\/comment\/mbpjls2\/\" target=\"_blank\">acknowledged<\/a> that it&#8217;s easier in some ways for mod makers to get things done &#8220;because they don&#8217;t need to work as part of a structure&#8221; as official developers do.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement that Tan now will be working as part of that structure has attracted similar concerns about a possible negative impact on Civilization modding, although it&#8217;s expressed more as hope that they&#8217;ll be able to continue making mods than hand-wringing that they won&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>Tan hasn&#8217;t commented on that part of the deal at this point, so for now it&#8217;s a wait-and-see situation, although I&#8217;d imagine that given the current state of Civilization 7, Tan (and the rest of Firaxis) have enough on their plates to keep them busy for a good while to come. Civilization 7&#8217;s first major update <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/strategy\/civilization-7s-first-major-update-tweaks-balance-and-fixes-some-ui-issues-but-dont-expect-an-overhaul\/\">went live yesterday<\/a> and made some notable moves in the right direction, but as PC Gamer&#8217;s Tyler Wilde wrote, &#8220;it&#8217;s not a giant overhaul in one go, just the start of many patches to come.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"8f713a0f-9368-4b40-94cf-fca7aaa5daa1\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"Civilization 7 review\" data-dimension48=\"Civilization 7 review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:502px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:100.00%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"PNBU8kkiHRH4kZVE8CJji9\" name=\"civilization-7-caesar\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/firaxis-says-its-entering-our-sukritact-age-as-it-hires-popular-modder-to-work-on-civilization-7-1.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"502\" height=\"502\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/strategy\/civilization-7-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"8f713a0f-9368-4b40-94cf-fca7aaa5daa1\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"Civilization 7 review\" data-dimension48=\"Civilization 7 review\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>Civilization 7 review<\/strong><\/a>: Our verdict<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/strategy\/civilization-7-guide-to-unexplained-systems-faq\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Civ 7 guide<\/strong><\/a>: An explainer for unexplained systems<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/strategy\/civilization-7-victory-legacy-paths-win-conditions-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Civ 7 victory guide<\/strong><\/a>: All win conditions<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/strategy\/how-towns-and-cities-work-in-civilization-7\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Civ 7 towns and cities<\/strong><\/a>: Settlements guide<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/strategy\/civilization-7-age-transition-effects\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Civ 7 age transitions<\/strong><\/a>:<strong> <\/strong>Everything that changes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/strategy\/firaxis-says-its-entering-our-sukritact-age-as-it-hires-popular-modder-to-work-on-civilization-7\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s fair to say that the release of Civilization 7 has not gone quite according to plan. It&#8217;s good but not great, and the resulting letdown\u2014people expect big things from new Civ games\u2014has manifested in a straight 50\/50 split between positive and negative user ratings on Steam and concurrent player numbers that continue to lag behind those of Civilization 6. But a recent announcement spotted by VG247 has a lot of fans excited for the future: Firaxis has hired noted Civilization modder Sukrit &#8220;Act&#8221; Tan to work on the game in an official capacity. (Image credit: Firaxis (Discord)) Tan&#8217;s hiring was first revealed on Discord (via Reddit) and later confirmed by Tan on Bluesky, and the reactions are a whole lot more enthusiastic than you&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/firaxis-says-its-entering-our-sukritact-age-as-it-hires-popular-modder-to-work-on-civilization-7\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1140976,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[748,516],"class_list":["post-1140975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-games","tag-strategy"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Firaxis says it&#039;s &#039;entering our Sukritact Age&#039; as it hires popular modder to work on Civilization 7 | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It&#039;s fair to say that the release of Civilization 7 has not gone quite according to plan. 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