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Firaxis has just made a cameo during Gamescom Opening Live 2024 to give us all a first look at the gameplay of Civilization 7 via a fresh trailer and offer a concrete release date of February 11, 2025.<\/p>\n

We knew this trailer would be coming, as the studio and publisher 2K said as much in advance<\/a> after announcing the game at Summer Game Fest<\/a>, just to make sure no one missed out on getting to gasp in awe at little folks from history moving about on a map, likely as a real life friendships implode based on who’s sacking whose city.<\/p>\n

Ed Beach of Firaxis Games took to the stage to talk introduce our first look at Civilization 7, as well as sharing that this is the “biggest, most ambitious game Firaxis has ever made.”<\/p>\n

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Firaxis has just made a cameo during Gamescom Opening Live 2024 to give us all a first look at the gameplay of Civilization 7 via a fresh trailer and offer a concrete release date of February 11, 2025. We knew this trailer would be coming, as the studio and publisher 2K said as much in advance after announcing the game at Summer Game Fest, just to make sure no one missed out on getting to gasp in awe at little folks from history moving about on a map, likely as a real life friendships implode based on who’s sacking whose city. Ed Beach of Firaxis Games took to the stage to talk introduce our first look at Civilization 7, as well as sharing that this…<\/p>\n

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