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Why Civilization VII is the way it is, and how its devs plan to win critics back

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Firaxis' Ed Beach and Dennis Shirk talk major overhauls in "Test of Time" update.

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The developers of Civilization 7 have announced an extensive update called "Test of Time", which will lead to significant changes in gameplay. Before that, however, fans can still look forward to Patch 1.3.2.

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It has been a whole year since Firaxis first forged the new and fearless path to continue with Civilization with the seventh main entry of the series. The Age system, the possibility of changing Civilization with every change of Age, the Legacy Paths and other aspects were highly criticized by the players, to the point that many simply did not want to commit to these basic mechanics. Instead of looking away and playing crazy, Firaxis has listene…

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NewsGaming.net Civilization VII celebrates its first anniversary with a lot of changes to come Far from having made unanimous at its launch, Civilization VII experienced a difficult start, even from Take-Two. For a year, Firoxis tried to take into account the public's returns with multiple updates, and to celebrate the first anniversary of its game, the studio wanted to speak out in order to show all the efforts made, and especially those to com…

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gamesradar broke the news in on Monday, February 2, 2026.
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