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Civilization: Beyond Earth is the new episode of our game review show Quality Control

In each episode of Quality Control, Polygon managing editor Justin McElroy talks to a critic after they review a new game and allows them to add a little bit of extra context and insight. Why did...

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Civilization: Beyond Earth review: starstruck

Science is the hub around which Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth turns, but science also thrums within the game's every node, synapse and tendril. This is a very good strategy game. I...

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Civilization: Beyond Earth comes to Mac and Linux this holiday [update]

Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth is coming to Mac and Linux this holiday, according to a tweet from the official 2K Twitter account. The PC version of the game is due out Oct. 24. The Mac...

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Civilization 5 free on Steam this week, as Beyond Earth launch looms

If you have been thinking about playing Civilization 5, but never quite gotten around to it, now's your chance. Firaxis' strategy epic is available to play for free this week on Steam. The 2K...

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Here's what it looks like to leave home in Civilization: Beyond Earth

The latest video for Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth shows humanity's path from our home planet to the stars. Press play above to watch the upcoming strategy game's opening cinematic, which...

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Civilization: Beyond Earth and the ultra-cool technologies of tomorrow

Firaxis' strategy game Civilization: Beyond Earth, shows humankind populating new worlds. Set in a not-too distant future, the game demands that players choose and invest in technologies to ease...

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Examine the turn-by-turn gameplay of Civilization: Beyond Earth in this new video

Due out Oct. 24, Civilization: Beyond Earth, like all of the Civilizations that came before it, will be a complicated, yet likely rewarding game. This isn't the sort of experience you drop into...

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A deeper, longer look at Civilization: Beyond Earth

This summer, I've played Civilization: Beyond Earth at various media events, beginning at a 50-turn limit, then 100 turns and now 250 turns. Each time, I've been allowed to play repeatedly, so I've...

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Your guide to the big games of fall

Fall is the time when video games come out to play; lots of them. Here's your guide to the big games of the next few months... This year, 12 months following the arrival of two new consoles,...

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Is Civilization: Beyond Earth any good?

Civilization: Beyond Earth is a lenticulated trick of light, like those pictures of ghosts you see in trashy bars; one moment a pre-Raphaelite beauty, the next a snarling corpse. For a while, it...