Gwendoline Christie Cast as Civilization 7's Evocative Narrator | Push Square

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While nominally a long-running, legendary strategy series, Civilization is also immensely quotable, which you can't say about many other 4X games. Getting lost in the minutiae of empire-building while Sean Bean drops some of the hardest, most hilarious lines from history was a highlight of Civ VI, and the Game of Thrones fun continues in Civilization VII, with Brienne of Tarth herself, Gwendoline Christe announced as narrator.

We get a brief teaser in the trailer above, and there's little doubt Christie has the range to assume the oddly prestigious role. Voice acting was introduced with Civilization IV, and legendary Star Trek actor Leonard Nimoy set a high bar. Stage actor and fellow Star Trek alum William Morgan Shepard was cast for Civ V, and Bean, as mentioned, for Civ VI.

Tale as old as time

Civilization VII will rewrite history on 11th February 2025 for PS5 and PS4. Will you be diving in? Let us know in the comments section below.

Khayl Adam is Push Square's roving Australian correspondent, a reporter tasked with scouring the internet for the richest, most succulent PlayStation stories. With five years of experience as a freelance journalist and mercenary wordsmith, RPGs are his first great love, but strategy and tactics games are a close second, genres in which he is only too happy to specialize.

I'm Surprised they haven't tried to get Morgan Freeman or Keith David to narrated one of these games.

@Areus They only come around once every generation!

I'm a bit worried that this game is launching for both PS4 and PS5 tbh.

Either they've downgraded it to work on both consoles or this is yet another example of the PS5 being of questionable value.

As I watched the gameplay trailer yesterday I was really enjoying the crisp, clear voice and accent but was unable to identify it. As soon as they said it was Gwendoline Christie I immediately went «oh my god of course it is!» It's a fantastic choice I have to say! Not only because she sounds incredible and adds both