King of strategy games Civ 6 finally comes to Xbox and PC Game Pass

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If you’ve never played Sid Meier’s Civilization 6, then you’re about to have the ideal chance to do so, as one of the best strategy games of all time arrives on Xbox and PC Game Pass very soon. That’s right, Civ 6 is coming to Microsoft’s subscription service this month, making it the perfect time to discover why PC gamers everywhere love the series so much following the official announcement that Civ 7 is real.

Perhaps the most iconic of all 4X games – that’s ‘explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate,’ for the uninitiated among you – Civ 6 is well-regarded as yet another magnificent entry in the long-standing series. Pick the leader of your choice from over 60 different famous historical figures such as Abraham Lincoln, Ramses the Great, and Mahatma Ghandi across 50 different civilizations and lead your chosen people to greatness.

If you’ve ever worried that these strategic city builders are a bit much to manage, then let me reassure you – Civ 6 is the perfect place to dip a toe gently into the water and test how it feels. With a wide range of difficulty options, the potential to fully customise whether you prefer a short campaign of just a few hours or a weekend-spanning epic, and the option to automate nearly all the more complex systems until you’re ready to engage with them, Civ 6 is the ideal ‘gateway game’ into a larger strategy world.

If you do decide you want that extra depth, Civilization 6 is more than happy to oblige, giving you full control of just about everything down to the individual tiles your population are prioritising. If you prefer to keep things simple, you can leave that stuff up to the computer and it’ll hand out gentle reminders to make sure you’ve given orders to every unit, while your