No nation has friends, only interests. And open border agreements.
Like an Albanian eagle, I was of two minds about 2K’s mobile-only Civilization Revolution 2. I was glad to see the game get a refresh as the original game had not exactly stood the test of time on iOS — but I was disappointed that Civ Rev 2 offered essentially no gameplay changes at all from the previous iteration, possibly owing to the fact that Civilization mothership Firaxis weren’t involved in its development.
In my review, I said that the one promising change in Civ Rev 2 was 2K’s promise of regular updates with new challenge scenarios and other content. It’s about a month on from release and 2K are making good on that pledge so far. There’s an update live right now for Civ Rev 2 that adds a new scenario (Guadalcanal, featuring the US versus Japan), some unspecified enhancements, and a new civ leader: the noted kepi-wearer and airport namesake Charles de Gaulle, making his first appearance in a Civ game since Civ IV: Beyond the Sword.
The update is free to Civ Rev 2 owners. If 2K can pump out a few more of these over the next few months maybe I’ll change my tune on Civ Rev 2. Maybe.
In other Firaxis news, I haven’t heard anything about the studio making another Ace Patrol-sized mobile game for us, and they seem to be all-hands-on-deck for the October launch of Civ: Beyond Earth on PC. But the legendary studio announced the other day that they’re going to be hosting a convention at their headquarters in Maryland at the end of this month: Firaxicon, which includes a chance to meet Sid Meier and maybe Jake Solomon and Ananda Gupta, too. Holy shit. If I wasn’t getting married a couple of weeks later, I would be right there for that thing, man. Maybe it’s not too late to move the wedding to Maryland.
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