Civilization V: Gods and Kings is almost here, and it brings back a couple of key franchise systems back to Civilization V. Most notable is religion, which fans have been clamoring for ever since V ...

My Iroquois nation spreads across the world quickly, being likened to plague by my enemies. In real life, this relatively small group of people was all but wiped out by the end of the 20th century, ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Civilization wears a special mantle within the realm of strategy games. As one of the first games in the genre and a progenitor of the 4X style, it ...

Civilization V is one of the few games to grab my attention in such a way that I am no longer aware of my surroundings. Civilization fans will know what I'm talking about. The series, whose newest ...

The Great Prophet is an important addition to Civilization V: Gods & Kings, letting you found, develop, and spread religions. Espionage returns to Civilization in Gods & Kings, letting you assign ...

Previous games in the long-running Civilization series have been, ironically, prisoners of the past. Forced to improve the series via baby steps, for fear of upsetting an apple cart twenty years in ...

In another comparison to the superlative Civ IV: BTS, while that one had a great many mods and scenarios bundled in, Gods & Kings feels a bit paltry with three; It's likely a side effect of the mod ...

The truest form of quality measurement for any Civilization game is astonishingly simple: how many hours of the day disappear during each game you play? It's a scale of addiction, and Civilization V ...