Sid Meier’s Civilization VI

Alternative title(s)
Antiquity game	EAG
Release	Oct 21, 2016
Publisher	2K Games, Aspyr
Developer	Firaxis Games
Platform(s)	macOS, Windows; Linus (2017); iOS (2017); Nintendo Switch (2018); PS4 (2019); Xbox One (2019)
Mode	Single-player, multiplayer
Genre	Strategy game; empire-building
Setting	Various civilizations throughout time, including Greece (under Pericles and Gorgo), Macedonia (under Alexander The Great), Rome (under Trajan)
Notable charactersB	Pericles, Gorgo, Alexander, Trajan, Basil IIDLC, AmbiorixDLC
DLC	Rise and Fall (2018), Gathering Storm (2019), Maya & Gran Colombia Pack (2020), Ethiopia Pack (2020), Byzantium and Gaul Pack (2020), Babylon Pack (2020), Vietnam and Kublai Khan Pack (2021), Portugal Pack (2021)

Bibliography

Charrel, L. (2018). ‘Civilization VI : un opus qui assume ses clichés ?’ in F. Bièvre-Perrin (ed.), Antiquipop. Lyon: online. 

McCall, J. (2020). ‘The Historical Problem Space Framework: Games as a Historical Medium’ in Game Studies 20 (3).

Mol, A. A. A.; Politopoulos, A.; Ariese-Vandemeulebroecke, C. E. (2017). ‘“From The Stone Age to the Information Age”: History and Heritage in Sid Meier’s Civilization VI’ in Advances in Archaeological Practice 5, 214-219.

Rassalle, T.; Martino, S.; Politopoulos, A. (2020). ‘SASA Archaeogaming Live: “Civilizations VI” led by Tine Rassalle, Shannon Martino & Aris Politopoulos’ [Twitch, YouTube stream].

Reinhard, A. (2018). Archaeogaming. An Introduction to Archaeology in and of Video Games. New York, Oxford: Berghahn Books. (‘Introduction’)

Schmidt, S.; Rassalle, T. (2020). ‘The roles we play in history: Narratives about women in historical strategy games’. Presented at the Interactive Pasts Conference Online 2, 5-6 November 2020. 

Additional keywords

4X, history