

Technology Web: To reflect progress forward into an uncertain future, technology advancement occurs through a series of nonlinear choices, unique units, and wonders that affect the development of mankind.Use Diplomatic Capital to upgrade your traits, change diplomatic relationships, and leverage the benefits of your allies’ traits. Shape the Diplomatic Landscape: Leaders unlock Traits through gameplay and activate different combinations to respond to the changing world.Develop flourishing cities on land or build floating settlements at sea, and establish trade routes to create prosperity for your people. Colonize an Alien World: Explore the dangers and benefits of a new planet filled with dangerous terrain, valuable resources, and hostile life forms unlike those of Earth.Assemble your spacecraft, cargo & colonists through a series of choices that directly seed the starting conditions when arriving at the new planet. Seed the Adventure: Establish your cultural identity by choosing one of 12 different expedition sponsors, each with its own leader and unique gameplay benefits.For more on Beyond Earth, check out our latest preview, as well as our look at multiplayer in the video above. You can still pre-purchase Beyond Earth before Friday to get the free Exoplanets Map Pack, which consists of six bonus custom maps. The exact times for when it will unlock for Steam buyers haven't yet been announced, but 2K says it'll be sharing those "soon" for everyone around the world. If you've already pre-purchased Beyond Earth on Steam, you can begin preloading the game now so that it's ready to go as soon as possible on Friday. That's hardly enough time to spend with a game that can easily eat up hundreds of hours of your life, but it's a good way to kill time between now and Beyond Earth's release this Friday, October 24. Preloading has begun, but one thing you may want to download first is Civilization V, which you can play for free from now until Thursday.Īnyone with a Steam account can now download Civ V for free and play it until Thursday, October 23 at 10 am Pacific. The latest game in the Civilization series, Civilization: Beyond Earth, launches later this week. By clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot's
