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Civilization VI
''Sid Meier's Civilization VI'' is a 2016 4X turn-based strategy video game developed by Firaxis Games and published by 2K (company), 2K. The mobile and Nintendo Switch ports were published by Aspyr Media. It is the sequel to ''Civilization V'' (2010), and was released on Windows and macOS in October 2016, with later ports for Linux in February 2017, iOS in December 2017, Nintendo Switch in November 2018, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in November 2019, and Android (operating system), Android in 2020. Similar to previous installments, the goal for the player is to develop a civilization from an early settlement through many in-game millennia to become a world power and achieve one of several victory conditions, such as through military domination, technological superiority, or cultural influence, over the other human and Artificial intelligence (video games), computer-controlled opponents. Players do this by exploring the world, founding new cities, building city improvements, deploy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Firaxis Games
Firaxis Games, Inc. is an American video game developer based in Sparks, Maryland. The company was founded in May 1996 by Sid Meier, Jeff Briggs, and Brian Reynolds (game designer), Brian Reynolds following their departure from MicroProse, Meier's earlier venture. They were acquired by Take-Two Interactive in August 2005, and subsequently became part of the publisher's 2K (company), 2K label. Firaxis Games is best known for developing the ''Civilization (series), Civilization'' and ''XCOM'' series, as well as many other games bearing Meier's name. History Firaxis Software was founded on May 1, 1996, by Sid Meier, Brian Reynolds (game designer), Brian Reynolds and Jeff Briggs, three video game designers formerly employed by MicroProse, a video game venture founded by Meier and partner Bill Stealey in 1982. The name "Firaxis", a portmanteau of "fiery" and "axis", was derived from the name of a piece of music created by Briggs. Briggs explained that they decided to stay in the B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Civilization V
''Sid Meier's Civilization V'' is a 4X turn-based strategy video game developed by Firaxis Games and published by 2K (company), 2K. It is the sequel to Civilization IV, ''Civilization IV'', and was released for Microsoft Windows, Windows in September 2010, for Mac OS X on November 23, 2010, and for Linux on June 10, 2014. In ''Civilization V'', the player leads a civilization from prehistoric times into the future on a procedurally generated map, attempting to achieve one of a number of different victory conditions through research, exploration, diplomacy, expansion, economic development, government and military conquest. The game is based on an entirely new game engine with Hex map, hexagonal tiles instead of the square tiles of earlier games in the series. Many elements from ''Civilization IV'' and its expansion packs have been removed or changed, such as religion and espionage (although these were reintroduced in its subsequent expansions). The combat system has been overhaul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlantic, North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and List of islands of France, many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean, giving it Exclusive economic zone of France, one of the largest discontiguous exclusive economic zones in the world. Metropolitan France shares borders with Belgium and Luxembourg to the north; Germany to the northeast; Switzerland to the east; Italy and Monaco to the southeast; Andorra and Spain to the south; and a maritime border with the United Kingdom to the northwest. Its metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea. Its Regions of France, eighteen integral regions—five of which are overseas—span a combined area of and hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine De' Medici
Catherine de' Medici (, ; , ; 13 April 1519 – 5 January 1589) was an Italian Republic of Florence, Florentine noblewoman of the Medici family and Queen of France from 1547 to 1559 by marriage to Henry II of France, King Henry II. She was the mother of French kings Francis II of France, Francis II, Charles IX of France, Charles IX, and Henry III of France, Henry III. She was a cousin of Pope Clement VII. The years during which her sons reigned have been called "the age of Catherine de' Medici" since she had extensive, albeit at times varying, influence on the political life of France. Catherine was born in Florence to Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino, and Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne. In 1533, at the age of 14, Catherine married Henry, the second son of King Francis I of France, Francis I and Queen Claude of France, who would become Dauphin of France (heir to the throne) upon the death of his elder brother Francis III, Duke of Brittany, F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Periodization
In historiography, periodization is the process or study of categorizing the past into discrete, quantified, and named blocks of time for the purpose of study or analysis.Adam Rabinowitz.It's about time: historical periodization and Linked Ancient World Data. Institute for the Study of the Ancient World Papers, 2014. . This is usually done to understand current and historical processes, and the causality that might have linked those events. Periodizations can provide a convenient segmentation of time, wherein events within the period might consist of relatively similar characteristics. However, determining the precise beginning and ending of any 'period' is often arbitrary, since it has changed over time and over the course of history. Systems of periodization are more or less arbitrary, yet it provides a framework to help us understand them. Periodizing labels are continually challenged and redefined, but once established, period "brands" are so convenient that many are hard to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Civilization VII
''Sid Meier's Civilization VII'' is a 4X turn-based strategy video game developed by Firaxis Games and published by 2K. The game was released on February 11, 2025, for Windows, macOS, Linux, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. It was also released on June 5, 2025, for Nintendo Switch 2. Gameplay ''Civilization VII'' is a 4X turn-based strategy game. The player oversees the growth of a human civilization from its earliest settlements to advanced society. The player uses various military and civilian units to explore the map, grow their civilization through the founding of additional settlements, advance their civilization's culture and technology, utilize surrounding resources, and contend or collaborate with competing civilizations. Multiple victory conditions are available to the player, including military, scientific, cultural, and economic avenues. ''Civilization VII'' allows the player to select leaders and civilizations independen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gathering Storm
The Gathering Storm may refer to: Books * ''The Gathering Storm'' (novel), a fantasy novel by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson * ''The Gathering Storm'', the first volume of Sir Winston Churchill's '' The Second World War'' * ''The Gathering Storm'', a fantasy novel in the Crown of Stars series by Kate Elliott * '' Resistance: The Gathering Storm'', the official novel of the PlayStation videogame ''Resistance: Fall of Man'' Video games * '' Heroes of Might and Magic IV: The Gathering Storm'', an expansion pack for the turn-based strategy game * '' Civilization VI: Gathering Storm'', a 2019 expansion pack for ''Civilization VI'' * '' Starshatter: The Gathering Storm'', a 2004 video game Film and television * ''The Gathering Storm'' (1974 film), a television film about Churchill, starring Richard Burton * ''The Gathering Storm'' (2002 film), a television film about Churchill, starring Albert Finney * "The Gathering Storm", a '' BattleTech: The Animated Series'' episode * " Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rise And Fall
Rise and Fall or Rise & Fall may refer to: Music * Rise and Fall (band), a Belgian hardcore band Songs * "Rise & Fall" (Justice Crew song), 2014 * "Rise & Fall" (Craig David song), 2003 song by Craig David featuring Sting * "Rise & Fall" (Michael Molloy and Alex Evans song), 2013 * "Rise and Fall", song from the Offspring's 2008 album '' Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace'' Albums * ''Rise and Fall'' (Dargaard album), 2004 * ''Rise and Fall'' (Tim Halperin album), 2011 * ''Rise and Fall'' (Warlocks album), 2001 * ''Rise & Fall'' (album), 2024 album by Scotty McCreery * '' The Rise & Fall'', a 1982 album by Madness Games * '' Rise and Fall: Civilizations at War'', 2006 computer game * '' Civilization VI: Rise and Fall'', 2018 expansion pack for ''Civilization VI'' Other uses * ''Rise and Fall'' (TV series), 2023 UK reality television series * Rises and falls, category of ballroom dance techniques See also * * The Rise and Fall of, a snowclone * ''Rise or Fall'' (album) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Game Awards 2016
The Game Awards 2016 was an award show that honored the best video games of 2016. It was produced and hosted by Geoff Keighley at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on December 1, 2016, and was live streamed across several platforms. During the event, ''Overwatch'' won Game of the Year, Blizzard Entertainment won Best Studio, and game designer Hideo Kojima was honored with the Industry Icon Award. Broadcast and viewership The Game Awards broadcast was streamed on December 1, 2016 at 5:30 pm PST across several video sharing sites, including YouTube and Twitch, as well as on the gaming services Xbox Live, PlayStation Network, and Steam. For the first time, the YouTube stream included options for virtual reality and 4K resolution. Keighley and other event organizers worked with Tencent QQ to have the show livestreamed and translated for Chinese viewers using Tencent's QQ and WeChat clients, and to participate in the Fans Choice Awards; the two services combined had potentia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Technology Tree
In strategy games, a technology, tech, or research tree is a hierarchical visual representation of the possible sequences of upgrades a player can unlock (most typically representing the research progress of a given faction). Because these trees are technically directed and acyclic, they can more accurately be described as a directed acyclic graph of technologies. The diagram is tree-shaped in the sense that it branches between each 'level', allowing the player to choose one sequence or another. Each level is called a ''tier'' and is often used to describe the technological strength of a player. Typically, at the beginning of a session of a strategy game, a player will start at tier 1, which offers only a few options for research. Each technology that a player researches will normally open up one or more new options, but may also, depending on the computer game, close off the paths to other options. The tech tree is the representation of all possible paths of research a player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Leaders
''World Leaders'', also known as ''Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments'', is a public domain directory published weekly by the United States Central Intelligence Agency. It lists different state officials for each country of the world: the head of state and/or head of government and other cabinet ministers, the chief of the central bank, and the ambassadors to the United Nations The United Nations (UN) is the Earth, global intergovernmental organization established by the signing of the Charter of the United Nations, UN Charter on 26 June 1945 with the stated purpose of maintaining international peace and internationa ... and the United States. See also * The International Who's Who * List of current heads of state and government * National Security Agency academic publications * World-Check References External links''World Leaders'' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
