The folks behind Civilization VII have been downsized. It’s never fun writing about these types of stories. We hate to see them pop up, but it looks like another studio was hit with a round of layoffs ...

Firaxis Games, the studio behind Civilization VII, has announced it has laid off an undisclosed number of staff after a number of employees took to social media to confirm they had been let go. Emma ...

SimGolf seems like a weird game for a studio that’s so well-known for strategy games, but this one isn’t just a golf game. You do create your own pro golfer and take them around the world winning ...

The past 18 months have heralded a small renaissance for strategy games. Manor Lords takes the municipal organization of Cities Skylines and crosses it with Age of Empires' feudalism. Frostpunk 2 ...

The 1.1.0 update will include additional polish and fixes for the game’s UI, along with fixes for multiplayer issues. Ahead of the full patch notes, Firaxis Games shared the following outline for some ...

Midsummer Studios, co-founded by former XCOM designer Jake Solomon, is set to close its doors. In a statement on social media, the CEO and creative director shared pre-alpha footage of the unreleased ...

Popular Civ modder Sukritact has been hired by Firaxis Games, potentially to tackle Civilization 7's UI issues. Firaxis is ...

It's no state secret that Civilization 7 didn't get off to the strongest start. Robert Zak gave it a 76% in PC Gamer's review, which is quite low for a Firaxis game, and echoed a lot of my own ...

The two modern XCOM games, Enemy Unknown and XCOM 2, represent the very best not only of Firaxis but of strategy as a videogame concept. Every single input in XCOM is significant, and laden with ...