Massive expansion to sci-fi entry in
Civilization franchise extends the Beyond Earth experience to new
frontiers while ushering in a new age of diplomacy
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2K and Firaxis Games today announced that Sid Meier’s
Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ – Rising Tide, the expansion pack
for 2014’s turn-based strategy title, Civilization: Beyond
Earth, is now available for download on Windows PC. Created by
Firaxis Games, Rising Tide enriches the Beyond Earth
experience by offering a robust array of expansion content, with
even more strategic ways to shape humanity’s future on an alien
planet. Rising Tide is also available today for Mac and
Linux through Aspyr Media.
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2K and Firaxis Games today announced that
Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ – Rising Tide, the
expansion pack for 2014's turn-based strategy title, Civilization:
Beyond Earth, is now available for download on Windows PC. (Photo:
Business Wire)
“After the launch of Beyond Earth, we were excited to
hear our fans wanted us to further extend the science-fiction
experience in this alien world,” said Sid Meier, director of
creative development at Firaxis Games. “In Rising Tide, fans
will enjoy seeing much of their feedback taken to heart through a
series of new features, varied terrains and exciting new diplomatic
options that offer new choices for players as they secure the fate
of humanity on a strange world.”
Rising Tide pushes the boundaries of Beyond Earth
across new alien terrains and oceans while adding more choices and
diplomatic options as players build “one more turn” toward a new
vision for humanity’s future. New aquatic gameplay allows players
to explore the seas for colonization by dramatically extending the
play space, while an overhauled Diplomacy system provides them with
additional layers of dynamic choices and options to shape the
diplomatic landscape. Players can also discover an assortment of
additional updates, including visually-and behaviorally-distinct
aliens that are now unique to each biome, as well as enormous,
powerful Marvels that appear as part of the planet terrain and
offer new quests to embark upon.
“Beyond Earth successfully proved there is an audience
for a sci-fi spin-off to the Civilization franchise,” said
Sarah Anderson, SVP of Marketing at 2K. “Over the last year,
Firaxis has done a lot of work to ensure Rising Tide is an
ambitious expansion that continues differentiating Beyond
Earth from its historical predecessors while reviewing and
implementing community feedback since the launch of the base
game.”
Key new features of Rising Tide include:
- COLONIZE THE OCEAN: Build
floating settlements and access natural resources hidden beneath
the seas of the alien planet. Alien beasts with unique abilities
inhabit the water and challenge the player in new ways. The ocean
also provides a fully replayable map, new gameplay mechanics and
strategic possibilities for players to reign supreme on their new
world;
- DYNAMIC LEADER TRAITS: Players
and AI Leaders alike unlock new Traits through gameplay and
activate different combinations to respond to the changing world.
These dynamic sets of Traits also provide benefits and add to the
new Diplomacy system, which is governed by new Fear and Respect
attributes;
- NEW, ENHANCED DIPLOMATIC
OPTIONS: Shape the political landscape by using Diplomatic
Capital to upgrade Traits, change diplomatic Relationships and
leverage the benefits of allies’ Traits;
- NEW SPONSORS: Four new leaders
and factions have been added to the game, including Arshia Kishk of
Al Falah, Duncan Hughes of the North Sea Alliance, Lena Ebner of
INTEGR and Han Jae Moon of Chungsu;
- NEW ARTIFACT SYSTEM: Collect and
combine powerful Artifacts to unlock new perks, unit upgrades,
Wonders, and buildings for factions on the new world;
- NEW HYBRID UNITS: Affinities are
competing visions for the future of humanity. By investing in
multiple Affinities, rather than specializing in just one, players
can unlock special hybrid Affinity units and upgrades;
- NEW BIOMES: Two new world types
have been added: Primordial worlds are rife in volcanic activity
and the chaotic landscape of a world still forming. Meanwhile,
Frigid worlds have cooled in their great age, causing their
surfaces to be covered by icy oceans and frozen tundra.
Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth – Rising Tide is
rated E10+ (Everyone 10 and older) by the ESRB and is now available
for download on Windows PC for $29.99. For fans not on Windows PC,
Rising Tide is also available today for Mac and Linux by
Aspyr Media. For more information on Rising Tide, please visit
www.civilization.com, become a fan on Facebook, follow @CivGame on
Twitter and subscribe to CivGames on YouTube.
For more information on the Mac and Linux version, please visit
www.aspyr.com or follow Aspyr Media
on Facebook and Twitter.
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Meier’s Civilization® series, featuring the recently released Sid
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Civilization V for Windows PC, as well as the critically
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World and Sid Meier’s Civilization V: Gods and Kings for Windows
PC. Firaxis also released the 2012 Game of the Year award-winning
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