For many, Basil is a hero for many others, he is a despised figure. He married one of his sisters to Vladimir I of Kiev, gaining military support and the Varangian Guard, but also christening the Kievan Rus, expanding its cultural and religion tradition. He reduced the power of landowners, filled the country's treasury, and left behind an empire that would flourish despite lackluster leadership. His constant warfare was notable, likely why he is such a military-based Civ 6 leader, he managed to do great things at home too. He then stabilized and expanded the empire, subjugating the First Bulgarian Empire, fought the Fatimid Caliphate, and also took on the Khazar Khagnate. The early years of his rule were in civil war against two generals, which ended in death for one and submission of the other in 989. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.As a brief history lesson, Basil II was the senior Byzantine Empreror from January 976 to December 1025. Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer and acting UK news editor. In our 9/10 review of the previous game, IGN said: 'Civilization 6 is fully loaded with features and makes some very smart changes to its winning 4X strategy formula.' With the announcement only coming now, without any mention of a release date, mechanics, or any other game details, it's likely that Civilisation 7 is still years away, but it will seemingly be Firaxis Games' main focus going forward. The studio has since been at work on its other premiere strategy franchise in XCOM: Chimera Squad and most recently tried something brand new with the aforementioned Marvel's Midnight Suns. In addition, we will continue to support Marvel’s Midnight Suns with post-launch content, and explore new creative projects for our teams.'įans have been patiently waiting for confirmation of a new entry for seven years, following the launch of Civilization 6 in 2016.

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