Nick is a freelance writer from Chicago, IL, with a BA in Creative Writing from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His lifelong belief in the artistic power of video games led him to ...

Civilization is a legendary strategy series that got its start on PC. It's also a series in which its titles keep getting better after launch, especially as more updates, expansions, and DLCs arrive.

Note: For the sake of clarity, we will be using 6 and 7 to refer to the games from this point forward, rather than their proper, roman numerals. On launch, the base edition of Civilization 7 has ...