
The title received many expansions over the following years, the last of which was 2019's Gathering Storm. The last full Civilization release was Sid Meier's Civilization VI in 2016, the 31-year-old franchise's top-selling game. Before joining Firaxis in 2020, Hazen was an executive producer on Fortnite, Plants vs Zombies, and Bejeweled. His replacement is Heather Hazen, previously the studio's Chief Operating Officer. Martin, who spent 27 years at Firaxis, expressed gratitude in a farewell message the studio shared on Twitter. However, the company will be making the game without studio head Steve Martin. There are no details yet it didn't even say if it's Civilization 7 or a spinoff game. This week, Firaxis confirmed the development of another entry in its legendary 4X strategy franchise. The franchise's developer, Firaxis, also announced some high-level departures two months after the launch of its last game – the well-regarded Marvel's Midnight Suns. It’s also a notable difference from Civilization 5 and earlier games, which followed a similar pattern and added new civs and leaders together, but usually not more than one leader per civilization.Īs for when to expect the Civilization 6 leader pass DLC, we probably won’t have too long to wait for an official announcement since the leak appeared on the game’s website.Something to look forward to: Given how long it's been since the last entry, it's about time we started hearing about another Civilization game. Previous Civilization 6 DLC usually added new leaders and new civilizations, so the leader pass seems like a way for Firaxis to keep fresh what’s already here. Ramesses the Great of Egypt (Ramesses II).The banner apparently didn’t let you click on it, but the image was clear enough to show who the leaders are:

Reddit user zegalsp posted a screenshot from the mobile version of Civilization 6 ’s website and a banner advertising the Civilization 6 leader pass above an image of four leaders not currently in the history game.

The leak showed up on the official Civilization 6 website before Firaxis quickly removed it, though naturally, someone on Reddit captured proof that it did, indeed, exist. Firaxis Games accidentally announced new Civilization 6 DLC, a leader pass bringing back at least four leaders from previous entries in the strategy game series.
