
The pandemic killed millions, ruined economies, upended political dynasties and transformed the face of the Western world. The Black Death: The Black Death ravaged Europe and western Asia in the mid-14th century, killing a greater share of the population than any other event in world history.Each brings unique bonuses and gameplay, as well as a total of nine unique units, four unique buildings, three unique improvements, two unique districts and one unique governor. NEW LEADERS AND CIVS: Nine new leaders from eight new civilizations are introduced. Combat new environmental effects with speculative ideas such as relocating your population out to seasteads and developing technologies to recapture carbon emissions.

Use Diplomatic Favor to extract promises from other leaders, vote on Resolutions, call a Special Session to address an emergency, and increase the weight of your votes in your quest to achieve the new Diplomatic Victory.Ģ1st CENTURY TECHNOLOGIES & CIVICS: A new era has been added to the Technology and Civics trees. Earn Diplomatic Favor through Alliances, influencing city-states, competing in World Games, and more. WORLD CONGRESS: Make your voice heard among the other leaders of the world. When settling cities, consider the flood risk to coastal lowland areas, but keep in mind that in the late-game, new technologies like Flood Barriers can be used to protect these tiles. Your choices about resource usage will directly affect the world’s temperature and can cause melting ice caps and rising sea levels.ĮNGINEERING PROJECTS: Shape the world around your empire to overcome unfavorable land conditions by making improvements like canals, dams, tunnels and railroads. Initially you’ll be powering your most advanced buildings by burning carbon-based resources like Coal and Oil, but renewable energy sources also unlock as you progress to current-day technologies. These resources are now consumed in power plants to generate electricity for your cities. POWER AND CONSUMABLE RESOURCES: Strategic resources play an additional role in Gathering Storm.


Pre-order to save 15% off the DLC today! Gathering Storm Features:ĮNVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS: Volcanoes, storms (blizzards, sand storms, tornados, hurricanes), climate change, floods, and droughts. Civilization VI: Gathering Storm launches next week on February 14th. Take a look at the features trailer to learn more about the various types of changes coming with the expansion. The expansion will also include Climate Change and as you progress it will leave the world hotter as more carbon emissions are produced, which may also increase natural disasters too. You'll need to be adapt to whatever may come your way as you face off nature itself with a constant threat always looming on the horizon. Natural Disasters may wreak havoc on your civilization, but could also enrich the surrounding lands after they pass. This time around the world will evolve around you, and depending on where you settle it could have benefits or unforeseen consequences. Battle the elements as you tackle natural disasters such as Volcanoes, Storms, Floods, Tornadoes and more. Gathering Storm will introduce a new active world that will be dependent on the climate and present new challenges for the player to face. A storm approaches next week when the Gathering Storm expansion for the hugely popular turn-based strategy game Sid Meier's Civilization VI launches on February 14th.
