Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth is slated to release its first expansion Rising Tide this fall. Rising Tide is set in a backdrop of aquatic life, with new settlements beyond the usual terrain. With the new settlements come new factions, with a brand new world ripe for explorations.
The newest addition to the Civilization series features life beyond the deep blue sea. From developers Firaxis and publisher 2K comes a new world for players to explore aquatic lifeforms, resources buried beneath the sea bed, new factions to control, and new Affinities to unlock. Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth expansion Rising Tide focuses on the world under the sea. The new naval gameplay significantly increases map area and introduces new aquatic alien lifeforms with unique capabilities. Rising Tide also allows the mixing and matching of Affinity technologies with even more unique hybrids and modifiers.
"Rising Tide builds upon the lore of Beyond Earth, breaking away the historical boundaries of the original franchise and furthering mankind's search for a new home in outer space," according to Director of Creative Development at Firaxis Games Sid Meier. "Whether colonizing the planet's oceans, acquiring new Affinities or meeting exotic new leaders, aliens and units for the first time, Rising Tide offers more ways for players to write their own stories on a new world," says the father of Civilization.
The new addition to the Civilization series Rising Tide will include the following features:
• Building floating settlements and accessing natural resources hidden beneath the seas of the alien planet, while alien beasts with unique abilities inhabit the water and challenge players in distinctive ways;
• Shaping the diplomatic landscape by upgrading traits, changing diplomatic relationships, and leveraging the benefits of your allies, all with political capital;
• Unlocking a dynamic set of Diplomatic Traits while activating different combinations in response to the changing world;
• Playing as one of four new factions, including the Al Falah, a group of nomad explorers descended from wealthy and resilient Middle Eastern states;
• Investing in multiple Affinities to unlock hybrid Affinity units and upgrades for the first time;
• Collecting and combining alien relics via a new Artifact System that unlocks powerful benefits;
• Exploring one of two new biomes, Primordial world, an untamed biome rife with volcanic activity and indicative of a chaotic landscape still forming in the new world.
Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth expansion Rising Tide is slated for release fall of 2015.
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