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The Long Awaited Civilization 7 Test Of Time Update Is Here Bringing A Huge Suite Of Changes With It
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The long awaited Civilization 7 Test of Time update is here, bringing a huge suite of changes with it

May 19, 2026 Oisin Kuhnke Rock Paper Shotgun

But will it stand it? The day that all of you Civvers have been hoping for is here. Firaxis have been promising Civilization 7's Test of Time update for a while now, and as I write these words into existence, that very update is available for you to download, complete with the most requested feature, the ability to play as one civ for a whole campaign.

The long awaited Civilization 7 Test of Time update is here, bringing a huge suite of changes with it. But will it stand it? The day that all of you Civvers have been hoping for is here. Firaxis have been promising Civilization 7's Test of Time update for a while now, and as I write these words into existence, that very update is available for you to download, complete with the most requested feature, the ability to play as one civ for a whole campaign. This has been a particularly notable thorn for those who have been playing the Civilization series for a while now. With this update, as detailed in a blog post, that all changes. Now, any civ you decide to play as can be guided "outside its historical Apex Age," the point in time a civ is at its peak, essentially. At the point you'd normally perform an age transition, you can instead choo...