

It’s a fascinating system, and I look forward to hearing how people take advantage of it. …And you will know us by the trail of hexes. You’ve basically created a massive floating war factory. Late in the game you’ll reach a point where it takes only a single turn to move your city though, which can be really crazy provided you have a lot of currency lying around to buy up troops when necessary. So far, I’ve found this typically means a slower start for aquatic cities-it’s an arduous task to move your city in the early game, and spending energy to purchase hexes can only get you so far. You also keep any hexes you’ve left behind. Upon moving, the city takes over all six hexes in its immediate vicinity-any it didn’t already own. Instead, you can gear production towards moving your city, one hex at a time. Aquatic cities don’t expand through culture like your usual land-based cities. You can now found a city on coastal (or, if you have the right technology, ocean) tiles instead of on land. There's one with Civ III Complete, Civ IV, Civ V, and Beyond Earth for $25 one with Beyond Earth and Sid Meier's Starships for $21 and another with Beyond Earth, a map pack, and Rising Tide for $50.But no, the key new feature in Rising Tide is aquatic cities. Any progress you make during the free weekend will transfer over.Īlternatively, you can pick up one of several discounted bundles that include Beyond Earth. Should you want to play after this weekend, you can pick it up from now until August 17 at 10 AM PDT for $20, a 50 percent discount. This is the full version of the game, which-being a Civilization game-offers dozens, if not hundreds of hours of gameplay. The weekend event is now live if you don't already own it, you can head to Steam, download Beyond Earth, and play as much as you want for free until Sunday, August 16.

Alongside that, it's kicked off a free Steam weekend event, allowing anyone to play Beyond Earth for free and then pick up the full version (and Rising Tide) at a discount. 2K today announced that preorders for the first Civilization: Beyond Earth expansion, Rising Tide, are live.
