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News video games 14 May 2019, 16:53

author: Adrian Werner

Gathering Storm is the Most Profitable Civilization Expansion Ever

Sid Meier's Civilization VI: Gathering Storm was a great success. The publisher informed that the production was the most financially successful of all expansions to this series.

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Gathering Storm was very much to the liking of fans of Sid Meier's Civilization VI.
GATHERING STORM A NUTSHELL:
  1. Developer: Firaxis Games
  2. Publisher: 2K Games
  3. Genre: turn-based strategy
  4. Platform: PC
  5. Release Date: February 14, 2019

When discussing its financial report, Take-Two Interactive boasted that Sid Meier's Civilization VI: Gathering Storm is the best earning expansion the history of the Civilization franchise. Unfortunately, the publisher did not share any specific numbers.

Let us remind that the expansion debuted in February this year, only on PC. It's not a stand-alone expansion, so it requires the full version of Sid Meier's Civilization VI to be played. Both productions were developed by Firaxis.

Sid Meier's Civilization VI: Gathering Storm was warmly welcomed. The add-on has an average rating of 81% on Metacritic.

The success of the expansion is not a surprise. Sid Meier's Civilization VI is still very popular, so it's no wonder that the players threw dug into a big expansion offering a lot of new content. According to Steam Charts, yesterday, at the hottest moment of the day, over 27,000 people played the expanions the same time on Steam.

  1. Sid Meier's Civilization official website
  2. Sid Meier's Civilization VI - game guide

Adrian Werner

Adrian Werner

A true veteran of the Gamepressure newsroom, writing continuously since 2009 and still not having enough. He caught the gaming bug thanks to playing on his friend's ZX Spectrum. Then he switched to his own Commodore 64, and after a short adventure with 16-bit consoles, he forever entrusted his heart to PC games. A fan of niche productions, especially adventure games, RPGs and games of the immersive sim genre, as well as a mod enthusiast. Apart from games, he devourers stories in every form - books, series, movies, and comics.

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