The wait is nearly over! Sid Meier’s Civilization VI will be released tomorrow worldwide, available to play immediately for those who have pre-ordered and pre-loaded the game, and available to purchase, download and play immediately for everyone else.

The release schedule is detailed in the following image:

2K have also prepared the following handy links to make it easy to find out when the game will unlock for you:

http://2kgam.es/Zone1
http://2kgam.es/Zone2
http://2kgam.es/Zone3

Thus, the local release times for some common locations are as follows:

Auckland – Friday 21 October 2016, 5am
Sydney – Friday 21 October 2016, 3am
Singapore – Friday 21 October 2016, 12am (midnight)
Moscow – Friday 21 October 2016, 2am
Berlin – Friday 21 October 2016, 1am
London – Friday 21 October 2016, 12am (midnight)
New York – Friday 21 October 2016, 12am (midnight)
Chicago – Thursday 20 October 2016, 11pm
Los Angeles – Thursday 20 October 2016, 9pm
Hawaii – Thursday 20 October 2016, 6pm

2K and Firaxis Games have released a six-part “How to” video series to prepare gamers for the launch of Civilization VI on October 21, 2016. Each part is just under 2 minutes long. The topics covered are:

• How to choose a civilization
• How to take your first turns
• How to explore
• How to deal with barbarians
• How to make diplomacy work
• How to get help

To celebrate that Civilization VI is now available to pre-load on Steam, 2K and Firaxis Games today revealed the Launch Trailer for Civ6.

The Launch Trailer features the Civ6 theme music, ‘Sogno di Volare’ from Christopher Tin, the Grammy award-winning composer of  Civilization IV theme music, ‘Baba Yetu’.

Check out this amazing trailer below!

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