We got 2 news articles for you today.

In the first news article in Ars Technica Dennis Shirk talks about the current state of the game, that they are aware that the interface is lacking, their decision to hire sukritact, the challenges with making everything work also on the different consoles, and the necessity to keep tweaking and balancing the game further. You can read the article here, and discuss it with us here.

In the second article, from the Oklahoma Gazette, the devs talk about the challenges to get a voice actor for Tecumseh, how the voice actor Dillon Dean took this as a chance to investigate his native roots, and Chief Barnes explains that such projects are important to keep the language of the Shawnee alive. You can read the article here and discuss it with us here.

Civ7 has received today another patch, which ONLY affects the PS5 version. The only (but important) change is that it adds stability improvement and collects more metrics to help with that. If you want to discuss this patch, please check here.

The modding is continuing in Civ7. If you’re interested in the most essential mods, you can head to our modding section for released mods, or you can have a look at the list of essential mods which our user BrianKindly has compiled.

A few of the mods we have are special, and deserve some additional highlighting:

• With the immersive diplomacy screen you can face your opponent, and don’t have to watch both leaders
• There is a mod to improve the AI
• We also got bigger maps, including a “True Starting Locations” map
• There is a first attempt for a map editor
• There is a mod which lets you take screenshots without the user interface
• With another mod you can start with all civs, not only antiquity civs

This is only a selection, and many of the other mods might also appeal to you, so please check the forum or the list of essential mods :).