Recorded civilization covers only a tiny fraction of modern humanity’s existence, leaving an enormous stretch of our past ...

The Silurian Hypothesis asks whether signs of truly ancient past civilizations would even be recognisable today.

It's now six weeks since Civilization 7 first arrived and, over on Steam at least, things are still looking… suboptimal. Overall, only 49% of user reviews are positive; when looking at reviews posted ...

Scientists recently discovered hundreds of monumental, geometric earthworks known as "geoglyphs" in northern Brazil from the Aquiry civilization ...

At its height, the mysterious Aquiry geoglyph builders inhabited an area almost as large as the Maya, numbering as many as 3 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Barry Collins is a tech journalist writing about PCs, Macs and games. This story was updated on 29 January 2025 with new release ...

The two modern XCOM games, Enemy Unknown and XCOM 2, represent the very best not only of Firaxis but of strategy as a videogame concept. Every single input in XCOM is significant, and laden with ...

In this most recent update from the developers, players got some insight into the thinking behind Civilization 7‘s new meta progression features. These elements are part of the Legends System, which ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Barry Collins is a tech journalist writing about PCs, Macs and games. Civilization VII has been out for almost a month now, plenty ...

The otherworldly beasts and enigmatic masks of Sanxingdui still enthrall China, decades after the unearthing of ceremonial pits.

In previous Civilization games, civs were always tied to a specific leader who was usually, but not always, a noteworthy head of state. Later iterations of the game offered multiple leaders for civs, ...

Having grown up almost exclusively playing games on consoles, PC games have always had this air of complexity surrounding them that kept me from engaging with them. I would see games like Fallout, ...