With the release of the Rulers of England DLC pack, Civilization VI: Leader Pass** is now complete and available across Windows PC via Steam, Epic and Windows Store, MacOS via Steam and the Mac App Store, and iOS via the App Store. Civilization VI: Leader Pass adds 18 new playable leader selections to Civilization VI, offering players more ways to rule. For more details, visit http://www.civilization.com.

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Sid Meier’s Civilization VI Leader Pass* concludes with the Rulers of England pack. Each Leader Pass release contains brand new leaders decked out with inventive abilities, each designed to tease out clever new playstyles and challenge veteran CIV players in surprising ways. You’ll also see a few familiar leaders, reinvented to represent them at a different stage on their journey through history. Forget the old ways and put your safe strategies to bed—the Civilization VI Leader Pass will forever change the way you rule.

The Rulers of England includes:

• Elizabeth I
  
• Harald Hardrada (Varangian)
  
• Victoria (Age of Steam)

Elizabeth I constructed the foundations for the British Empire to come, but in her day, this was a desperate patchwork of privateers and spies amidst a world order dominated by other hostile powers. Trading’s a tough gig.

Unique Leader Ability: Drake's Legacy

• England's Trade Route Capacity is increased by 2 after acquiring your first Great Admiral. Trade Route to any city-state provide +3 Gold for every specialty district in the origin city. +100% Yields from Plundering Trade Routes.

Harald Hardrada (Varangian) takes on a new hue, reimagining the famed Norwegian at a different stage in his journey during a stint as a commander of the Byzantine Vangarian Guard.

Unique Leader Ability: Varangian Guard

• Base Game: 75% Discount on Levying units and all units pay 2 less maintenance.
  
• Rise and Fall + Gathering Storm: 75% Discount on Levying units and levied units receive Culture, Faith and Science From Kills equal to 50% of the opponent’s Combat Strength.

Victoria (Age of Steam) returns to CIV VI with a new focus. While her long reign marked great militaristic progress, which defined Victoria’s original CIV VI playstyle, she also ushered in great industrial change. Double down on industrial growth, get those cities hot and steamy.

Unique Leader Ability: Age of Steam

• +10% Production in Cities for every Industrial Zone building in that city. +2 Production to all Strategic Resources.      

   

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Later today, members of the Civilization VI: Leader Pass* development team, including resident historian Andrew Johnson, will be livestreaming gameplay from the Rulers of England** DLC releasing tomorrow. To watch the stream live, tune into the FiraxisGames Twitch channel at 11:00AM PT.

The sixth and final DLC pack included in the Civilization VI: Leader Pass, Rulers of England introduces three new leaders to the game: England's Elizabeth I, Norway's Varangian Harald Hardrada, and England's Age of Steam Victoria.

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*Base game required to access all Civilization VI: Leader Pass content and additional DLC packs required to access certain leaders and content included in the Leader Pass. Leader Pass is only available on Steam, Epic, Mac App Store, and iOS, and is already included as part of the Civilization VI Anthology Edition. Terms apply. See https://civilization.com/news/entries/new-leaders-coming-to-civilization-vi/ for more info.

**Base game and Leader Pass required to access Rulers of England  content.

Greetings Civ fans! In addition to today’s launch of Great Builders Pack as part of Civilization VI: Leader Pass, we’re releasing a new update for the PC version of Civilization VI! Mac and iOS players will receive the update in the near future, once all versions are synced back together with the release of the final Leader Pass pack.

This update automatically installs through Steam; if you’re having trouble, please restart your Steam client.

MARCH 15, 2023 UPDATE NOTES

• Significant quantity of crash and stability fixes
  
• Nader Shah’s Sword of Persia ability no longer applies to units when attacking Cities not at full health 
  
• Portugal and Tokugawa now show Faith modifiers in Trade Routes 
  
• Miscellaneous model and animation polish + text tweaks to earlier release of Leader Pass packs
  
• Automatically migrate options, settings, logs, etc., location to AppData directory (ex C:\Users\YOURNAME\AppData\Local\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization VI)

For more information on Great Builders and other content packs included in Civilization VI: Leader Pass, head over to https://civilization.com/leader-pass/

Sid Meier’s Civilization VI Leader Pass* continues with the Great Builders Pack. Each Leader Pass release contains brand new leaders decked out with inventive abilities, each designed to tease out clever new playstyles and challenge veteran CIV players in surprising ways. You’ll also see a few familiar leaders, reinvented to represent them at a different stage on their journey through history. Forget the old ways and put your safe strategies to bed—the Civilization VI Leader Pass will forever change the way you rule.

The Great Builders includes:

• Sejong
  
• Ludwig II
  
• Theodora

Sejong** is one of – if not the – most productive and famous leaders of Korea’s Joseon Dynasty, noted for invigorating Joseon’s infrastructure, science, and artistic life.

Unique Leader Ability: Hangul

• ]When you complete your first Technology from a new Era, receive double your Science per turn as Culture.     

Ludwig II was less interested in politics than in making the fairy tales of the region come to life. Known as “The Swan King” of the Catholic kingdom of Bavaria, it was under Ludwig that Bavaria lost its independence to Germany. Aspirational, but misguided.

Unique Leader Ability: Swan King

• Wonders, even if not finished, receive +2 Culture for every adjacent District. All Culture adjacencies provide Tourism after discovering Castles.      

    

Theodora*** was a former actress who rose to hold a powerful influence over her husband, the Emperor Justinian of the Byzantine Empire. She was instrumental in fortifying what would become Orthodox Christianity and in building the backbone of the Byzantines in an era of collapse elsewhere in the Empire.

Unique Leader Ability: Restorer of Icons

• Holy Sites provide Culture equal to their adjacency bonus. Farms provide a Faith adjacency to Hippodromes and Holy Sites.  

 
* Leader Pass content will be automatically delivered in-game as it is released.
** Requires New Frontier Pass and Byzantium & Gaul Pack to play
*** Requires Rise & Fall expansion to play

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Later today, members of the Civilization VI: Leader Pass* development team, joined by popular Civ content creator PotatoMcWhiskey, will be livestreaming gameplay from the Great Builders** DLC releasing tomorrow. To watch the stream live, tune into the FiraxisGames Twitch channel at 11:00AM PT.

The fifth of six DLC packs included in the Civilization VI: Leader Pass, Great Builders introduces three new leaders to the game: Byzantines' Theodora***, Korea's Sejong****, and Germany's Ludwig II. 

For more information on Civilization VI: Leader Pass, go to https://civilization.com/leader-pass/, and for the latest updates be sure to follow Civilization on Twitter.


*Base game required to access all Civilization VI: Leader Pass content and additional DLC packs required to access certain leaders and content included in the Leader Pass. Leader Pass is only available on Steam, Epic, Mac App Store, and iOS, and is already included as part of the Civilization VI Anthology Edition. Terms apply. See https://civilization.com/news/entries/new-leaders-coming-to-civilization-vi/ for more info.

**Base game and Leader Pass required to access Great Builders content.

***Requires Byzantium & Gaul content pack to play.

****Requires Rise and Fall expansion pack to play. 

Sid Meier’s Civilization VI Leader Pass continues with the Rulers of the Sahara pack*. Each Leader Pass release contains brand new leaders decked out with inventive abilities, all designed to tease out clever new playstyles and challenge veteran CIV players in surprising ways. You’ll also see a few familiar leaders, reinvented to represent them at a different stage on their journey through history.

Rulers of the Sahara includes:

• Ramses II
  
• Cleopatra (Ptolemaic)
  
• Sundiata Keita

Ramses II’s reign is Egypt at the height of its power - his exploits are audacious, whether those be in carving monuments out of the living rock, or in carving the kingdoms of his enemies. Here is the pride and might of the pharaoh made flesh.

Unique Leader Ability: Abu Simbel

• Gain Culture equal to 15% of the construction cost when finishing Buildings and 30% when completing Wonders.

Cleopatra returns with a thematic focus on the Greek-speaking Ptolemaic dynasty, where Egypt formed the agricultural heart of the Mediterranean, and as such she brings a new leader ability that rewards food and culture pursuits over those of trade and gold.

Unique Leader Ability: Arrival of Hapi

• Resources along floodplains receive +1 food and +1 culture. +1 appeal on floodplains instead of standard -1.

Sundiata Keita** founded the Malian Empire from the ashes of Wagadou. He was a royal exile, who despite struggling with physical infirmity became an accomplished hunter, orator, and, eventually, king. Here is Mali in its pre-Islamic, pre-Mansa Musa state, a story of a struggle against nature, conniving enemies, and oneself. And over these, the Lion of Mali reigns triumphant.

Unique Leader Ability: Sogolon

• It costs 20% less gold to Recruit Great People and the Market gains 2 Great Writing slots. Great Works of Writing receive +4 Gold and +2 Production.    

*Base game and Leader Pass required to access Rulers of Sahara content.

**Requires Gathering Storm expansion to play.

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Sid Meier’s Civilization VI Leader Pass continues with the Rulers of China pack. Each Leader Pass release contains brand new leaders decked out with inventive abilities, each designed to tease out clever new playstyles and challenge veteran CIV players in surprising ways. You’ll also see a few familiar leaders, reinvented to represent them at a different stage on their journey through history. Forget the old ways and put your safe strategies to bed—the Civilization VI Leader Pass will forever change the way you rule.

Rulers of China includes:

• Yongle
  
• Wu Zeitan
  
• Qin Shi Huan

Yongle built the foundation for Ming’s international system and rebuilt its infrastructure. As emperor, he didn't overindulge in luxuries, but sought and received tributes from dozens of other countries.


Unique Leader Ability: Lijia

• All Cities receive projects where they can convert 50% of their Production into Food, Faith, or 100% if it is Gold. (Base + Rise and Fall + Gathering Storm).
  
• Cities with 10 or more Population receive +2 Gold, +1 Science, and +1 Culture per turn for each Population in the city. (Gathering Storm + Rise and Fall)

Wu Zeitan was the only woman ever to sit on China's throne. She shifted the focus of power away from powerful families in favor of a more centralized bureaucracy and, by opening administrative examinations to all, moved Chinese politics towards a more meritocratic system.

Unique Leader Ability: Manual of Entrapment

• All offensive Spies operate at 1 level higher. Whenever an offensive spy mission is successful, you also gain 25% of the Culture and Science that the targeted city earned that turn. Receive a free spy after discovering Defensive Tactics.

Qin Shi Huang is remembered as a warlord who unified China, even going so far as to standardize weights and measures, make Chinese writing uniform, and issue a new Imperial currency.  He's also remembered for the creation of what we now know as the Terracotta Army, which was constructed to protect him in the afterlife.

Unique Leader Ability: Thirty-Six Stratagems

• Melee units receive the Converts Barbarian Action. This action transforms Barbarian units into your units.      

   

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Sid Meier’s Civilization VI Leader Pass* continues with the Great Commanders Pack**. Each Leader Pass release contains brand new leaders decked out with inventive abilities, each designed to tease out clever new playstyles and challenge veteran CIV players in surprising ways. You’ll also see a few familiar leaders, reinvented to represent them at a different stage on their journey through history. Forget the old ways and put your safe strategies to bed—the Civilization VI Leader Pass will forever change the way you rule.

The Great Commanders includes:

• Ieyasu Tokugawa
  
• Nader Shah
  
• Suleiman the Magnificent

Ieyasu Tokugawa was a brilliant military and peacetime strategist, the decisive winner of Japan’s chaotic Sengoku period, and the architect of the subsequent Edo period.

Unique Leader Ability: Bakuhan

• Players with Rise and Fall or Gathering Storm expansions: International Trade Routes receive -25% Yield and Tourism, but Domestic Trade Routes provide +1 Culture, +1 Science, and +2 Gold for every Specialty District at the Destination. Cities within 6 tiles of Japan's capital are 100% loyal and after researching Flight receive +1 Tourism for every District.
  
• Players without Rise and Fall or Gathering Storm expansions: International Trade Routes receive -25% Yield and Tourism, but Domestic Trade Routes provide +1 Culture, +1 Science, and +2 Gold for every Specialty District at the Destination. Cities within 6 tiles of Japan's capital receive +4 Amenities and after researching Flight receive +1 Tourism for every District.

Nader Shah*** emerged in the 18th century to re-establish Persia (as it is called in Greek, the locals always called their state Iran) in Central Asia. His rise was brutal but decisive, carving independence out for Iran away from Ottoman domination.

Unique Leader Ability: Sword of Persia

• +5 Combat Strength against full Health Units.
  
• Cities not founded by Nader Shah receive +2 Faith and +3 Gold on Domestic Trade Routes.

Suleiman the Magnificent****, as magnificent as ever, but with new abilities and agendas to allow for a unique approach to role-playing the legendary Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.

Unique Leader Ability: The Magnificent

• +15% Science and Culture when in a Golden Age or Heroic Age. 
  
• +4 Combat Strength when not in a Golden Age or Heroic Age against Civs who are also not in a Golden Age or Heroic Age.

*Base game required to access Civilization VI: Leader Pass content. Some prior DLC required to play some content included in the Leader Pass.

**Base game required to access Civilization VI: Leader Pass Great Commanders content.
***Requires Persia & Macedon Scenario Pack to play.
****Requires Gathering Storm expansion to play.

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Great news Civilization fans! To coincide with today's release of the Leader Pass Great Commanders Pack we're releasing a new update for the PC and Mac versions of Civilization VI. Thank you all for your continued feedback on the game!

This update automatically installs through Steam; if you’re having trouble, please restart your Steam client.

DECEMBER 15, 2022 UPDATE NOTES:

• Addressed a number of reported crash and stability issues
  
• AI will no longer bias towards science to the detriment of all other yields, which was occasionally causing instances of AI bankruptcy, disbanding units, etc. for some players
  
• Addressed an issue reported by some players the correct music was sometimes blocked from playing during Leader Pass leader scenes
  
• Laurier's "Last Best West" ability now correctly gives a bonus of +2 Production instead of +1 Production for Snow Mines and Tundra Hills
  
• Corrected an issue that some players reported where the "Culture Industry" policy card that was causing the production of specialty districts appear to take 999+ turns to complete in the Dramatic Ages game mode
  
• Changed size of Saladin (Sultan) icon image to match those of other leaders
  
• Made minor text tweaks and applied polish to previously released Leader Pass Great Negotiators Pack

For more information on Great Commanders, Great Negotiators, and other content packs included in the Civilization VI Leader Pass, head on over to https://civilization.com/.