2K
has
managed
to
accidentally
reveal
a
new
Civilization
game
by
putting
up
a
banner
for
it
on
their
website.
They’ve
since
pulled
the
banner
down,
but
the
historical
cat
is
out
of
the
bag.

The
news
comes
via

rickreckt
of
Reddit
who
spotted
the
banner
and
managed
to
get
a
screenshot
before
it
was
removed
from
2K’s
official
website.

2K
Games
themselves
have
already
confirmed
that
they
will
be

announcing
the
next
entry
in
one
of
their
“biggest
and
most
beloved”
franchises
at
Summer
Game
Fest.
I
admit
to
being
wrong
here,
because
in
my
article
discussing
the
announcement,
I
brazenly
assumed
that
it
wouldn’t
be
a
new
Civilization
game
and
was
more
likely
to
be
the
next
Borderlands
or
even
a
Mafia
title.
Clearly,
I’m
an
idiot.

Developer
Firaxis
did
previously
say
back
in
February
of
2023
that
they
are
actively
working
on
the
next
Civilization
game.
If
you
want
to
get
pedantic
about
it,
2K
said
they
would
“reveal”
the
next
game
in
one
of
their
biggest
franchises,
so
does
Civilization
VII
count
as
having
already
been
revealed?
Probably
not,
because
if
you
want
to
go
down
that
route
new
entries
in
the
Mafia,
Borderlands
and
BioShock
franchises
have
all
also
already
been
confirmed.

Previously,
we
also
seen
rumours
that

a
new
Mafia
game
is
ready
to
be
announced.
As
for
Borderlands
4,
it
was
confirmed
to
be
in
development
when

Take-Two
purchased
Gearbox
from
the
crumbling
Embracer
Group.

Summer
Game
Fest,
of
course,
kicks
off
today,
June
7.
Given
Civilization’s
rich
history
on
PC
though,
2K
may
want
to
save
the
reveal
for
the
PC
Gaming
Show
on
June
9.

And
it’s
important
to
note
that
2K
can
show
more
than
one
game.
Civilization
VII
may
or
may
not
be
the
game
they
referenced,
and
they
could
have
more
than
one
announcement
ready
to
go.
Who
knows?
Maybe
we’re
going
to
get
hit
with
Borderlands
4,
Mafia
4,
BioShock
4
and
Civilization
VII
all
at
once?
That’s
a
lot
of
4s.