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Geek Girl Authority
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Geek Girl Authority
SID MEIER'S CIVILIZATION VI PLATINUM EDITION Is Free in the Epic Games Store
Highlights Every week, the Epic Games Store gives away in-game loot and free game titles; all you have to do is remember to collect them. gives away in-game loot and free titles; all you have to do is remember to collect them. This week, create an empire that will stand the test of time in Sid Meier's Civilization VI Platinum Edition . Sid Meier's Civilization VI Platinum Edition Act quickly because this loot is only free via the Epic Games Store for a limited time. Epic Games is known for giving away free games every week. It's simple — all you have to do is log into your Epic Games account, download the launcher, and claim your weekly freebies. Check out the loot available this week and grab it now because it is only free for a limited time. RELATED: Need more free games? Check out F2P Friday Sid Meier's Civilization VI Platinum Edition Sid Meier's Civilization VI (2016) is a 4X turn-based strategy game developed by Firaxis Games and published by 2K Games. Play as one of over 20 leaders as you strive to create the best civilization on Earth. Much like in real life, each leader has their strengths and weaknesses. Guide your civilization from the Stone Age to the Information Age by conducting research, managing diplomacy, and waging war. Explore even more ways to achieve one of five victory conditions, including tweaks to the science and culture victory conditions. RELATED: July's Most Anticipated Video Games The platinum edition of Sid Meier's Civilization VI includes six DLC packs that feature civilization and scenario packs from around the world. Additionally, the platinum edition includes the Gathering Storm and the Rise and Fall expansions. The platinum edition is a great and comprehensive way for new players to experience one of the most expansive and beloved game series of all time. Sid Meier's Civilization VI Platinum Edition is free (a $79.99 value) in the Epic Games Store until July 24 at 10 a.m. ET.
Metro
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Metro
Civilization 6 and all its DLC is free right now but you'll have to be quick
Death Stranding, Marvel's Spider-Man, Alan Wake 2, and others have been discounted in the Epic Games Store Summer Sale, which includes a notable freebie too. The Epic Games Store might not be as popular as its rival Steam, but it is surprisingly generous when it comes to free games. The platform has been dishing out free games every week for around five years now. Over this past month alone, it has given out the likes of Sable, Two Point Hospital, and Backpack Hero. For the latest freebie, Epic is targeting strategy fans, with Sid Meier's Civilization 6. Best of all, it comes with all the expansions and DLC. The platinum edition of Civilization 6 is completely free right now on the Epic Games Store until Thursday, July 24, 2025 at 4pm BST. This edition comes with both expansions, Rise And Fall and Gathering Storm, along with all six DLC packs. Developed by Firaxis Games, the 2016 sequel is widely considered one of the best entries in the series. If you're unfamiliar (and as the name implies), the game involves developing your own civilisation in a race to defeat opponents, whether through military prowess, technological superiority, or cultural influence. It's a good way to test your interest in its recent sequel, Civilization 7, which came out in February this year across PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and recently Nintendo Switch 2. Sign up to the GameCentral newsletter for a unique take on the week in gaming, alongside the latest reviews and more. Delivered to your inbox every Saturday morning. Although so far most fans would agree that Civilization 6 is still the better game, especially with all its DLC. Once this offer expires next week, the next free game on the Epic Games Store will be Legion TD 2, a multiplayer tower defense game. More Trending This isn't the only bargain currently on the store. Epic is hosting a summer sale right now, which runs until July 31, 2025. Some highlights include Alan Wake 2 for £15.99, Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered for £24.99, and Death Stranding: Director's Cut for £14.39. Elsewhere, Assassin's Creed Shadows is 25% off at £44.99, while EA Sports FC 25 is a whopping 80% off at £11.99, ahead of the series' next entry. If you're in the market for a bargain in the console space, many deals from Amazon Prime Day are still ongoing and Sony is hosting a massive summer sale on the PlayStation Store. Email gamecentral@ leave a comment below, follow us on Twitter. To submit Inbox letters and Reader's Features more easily, without the need to send an email, just use our Submit Stuff page here. For more stories like this, check our Gaming page. MORE: Shadow Labyrinth review – Pac-Man meets Metroid MORE: Cyberpunk 2077 fans think new update secretly runs better on PS5 Pro MORE: Fans fear both EA Sports FC 26 cover stars have been hit by FIFA curse
Time of India
25-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Diablo IV headlines Sony PlayStation Plus July 2025 monthly games lineup
Sony has announced the PlayStation Plus monthly game lineup for July 2025, featuring three major titles led by Blizzard's action RPG Diablo IV . The announcement coincides with PlayStation Plus celebrating its 15th anniversary on June 29, marking a significant milestone for the subscription service that launched in 2010. Available from July 1 to August 4, PS Plus members across all tiers can claim Diablo IV (PS5, PS4), The King of Fighters XV (PS5, PS4), and Jusant (PS5 only). The timing is particularly notable for Diablo IV, which is receiving a major update that expands endgame dungeons and adds keyboard and mouse support for console players. Sony celebrates 15th anniversary of PlayStation Plus To commemorate the 15th anniversary, Sony is launching multiple celebratory initiatives throughout the summer. PlayStation Plus Premium members can access game trials for WWE 2K25 starting today and Monster Hunter Wilds beginning June 30. Additionally, all players will enjoy free online multiplayer access this weekend (June 28-29) without requiring a PlayStation Plus membership. The anniversary festivities also include exclusive PlayStation Store discounts for members on June 27-29, featuring titles like Sniper Elite: Resistance, Sid Meier's Civilization VII, and Star Wars Outlaws. Premium members can unlock a 15% discount on up to 2,000 movies through Sony Pictures Core until August 12. Since PlayStation Plus launched 15 years ago, the service has offered more than 500 monthly games through its Monthly Games benefit, previously known as the Instant Game Collection. The PlayStation Plus Game Catalog, introduced three years ago, has seen strong engagement with recent top-played titles including Ghost of Tsushima, God of War Ragnarök, Grand Theft Auto V, and Hogwarts Legacy. Nick Maguire, VP of Global Services at Sony Interactive Entertainment , emphasized the company's commitment to "providing access to quality game experiences through PlayStation Plus, along with key benefits such as exclusive PlayStation Store discounts, online multiplayer access, Cloud Game Streaming and more." While Sony hasn't disclosed subscriber numbers, the Premium tier reportedly grew 18% over the past year. AI Masterclass for Students. Upskill Young Ones Today!– Join Now
Yahoo
18-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Take-Two Stock Is Crushing the Nasdaq in 2025. Is It a Buy?
Investors are bullish on Take-Two's growth prospects, sending the stock up 27% year to date. This leading game maker is preparing to launch several releases over the next few years. At the current valuation, investors are anticipating Take-Two's margins to increase significantly in the coming years. 10 stocks we like better than Take-Two Interactive Software › Take-Two Interactive (NASDAQ: TTWO) stock is up 27% year to date, significantly outperforming the broader market. By comparison, the Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) is up just 0.59% at the time of writing. The maker of the uber-popular series Grand Theft Auto (GTA) reported outstanding financial results to cap off fiscal 2025 (ending in March). The momentum is noteworthy as Take-Two prepares to launch a series of new releases in the coming years, including GTA VI, to grow the business. However, it's always important to have an understanding of what you're actually paying for at the current share price. With the stock trading at higher multiples of sales and earnings, can investors buying shares today expect a good return on their investment? Take-Two is hitting a nice stride as management executes against its long-term strategy to grow the business. The company's non-GAAP (adjusted) revenue, or bookings, grew 6% year over year in fiscal 2025, with bookings up 17% in the most recent quarter. Its strategy of focusing on building player relationships from releasing live updates to existing franchises is paying off. Bookings from players spending money on virtual currency and other content while playing games, or "recurrent consumer spending," accounted for 80% of bookings in fiscal 2025. Take-Two just released Sid Meier's Civilization VII for the Nintendo Switch 2 in early June, with several other titles from existing franchises planned over the next year. For fiscal 2026, management is guiding for bookings to increase 6% over fiscal 2025 to approximately $6 billion. The big one -- GTA VI -- is scheduled for release on May 26, 2026. Given the 215 million copies the current version of the game has sold since 2013, Wall Street anticipates blockbuster sales, with current estimates calling for Take-Two's bookings to hit $9 billion in fiscal 2027. Take-Two has delivered strong growth for shareholders over the last 10 years. Its generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) revenue grew at an annualized rate of 18%, which includes the acquisition of mobile game maker Zynga in fiscal 2023, although the company's profits and free cash flow have taken a hit since that acquisition. However, Take-Two has a history of growing its earnings and free cash flow, and that is very much on the table going forward. Take-Two is following a long-term strategy to expand its portfolio of games, grow recurrent consumer spending, and scale the business to spread more revenue over costs and expand margins. During the last earnings call, management stated there is no reason the business can't reach a low to mid-20% operating margin like it achieved during the pandemic. This is what Wall Street analysts are expecting, with projected annual earnings growth at 36% for the next several years. Given the expectation for higher margins and earnings growth, the stock is trading at its highest price-to-sales multiple since its previous peak margins during the pandemic. It's also trading at a high forward price-to-earnings multiple of 87. But sales and earnings multiples don't tell the whole story about a company's intrinsic value. To reverse engineer the expectations implied in the current $235 share price, I plugged in some numbers to a discounted cash flow model. I assumed the company's revenue would grow at double-digit annual rates to reach $18 billion by 2035, with the operating margin reaching 25%. Using a 10% discount rate and a 4% terminal growth rate beyond year 10, Take-Two's intrinsic value is $236. Those are the financial targets Take-Two needs to achieve to justify the current share price. For the stock to be considered a screaming buy right now, you have to make more aggressive growth projections. To justify a fair value of $300, Take-Two would have to either achieve an operating margin in the 30% range or grow its revenue to $25 billion. Take-Two stock rocketed over 1,000% following the previous GTA launch in 2013, but that's because investors significantly underestimated the sales and profits from that release. Investors have wised up to the potential of GTA VI and priced the stock accordingly. The stock is still a buy for someone that can be satisfied with a more modest return. But given the current valuation, I wouldn't buy it if you're expecting significant outperformance relative to the broader market. 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The Star
11-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Star
Nintendo's Switch 2 soups up the graphics, but does it deliver the games?
WASHINGTON: I'm cruising around Bowser's Castle with my old pal Toad. It's not exactly relaxing, what with all the lava pits and banana peels and turtle shells littering the road. Add 23 other characters – is that a cow driving? – who are trying to get to the finish line first, and it's chaos. The hectic, high-speed insanity of any race in the new Mario Kart World would have caused the eight-year-old Switch console to wheeze a bit. And that's why we've got the Switch 2 (US$449.99/RM1,907), the souped-up sequel to Nintendo's popular home-and-portable hybrid. It looks prettier, too. The 7.9in portable display (up from 6.2in) boosts the resolution to 1020p (from 720p), and while the LCD screen isn't quite as sharp as an OLED screen might have been, it's much cleaner than the original recipe Switch. It looks even better when connected to an HDTV since it now supports 4K and HDR. Nintendo has always stood apart from the technological arms race that fans of Sony's PlayStation and Microsoft's Xbox obsess over, insisting that first-rate games don't necessarily depend on high-powered computer chips. But you could feel the strain in 2023's The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom , with its at-times blurry graphics and sluggish framerate. The Switch 2, with a faster framerate of 120 fps, corrects much of the fuzziness. That's not to say it comes close to matching the high-definition performance of the PlayStation 5 or the Xbox X/S. If you're expecting the jaw-dropping graphics of, say, Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed Shadows ... well, no. There is good news for those of us who have gotten weary of the old Switch's dinky 32 gigabytes of internal storage. The Switch 2 multiplies that by eight, for 256GB. Of course, flashier games take up more space, so if you want more room you'll have to invest in a microSD Express card – which is a bit pricier than the standard memory card used in most portable devices. Magnets, how do they work? The Switch 2's Joy-Con controllers have undergone some tinkering. As before, you can attach them to the sides of the screen if you're playing on the go. If you're at home, you can attach them to a doohickey that feels more like a traditional joystick. Either way, they're now more firmly connected with magnets, which provide a satisfying snap. Both the left and right Joy-Cons now include an optical mouse, which you can use by placing the controller on its edge and rolling it around on a table. (Nintendo says you can also use it on your pants, but I prefer using a clipboard on my lap.) It remains to be seen how many Switch 2 games will call for a mouse, but 2K's port of Sid Meier's Civilization VII seems like a good candidate. What about the social options? And then there's a new button labeled "C' on the right-hand Joy-Con. That calls up GameChat, which lets you start up a conversation with other players – provided you've all taken the time to register yourselves as friends. (Eventually, you'll also need to subscribe to the Nintendo Switch Online service, but that requirement doesn't kick in until March 31, 2026.) The microphone is built into the Switch 2, though if you want to upgrade to video chat, you'll need to buy a separate Nintendo camera. Finally, there's GameShare, which lets you play selected titles with other Switch users even if they don't own the software. Nintendo has been emphasising the new social features in its marketing, though it feels like it's catching up to the competition. The kids I know who play Fortnite or Minecraft on competing consoles seem to have figured out long ago how to chat with their pals. Welcome to the 2010s? Who's got game? As with any console launch, the driving question is: Does it have the games? There are just a couple of Switch 2 exclusives out now: Mario Kart World and Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour , a US$10 (RM42) demo package that really should have been free. There are some new-to-Nintendo ports of excellent titles like Split Fiction and Cyberpunk 2077 . You can get upgrades of classics like the last two Legend Of Zelda adventures. And the Switch 2 is fully backward-compatible, so you can play everything that came out for the Switch as well as a substantial library of older titles. There's no other machine that will let you play future installments of beloved franchises like Zelda , Super Mario Bros , Super Smash Bros and Animal Crossing . None of those have been announced yet, but some marquee names – Donkey Kong and Kirby – will star in Switch 2 exclusives later this year. There's plenty of competition out there, though, and not just in the TV-connected console market Switch shares with the PlayStation and the Xbox. Nintendo no longer has the portable market to itself, thanks to Valve's SteamDeck. Some models of that device cost less than the Switch 2, and it already has a huge library of PC games. Meanwhile, Microsoft announced over the weekend that it's teaming up with Asus on the ROG Xbox Ally, a handheld that will be out before Christmas. Honestly, we'll probably have a better idea of the Switch's quality a few years down the line, after developers get a handle on what the new hardware can do. If you're dying to get back behind the wheel with Mario, Luigi and Princess Peach right now, though, you know what you need to do. – AP
