Please use this thread to report the game failing to start, or failing to start fully. Please include your system specs, and preferably a link to a pastebin of your dxdiag (use Google to find out what that means if you don't know). This is not a place to...

If your game is crashing, please report it here. This is if you've gotten into the game, and are either pottering around the main menu, or have started a game, and the game crashes. Please indicate exactly the circumstances leading to the crash, and whet...

We are proud and happy to announce that Civilization: Beyond Earth is finally here for Linux gamers! I wanted to send out a heartfelt thanks to the Linux community for their support and their patience as we raced towards a holiday relaase. Happy Holidays! As you have noticed, both AMD and Intel are not currently officially supported. We still have several issues to iron out on those chipsets and are working with both manufacturs closely to ensure a timely update that will include support. I should not...

Given as Rising Tide is now out, it seems time to restart this discussion from where we are now. Respectfully and without breaking rules, feel free to share your ideas and your reaction to other people's ideas. Real-world politics and nationalistic point-scoring are examples of things that are not welcome....

I recently started the game and was wondering if Rising Tide was the way to play on the first run.