Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth Rising Tide expansion coming to Mac this fall

Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth Rising Tide expansion coming to Mac this fall

<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p class="intro">Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth is getting an expansion pack, Rising Tide, this fall, and Aspyr Media will be publishing the Mac version.</p> <p><a href='http://www.imore.com/sid-meiers-civilization-beyond-earth-rising-tide-expansion-coming-mac-fall' title="Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth Rising Tide expansion coming to Mac this fall"><img src='

?itok=Llbvp5X-' />[/url]</p> <p>Developer Firaxis Games released their sci-fi strategy game Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth in November 2014 for the Mac, and today Aspyr Media revealed they will be publishing the first expansion pack for the game, Rising Tide, later this fall.  Here's a look at what's being added to the game, which centers on humanity colonizing an alien world:</p>

<ul><li>Building floating settlements and accessing natural resources hidden beneath the seas of the alien planet, while alien beasts with unique abilities inhabit the water and challenge players in distinctive ways;</li> <li>Shaping the diplomatic landscape by upgrading traits, changing diplomatic relationships, and leveraging the benefits of your allies, all with political capital;</li> <li>Unlocking a dynamic set of Diplomatic Traits while activating different combinations in response to the changing world;</li> <li>Playing as one of four new factions, including the Al Falah, a group of nomad explorers descended from wealthy and resilient Middle Eastern states;</li> <li>Investing in multiple Affinities to unlock hybrid Affinity units and upgrades for the first time;</li> <li>Collecting and combining alien relics via a new Artifact System that unlocks powerful benefits;</li> <li>Exploring one of two new biomes, Primordial world, an untamed biome rife with volcanic activity and indicative of a chaotic landscape still forming in the new world.</li> </ul>

<p>Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth Rising Tide will be priced at $29.99 when it is released. In the meantime, the original game is currently on sale for <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/civilization-beyond-earth/id926919592?at=10l3Vy&ct=d_im" title="" rel="nofollow">60% off in the Mac App Store for $19.99[/url].</p> <p>Source: Aspyr Media</p> </div></div></div><img width='1' height='1' src='