You! Do you discover having to have 9 million totally different launchers put in in your PC all of sudden to be one thing that retains you up at night time? Nicely, if that’s the case, excellent news, as a result of Firaxis has confirmed that Civilization 7 is ditching the 2K launcher as a requirement on PC, with Civ 6 having additionally simply dropped it too, assuming you obtain your copy on Steam.
Whereas I’d argue that 2K’s launcher isn’t the worst, even when that is a really low bar, having to log into further issues with the intention to play a recreation that you just’re not even making an attempt to play by way of the service or storefront in query is all the time an annoyance, so it’s no shock that this transfer has gone right down to a refrain of cheers and relieved sighs.
“Alongside Problem 10 going stay on August 14, the brand new replace additionally removes the 2K Launcher from Sid Meier’s Civilization VI on Steam,” Firaxis confirmed in its Steam announcement of Civ 6’s newest occasion, “As well as, Sid Meier’s Civilization VII won’t use the 2K Launcher on PC.”
The studio has additionally relayed the information to the armies of would-ve world conquerors over on the sport’s subreddit, with a neighborhood supervisor revealing that there are additionally “plans to additionally take away it on [the] Epic [Store] within the close to future”.
The highest response to the latter announcement begins with the phrases “thank goodness”, which, yep, that appears about proper.
So, you’re now free to spend on a regular basis you need taking part in Civ 6 and eventually finishing your epic takeover of the world as a fascist Canada that’s hellbent on spreading the teachings of Zoroastrianism by constructing holy websites and theatre squares each two tiles within the run as much as Civilization 7 getting its first gameplay showcase on August 20.
That’ll observe it making an look as a part of Gamescom 2024’s Opening Evening Dwell, which we’ll have loads of protection of so that you can take a look at.