Civilization: Beyond Earth is coming, so Firaxis is luring players back to the franchise with a few days of free gaming - just try to resist the addiction.

Want to watch the first thing you'll see upon loading up Civilization: Beyond Earth? Here is the opening cinematic.

Civilization: Beyond Earth is a PC game, but that doesn't mean the only personal computer will be Windows-based. Take over the future world from your Mac or Linux machine.

In the longest trailer in history, Firaxis shows off a whole host of features from Civilization: Beyond Earth.

Civilization: Beyond Earth releases next month. I got plenty of time with the first 200 turns of the game, and it might be more than you're bargaining for.

Civilization: Beyond Earth is taking everything into the future - not just our science, but also our military strength.

In a small room at Gamescom, I was one of the lucky few who got to play Civilization: Beyond Earth. It wasn't nearly enough time, but here's what I saw.

It seems the camera may have killed these two, but at least they gave us some interesting info about Civilization: Beyond Earth.