In the latest installment of Film Friday, we have a handful of new flicks from Civilization Beyond Earth, EverQuest, Final Fantasy XIV, King's Quest, Torment: Tides of Numenera, and Total War: Arena.

Beyond Earth — A Review From TotalNoob, aka Lindsay Geektron

Allow me to preface everything I say below with an admission: I’ve never played any Civilization games prior to Beyond Earth. None. In fact, the last “strategy” game I played was SimCity 2000. In 1998.

Beyond Earth is a turn-based strategy game built on the Civilization V engine and formula, but unlike previous Civilization games, it abandons the historical context which made earlier iterations so popular, and instead tosses you onto a new planet in the future, which you must then colonize. Folks have been comparing this game to Civ V and Alpha Centauri, which I find ironic, given that Firaxis cannot seem to escape its past even when dealing with the future.

Lindsay "geektr0n" Ferguson hosts ZAM's latest installment of Friday Update Arcade! Topics discussed are:

• The Dark Below, Destiny's first expansion, and some surrounding controversy
• Civilization: Beyond Earth launches, and is mostly well-received
• The Evil Within gets some long-awaited patching
• YouTube gets an update (60fps!)
• Dragon Age Keep goes Open Beta
• Telltale Games continues being mysterious
• Upcoming games! Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Far Cry 4, and more!

It's Friday.. again?! Good thing we have seven more trailers for you to kick back and enjoy!

Civilization: Beyond Earth will launch worldwide next Friday, October 24, 2014. Earlier today, the entire intro cinematic to the game was released, a perspective from those who are chosen for the new frontier.

Civilization: Beyond Earth is set to launch worldwide this month on October 24, 2014. To prepare us players eagerly awaiting the game's release, Firaxis posted a new, extensive gameplay trailer yesterday that will teach us everything we need to know about successfully colonizing a new alien world.

Part 1 – Part 2

And we're back with Part 2!

Civilization: Beyond Earth is the next installment of the award winning Civilization series. Even though the game isn't due out for another two months, with a release date of October 24, the game has already become available for pre-purchase on Steam.

Civilization: Beyond Earth is set to launch worldwide this autumn on October 24, 2014. Pre-ordering via participating retailers will score you a bonus Exoplanets Map Pack on launch day. The map pack includes six custom maps inspired by real exoplanets:

"CIVILIZATION IN SPACE!" sounds like a dream, but it's a dream that Firaxis Games is making a reality. Revealed just last week, Civilization: Beyond Earth is the next great chapter in the ever-popular Civ franchise. Denizens of Earth: commence tears of joy. To shed light on the future of future-Civ, the developers took to the stage:

"For all of you fans out there that loved Alpha Centauri,
this is the game we have made for you."