{"id":113227,"date":"2020-05-21T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/05\/civilization_vis_new_frontier_update_is_live_and_some_players_are_having_issues_again"},"modified":"2020-05-21T13:30:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T13:30:00","slug":"civilization-vis-new-frontier-update-is-live-and-some-players-are-having-issues-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/05\/21\/civilization-vis-new-frontier-update-is-live-and-some-players-are-having-issues-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Civilization VI&#8217;s New Frontier Update Is Live, And Some Players Are Having Issues Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a8e342cf7bc00\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a8e342cf7bc00\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Maya Civ 6\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a8e342cf7bc00\/maya-civ-6.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a8e342cf7bc00\/maya-civ-6.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Maya Civ 6\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>The first part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/05\/civilization_vi_-_new_frontier_pass_detailed_six_dlc_packs_to_launch_over_the_next_year\">recently announced New Frontier season pass<\/a> for <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/sid_meiers_civilization_vi\">Sid Meier&#8217;s Civilization VI<\/a><\/strong> has gone live today, with the Maya &amp; Gran Colombia Pack adding two new civs (and leaders) as well as the new Apocalypse game mode, new City-States, Resources, and Natural Wonders. However, it seems that some players on Switch and PS4 are encountering problems after downloading the new DLC.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter user <a data-focusable=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kidlatdakila\" role=\"link\">@kidlatdakila<\/a> commented that they are unable to play the game at all, and other players have encountered the same problem:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"center\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FYI. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CivGame?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CivGame<\/a> is currently unplayable in Nintendo Switch because of the update\/Frontier pass. Can&#8217;t create new games. Old saved games also won&#8217;t load. I don&#8217;t have any mods. Please fix. Thanks. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EdBeach23?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EdBeach23<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wdennisshirk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@wdennisshirk<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/antonstrenger?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@antonstrenger<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FXS_MisterKevin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FXS_MisterKevin<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FiraxisGames?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FiraxisGames<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/2KSupport?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@2KSupport<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/2K?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@2K<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qhqnkPN4iX\">pic.twitter.com\/qhqnkPN4iX<\/a><\/span>\u2014 chan (@kidlatdakila) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kidlatdakila\/status\/1263363683167563777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 21, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"center\" readability=\"4.328025477707\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" readability=\"3\">Wow just wow , i just updated my civ 6 on the switch Becuase the new update is supposed to fix a lot of issues in the game like crashes<\/p>\n<p>Well long story short now i can even play the game and if i try to start a new game or load a game i get a error of mods now working<\/p>\n<p><\/span>\u2014 shadowninja (@Samuraioftheda1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Samuraioftheda1\/status\/1263350094939774977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 21, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>2K Support replied to one player and acknowledged the issue:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"center\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We&#8217;re aware some customers on PS4 and Switch cannot access the game. We&#8217;re currently working on fixing this. Thank you!<\/span>\u2014 2K Support (@2KSupport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/2KSupport\/status\/1263430901209411584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 21, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>We fired up our base version of the game and had no problems loading a game or starting a new one, but we don&#8217;t have the New Frontier Pass, so it seems that this latest update is responsible for the problems these players are experiencing.<\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t the first time Civ 6 players have run into problems on Switch following an update. Back in December players found themselves stuck when <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/12\/civilization_vis_latest_switch_update_appears_to_have_broken_the_game_completely\">a bug crashed their game just before they were about to win<\/a> following another update. The game was subsequently patched to address the issue, although 2K Support came up with a temporary workaround that involved immediately declaring war to stop the game from crashing. Far from subtle, but <em>hey, it worked!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a little tough to declare war from the main menu screen, though, so affected players may have to sit tight for a patch with this one. We&#8217;ll update this article if more information comes to light.<\/p>\n<p><em>Have you downloaded the New Frontier pass for Civ VI? Run up against any problems? Let us know in the comments below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first part of the recently announced New Frontier season pass for Sid Meier&#8217;s Civilization VI has gone live today, with the Maya &amp; Gran Colombia Pack adding two new civs (and leaders) as well as the new Apocalypse game mode, new City-States, Resources, and Natural Wonders. 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