Input methods Cabinet Arcade system CPU Sound Display Sid Meier's Civilization VI: Rise and Fall is to be the first expansion pack released for Civilization VI. It is set to be released on February 8, 2018. According to the lead designer Anton Strenger: The biggest, over-arching goal [of Rise & Fall]: dynamic empires. Civilizations will rise and fall through the course of the game (as you probably figured out from the title). Borders will ebb and flow. Cities will change their loyalties.