Also for October you get again the monthly challenge for Civ4 with our “Game Of The Month”. This time we want you to play as Kublai Khan on a standard size custom continents map with high sea level on Prince difficulty. You are free to choose your own way how to dominate this planet. You got until November 15 to finish and submit your game. Check here for more information and the savegame.
Christopher Tin has released a new single, called “Stream Of Life”, from his upcoming album “Song Offerings”.
The song is inspired by the poem collection “Gitanjali” by a Bengali poet, and this version was performed by Kantoreidenver.
You can check his blog here, and you have various options to listen to the song here.
Also for Civ3 we are still running a “Game Of The Month”, although it should be now named “of the quarter”. The next quarter has started now, so we got you 2 new games!
For the addon “Play The World” you play as Cleopatra of the Egyptians. You are set on a standard size arid Archipelago map with 60% water and 9 opponents on Deity level. You also got roaming barbarians, but as a goody you start with your first city and with the Pyramids already! You can submit your attempt until December 31st! For more info please check here.
For the addon “Conquests” you play as Charles V of Austria on a normal size continents map with 70% ocean on Regent level. You got raging barbarians, but no other special modifiers. Also here the deadline is December 31st. For more info please check here.
It seems that last Friday Amplitude accidentally released a part of the Freya update.
Their initial plan was to fix a security issue with the Unity engine, and they accidentally also deployed the already finished parts of the Freya update.
They therefore decided to make this now official, and have released the current patch notes.
You can find the official post here.
The changes:
You can discuss this update with us here.
For October we got you a brutal GOTM for Civ5: You play as Enrico Dandolo of Venice, and you need to win via a Domination victory, leaving the world in ashes. The game is set on a standard size “Small Continents Plus” map on Emperor. While you’re subjugating the world you still need to pay attention that no other civ wins another victory such as culture or diplomacy. Want to try? Check here. The deadline is November 6.
The devs from Paradox have announced today the release of the last patch for Millennia, the 8th patch.
The patch itself is overall minor, includes a range of bug fixes, added some things for modding support, and fixed some localization issues. You can discuss this patch with us here.
At the same time, Millennia is also currently on sale, with the base game being 50% off for 19.99. The DLCs have discounts as well.
The Steam autumn sale is currently going on, and the Civ titles are getting some discounts:
For other Civ titles, we have:
Currently there are no discounts for Civ3.
And some more interesting news: Some forum sleuths found some good indicators for some future content, please check here.
The latest patch 1.2.5 for Civ7 was released today. This includes that the user interface of the city screen got some rework, 2 new map types, a rework of Napoleon, and a bunch of other things more (see patch notes). The second part of the Right To Rule DLC was also released today, including the Persian Qajar dynasty, the Korean Silla dynasty, and the Indian resistance leader Laskhmibai. For the discussion please check this thread.