Firaxis has again published the next “Challenge Of The Month” for Civ6, called “Cleopatra, Lich Queen of the Nile”. In this challenge you play as Cleopatra, but with a twist: You are essentially playing the zombies in the zombie mode. You can only build warriors, but these can convert barbarians. This challenge is played on a standard size pangaea map with sparse resources, and you can pick between Prince and Emperor difficulty. The deadline is November 13. For all the info please check in this thread.
Today we got another first look, this time at the Mississippians! Another native American civ in Civ7, most likely preceeding the Shawnee. They are economic and expansionist, and have a starting bias for flat tiles and rivers. Their unique ability and their unique improvement both give you additional food, which fits well with their expansionist style. Their unique military unit is the “Burning Arrow”, which will set tiles on fire, which will damage the units on them. For the rest of the info (such as unique wonder) check our thread here.
We got a another first look, this time on Trưng Trắc. She is militaristic and scientific, has a starting bias for vegetated and tropical tiles. She gets a bonus for her first commander, and dislikes other players with highly decorated commanders. To discuss her with us, please check this thread.
We also got some interesting bits from her and other details from the PAX Australia live stream, and you can find our discussion here. From the stream the info comes that we might only have 30 civs in the base game, with 10 per age. Curious? Check here.
They are a people’s choice award for games, and Civ7 obviously must be in there! You can vote for our favourite game in the categories of best trailer, and most wanted! For the trailer, Civ7 is up against interesting trailers like the one for Kingmaker, and for most wanted against GTA 6, the next Mafia, the next Fable, the next Assassins Creed and some more tough competitors. So… your vote counts! You can vote on the GamesRadar website here, and join us for the discussion here.
“Priscilla looked at my Steam account the other day and she’s like, ‘What?! You’ve played this for more than a thousand hours.” Zuckerberg said. “In terms of strategy games, the one that I’m more likely to want to be the best in the world at is Civilization.”
“I think at some point, I should do, like, a Twitch stream of me playing with someone because I’m pretty convinced that I’m close to grandmaster status. I’d be surprised if anyone in the world could beat me at that.”
Do we want to see this? Will PotatoMcWhiskey have some good tips for him? Will he beat the Carlbarian? Possibilities over possibilities!
Today Firaxis did the live stream about Tecumseh and the Shawnee civ, which gave a lot of interesting background information. On the live stream Chief Barnes from the Shawnee was present, as well as a langauge specialist of the Shawnee nation. They talked about how Firaxis developed the Shawnee nation, and how cultural aspects got taken into account. Aspects of cultures also get translated into the game, as e.g. natural features will be given names of the discovering nation, therefore in the live stream all rivers had Shawnee names.
On the gameplay side, Firaxis introduced the advanced start, which you can utilize to directly start in the exploration and modern age. The advanced start works a bit like in previous civ games: A part of the map is revealed, and you can invest points into getting more units, cities, and other features. Details can be found at 46 minutes in the Youtube stream.
Inspired by the recent success story of Manor Lords (after the trials and tribulations of it’s sole developer) the developer behind the abandoned Civ and Ara like 4X game called BOC: Birth of Cultures (formerly Birth of Civilizations) has decided to return to the project and is working with an interested publisher on finishing the game. The game is broadly a 4X game, with a bit longer time range than the Civ games, starting after the ice age already. Your civs will also be evolving, but it is not mentioned if it is similar to Civ7 or Humankind. BOC has currently an early access version available, in case you need another 4X fix until Civ7. In case you want to discuss the game, please check here.
