Our user krossingkhory has noted that Epic announced that Civ6 Platinum edition (incl. both expansions and 6 DLC packs) will be free next week at the Epic store. The only requirement is that you get an Epic account, and then you’ll have all of Civ6 forever.
Check next week here for your free Civ6 version, and join us for the discussion here.
Firaxis announced today that Civ7 is nominated for the WSA Game Music Award 2025.
The Game Music Award is part of the World Sountrack Award, which are awarded since 2001. The Game Award is newer, since 2023 only.
And while we can maybe complain plenty about the state of Civ7, the soundtrack, especially Live Gloriously, is glorious.
If you want to vote for Civ7, you can do this here, and you can also discuss this nomination with us here.
It’s June, and it’s again time for another round of Civ3 GOTMs!
For the Civ3 addon “Conquests” you get the GOTM #172: You play as Sumeria on a standard size continents map with raging barbarians. You start with an extra Enkidu warrior, which is stranded somewhere else on the planet. You have as usual for the Civ3 GOTMs 3 months to play this challenge, until September 30. For more information please check this thread.
For the addon “Play The World” you get the GOTM #199. Here you play as Germany also on a normal size continents map, but with 70% water, and you get restless barbarians. The deadline is also September 30, and you can check for more info and the savegame here.
While we normally post news about Civ and other related games which are of interest for the community, we’d not like to use this place for a request for help: Our friends over at AlphaCentauri2.info, are in need of technical assistance, and we’re asking our community here if anyne has experience with the LAMP stack and some hours time to spare to help them out. For more details please post in this thread or PM Buster’s Uncle.
The new patch 1.2.2. for Civ7 is now officially available for Switch and Switch 2. For more information about this patch please check the thread here.
Today is the day of the big update! With patch 1.2.2 for Civ7 we get a lot of new things! Most importantly this includes bigger maps, new advanced start options, the Steam workshop (we still hope that our thriving modding community stays here), the possibility to disable many of the options, and a LOT more. Have a look at the discussion here.
Two big updates today for Ara!
The first one is the latest patch, v1.4. It comes with a wide range of improvements, such as better maps, better close-up views, AI improvements and a lot more things. You can check the whole list in this thread.
The second update is that the DLC “Untold Scenarios” is now available.
This DLC comes with 8 scenarions, historic and hypothetical.
Some of these contain scenario specific units and techs, making them a bit more like mods than scenarios.
On the historical side you can fight off the Mongol Invasion, or expand the Americas to the west. On the fictional side you have an island scenario or a scenario where Rome fights against China.
This DLC costs 9.99 and is available here. You can discuss this DLC with us here.
One of the other fan sites dear to us, AlphaCentauri2.info, had been offline for a month, due to technical difficulties. It seems that the admin BustersUncle has been able to restore everything necessary, and the site is back online. So if you feel like posting a bit about Alpha Centauri, then head over there, AlphaCentauri2.info, and leave your thoughts in a thread.
In case other issues appear, then check the AC2 status thread here.