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.
As last year, we also have this year the TurnBasedThursdayFest, organized by the TurnBasedThursday community on Twitter.
This event results mainly in many discounts for turn based games (obviously), but is also meant to highlight upcoming games in this area.
You can find the whole overview on Steam on the TurnBasedThursdayFest page: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/turnbasedthursdayfest2025
A few highlights include:
Other games not on sale, but highlighted include:
TurnBasedThursdayFest runs until June 9, and please make sure to not overspend on games (if you manage…). If you want to discuss anything related to the TurnBasedThursdayFest, then join us here.
Firaxis has pushed out a minor update for Civ7 today, which fixes 2 things: a) yields and buildings will now correctly be displayed and b) a sometimes appearing corrupted loading screen, which prevented further playing, was fixed. If you want to comment on these changes, then join us here.
