Monthly Archives: August 2021

Soren Johnson on citizens and specialists in Old World

By | August 31, 2021

Soren Johnson has released his latest blog post about the development of Old World. You can find the blog post here. An excerpt: “I used this opportunity to fix a couple other problems with the design. Players had complained that cities were too similar to each other, which was certainly a problem with yields coming less from the… Read More »

Humankind music making-of

By | August 31, 2021

G4F-records, who made the sountrack for Humankind, are regularly releasing making-of videos about the sountrack. The latest: China, in total 4 videos are currently on Youtube (pre-colombian, Mongolian, European middle ages, and China). Have a look at their playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSL95m_Nazg&list=PLtzah_dj5hUWd89mBtwZfSEmKjMVW3FwY&index=5 Discuss the music in our forum: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/humankind-music-making-of.672888/

PolyCast 389: How Far Will Humankind Push Civ?

By | August 31, 2021

The three hundred-and-eighty-ninth episode of PolyCast, “How far will Humankind push Civ?“ is now available for streaming on polycast.civfanatics.com. This episode features regular co-hosts CanusAlbinus,Stephanie “Makahlua”, and Jason “MegaBearsFan”, and guest host TheChrisD. Topics for this episode include: News– 00h02m55s | First impressions of Humankind.– 00h43m41s | Civ VI gets iOS updates, and Firaxis is hiring a new… Read More »

Civ6 wonders… but in Minecraft!

By | August 31, 2021

A very dedicated Civ6 fan is building the Civ6 wonders in Minecraft. An article in PCGamesN today highlights the Great Lighthouse (on reddit). On the creators youtube channel you can find 6 more of the wonders (like the Hanging Gardens, from the screenshot here), and they plan to do more. This is how you can tell that someone… Read More »

Play the Civ3 “Game of the Month”

By | August 28, 2021

Until the end of September it is still possible to participate in the Civ3 “Game of the Month”. Play a pre-set game, and see if you do better than your fellow civ-fanatics! We currently have one game for each of the 2 expansions going on. For C3C, you can play as the Dutch on demi-god level on map… Read More »

More discounts for Civ6 on iOS

By | August 28, 2021

Aspyr Media has announced on Twitter more discounts for Civ6 on iOS. Currently the both expansions for Civ6, Gathering Storm and Rise and Fall, are 50% discounted, right after the New Frontier Pass got available. This is in addition to the current discount for Civ6, which is only 5€ right now (and the first 60 turns are for… Read More »

Official Humankind map making contest, to win a full Humankind PC

By | August 26, 2021

Amplitude just announced the map making contest for Humankind, see here: https://www.games2gether.com/amplitude-studios/humankind/blogs/779 You can discuss this in our forum here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/map-creation-contest.672747/You have until September 6 to create a map and send it in, and you can win a fully fledged Humankind PC, with all extras. There are 10 more prizes, which contain the game and peripherals such as… Read More »

The CivFanatics review Humankind, review #7

By | August 26, 2021

Our user SeelingCat, a Civfanatic since nearly 5 years, has written the last of the semi-official CivFanatics user reviews for Humankind. He weighs the pros and cons of the game, but overall comes to a positive conclusion. Read his review here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/one-week-post-release-a-review-of-humankind.672733/ An excerpt: “However, at the same time, Humankind feels like it’s doing something new and different… Read More »