A reddit user has made some really interesting Civ6 pixel art, in a style of a beat-em-up. Have a look at the original reddit thread here: https://www.reddit.com/r/civ/comments/pruvri/i_made_pixel_art_versions_of_a_few_characters_in/
Soren Johnson has again published a blog post about the development work in Old World, this time about the end of the game. He describes the thoughts which went into the ambition system, the relationship to a role-playing AI, and how to make each game more dynamic and unique. An excerpt: “Of course, one might ask, wouldn’t the… Read More »
Aspyr, who are doing the ports of all Civ games to Mac, are now 25 years old! There is a Steam sale with 85% discount on Civ6, and 75% on Civ: BE, until October 18. You can find the whole sales overview here: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/aspyr25 In addition to this they also have a celebratory give-away: You can win a… Read More »
The developers of Old World have released a new patch, which includes 14 new events, performance improvements, and other balance changes and bug fixes. You can find the whole log here: https://mohawkgames.com/2021/10/13/old-world-update-74/ Discuss this patch in our forum here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/old-world-patch-74-october-13.673702/
The “Game Of The Month” is a competition series organized by a very dedicated team here at Civ-fanatics, to bring you each month an exciting game. Play the same initial game as your fellow players, and see if you can beat them! This month, you will start as Louis XIV of France on Noble level on a standard… Read More »
GOG has currently a sale on various games from Blizzard and Activision. The main item of interest for us Civ-fanatics is the old “Call To Power 2” game, which had “Civilization” scraped from its name due to licensing rights, but is otherwise a very civ-like game and worth a look for fans of old games. “Call To Power… Read More »
The “Game Of The Month” is a challenge for every Civ player: Take a pre-set savegame, play your best game, and send in the end result to see if you’re the best Civ-fanatic here! This time you play as Mvemba a Nzinga of the Kongo on Prince level on a standars size continents map. You have time until… Read More »
Soren Johnson has published another blog post about the development of Old World, this time discussing diplomacy. He talks about how the systems in Civ3 and Civ4 were independently flawed: In Civ3 the AIs would simply trade techs with each other no matter what, letting them get ahead of the player. In Civ4, this was fixed, but your… Read More »