Yearly Archives: 2021

Civilization 6 “New Frontier Pass” for iOS available.

By | August 25, 2021

Aspyr media has released the “New Frontier Pass” for iOS. It contains various DLCs with new civilizations, and you can check the full content here. Currently Civ6 for iOS is also still discounted: You can play the first 60 turns for free, and the base game (without the DLCs or the New Frontier Pass) will only cost 5€.… Read More »

Watch the Civ4 BtS playthroughs by Henrik75 on Youtube

By | August 23, 2021

We still have a lot of thinks going on for all the Civilization titles. Our user Henrik75 does quite some playthroughs on Youtube for Civ4 BtS. On his youtube channel you can find various examples. His latest playthrough is an Immortal One City Challenge as Huayna Capac. Have a look at it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrM5d97S6zo . Follow this discussion… Read More »

New patch for Old World

By | August 20, 2021

Mohawk Games has released a new patch for Old World. The patch includes AI improvements, performance improvements, and various bug fixes. You can find the full list of changes here: https://gist.github.com/MohawkGames/1f15dc66a5b4ad5aae957247d547a7e6 Discuss Old World in our forum here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/categories/old-world.612/

Civ6 New Frontier Pass coming for iOS on August 24

By | August 19, 2021

Aspyr Media has recently announced that the Civ6 New Frontier Pass (NFP) will soon be available for iOS. All the content of the NFP can be found here. Currently Civ6 for iOS is also discounted: You can play the first 60 turns for free, then the base game (without addons) will only cost you 5€! Follow this discussion… Read More »

They’re taking hobbits to to Isenga…. to world domination!

By | August 19, 2021

Civ3 player tomma has started a new story, about his Civ3 game with the Tides of Crimson mod. If you want to read how a proper fantasy mod plays in Civ3, have a look here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/the-rise-of-the-hobbit-empire-a-tides-of-crimson-story.672413/ .

SEGA commissions cave art of Humankind’s modern historical events

By | August 19, 2021

Various news outlets have reported this interesting piece of information: For the release of Humankind, SEGA has commisioned “cave art” of various events in modern history. This is definitely a creative marketing strategy. You can read more about it here: https://www.megavisions.net/sega-commissions-cave-art-of-modern-historical-events/ https://www.buckinghamshirelive.com/news/buckinghamshire-news/hellfire-caves-sega-art-marks-5797504 https://www.thesun.ie/tech/7457768/sega-cave-art-covid-19-pandemic/ The article of “The Sun” also has a video worth watching. Discuss this in our… Read More »

Soren Johnson’s designer notes about the tech tree

By | August 18, 2021

Soren Johnson, the lead designer of Old World, which is probably the biggest contender for Humankind right now, has written another note about the design decisions in Old World. An excerpt: “Of course, every piece of game design is a set of trade-offs, and one of the trade-offs that the traditional tech tree made in the name of… Read More »

Humankind first video-impressions by a CivFanatic

By | August 18, 2021

Our long-term member mbarker (member since 2004, so longer than some of our other members are old) has made a video about his first impressions of Humankind. If you want to see on video what a true Civfanatic thinks about this game, then check it here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/humankind-a-newbs-first-impressions.672490/