Monthly Archives: August 2023

hard-drive.net: Is Civilization VI Better Than Civilization V? The Numbers in the Titles Say Yes

By | August 15, 2023

The authors from hard-drive net have released an article, called “Is Civilization VI Better Than Civilization V? The Numbers in the Titles Say Yes”.Based on an in-depth analysis, with many hard facts and objective criteria underlying their endeavour, they have concluded that Civ6 is better than Civ5, because 6 > 5.They compare it to the critically acclaimed movie… Read More »

New fan Colonization recreation project in development announced!

By | August 13, 2023

New fan project detected! While FreeCol is an excellent recreation of the Colonization experience that we highly recommend due to it’s many features, enhancements & modability there are some that still wish for a 1:1 recreation of the original Colonization and it’s classic 2D graphics that works on modern machines, allows modern viewing resolutions (like Col for Windows… Read More »

Europa Universalis IV (EUIV) for free at the Epic Store until August 17

By | August 10, 2023

Paradox has made has made Europa Universalis IV free at the Epic Games store for one week for it’s 10 year birthday, until August 17. As with other free games it will stay in your library after the date is over and you will be able to play it in the future. Download it here.A range of DLCs… Read More »

Play the new Civ4 “Game Of The Month” #255

By | August 5, 2023

In contrast to the summery Civ5 and Civ6 GOTMs, the Civ4 GOTM goes the other way and will give you a cooler vibe! You play as Ragnar of the Vikings on a standard size low sea level achipelago map on Emperor level. You have until September 11 to go berserk on the world. For all information please see… Read More »

Age Of Empires III (definitive edition) free trial!

By | August 4, 2023

As we just saw on Mastodon, it seems that Steam is giving us another free goodie: A part oft the definitive edition of Age Of Empires III is free to play on Steam. You also get one of the small DLCs for free, the cosmetic Lizzie pack. This trial does not contain the full game, but only 3… Read More »

Play the new Civ6 “Game Of The Month” #164

By | August 3, 2023

And also for Civ6 we get you another summery GOTM with a tropical feeling! You play as Nzinga Mbande on a standard size wet and hot pangaea map on King level. You need to win this game by either culture or diplomacy, in the fastest way. You can sweat through this game until September 3. For all details… Read More »

City Growth in Ara: History Untold

By | August 2, 2023

The developers of Ara: History Untold have posted a blog post on Steam about city growth. They describe how cities grow and expand: You can build new buildings to increase growth, but you also must manage food and other resources to sustain the city. Depending on your management performance, either immigration or emigration will happen, leading to more… Read More »

Play the new Civ5 “Game Of The Month” #226

By | August 1, 2023

We continue our summer GOTMs by going to a favourite holiday destination: Greece. This time you play as Alexander on a large continents map, on epic speed and on Prince level. You need to achieve a diplomatic victory, but all other victory types are enabled. You have until August 31 to unite the world. For more information please… Read More »