Yearly Archives: 2023

Old World – Pharaohs of the Nile DLC now available

By | October 4, 2023

As mentioned on Twitter by Hooded Horse, and Mohawk Games, the new Old World DLC “Pharaohs of the Nile” is now availabe.This DLC comes with 6 historical scenarios, as well as with a new civilization, the Kingdom of Kush.There is currently also a 10% discount on the DLC, so you can get it for 8.99 instead of 9.99.… Read More »

Play the new Civ6 “Game Of The Month” #168

By | October 4, 2023

For this Civ6 GOTM we will be thinking about that OTHER Roman empire: This month you are playing Theodora of the Byzantine Empire on a large true starting location mediterranean map on Emperor level (how very well fitting!). You need to go for a domination victory, and prevent all other civs from achieving any type of victory. You… Read More »

Millennia: Developer Diary – World & Map

By | October 3, 2023

We got another developer diary from the new Paradox game Millennia!The lead programmer describes how regions, borders and your empire work.You upgrad the capital of a region with buildings, like in a normal civ game, and you also build farms, camps and other improvements in the surrounding. In addition you can have vassals like in Civ4, and outposts… Read More »

Play the new Civ5 “Game Of The Month” #230

By | October 3, 2023

For this Civ5 GOTM we go all K-POP! You play as Sejong of Korea on a standard size fractal map on Deity level. You need to win via a culture victory, and you need to prevent the other civs from reaching any type of victory. You have time until October 31 to bring BTS to fame! For all… Read More »

Ara: History Untold: Dev Diary, Ep. 06 – Sound Design

By | October 2, 2023

The developers of Ara: History Untold have released another dev diary. This time they talk about sound design, and how e.g. the world is important and interacts with the soundtrack. For our discussion about Ara please check here.

Play the new Civ4 “Game Of The Month” #259

By | October 1, 2023

Before summer finishes we get another warm Civ4 GOTM! This time you play as Montezuma on a standard size temperate rainforest map on Emperor level. The barbarians start with archery, to have a bit of an extra challenge. You have until November 6 to spread the glory of the sungod! For more information please see this thread.

Twinfinite: Top 10 Best 4X Games

By | September 29, 2023

Twinfinite has published an article called “Top 10 Best 4X Games”. While a top 10 can be very limited, the writer made a very good selection in this case, containing Civ5, Civ6, Alpha Centauri, Humankind and Old World. The excerpt from Civ6: It should be no surprise that Civilization 6 is on this list alongside its predecessor. It’s… Read More »

Civ IV Hall of Fame Update

By | September 28, 2023

The Civilization IV Hall of Fame has been updated – 5 games were accepted since the previous update, come congratulate the winners here.Congratulations to Conquistador 63 for the highest score of the update with a Small, Epic, Monarch, Space Colony game for 329,654 points. tsvyatkov was the most active player during this update, submitting 3 games. Gauntlet Updates… Read More »