Yearly Archives: 2023

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 »

Can you make an anti-imperial empire game? The 4Xperts behind Civilization, Syphilisation and Victoria 3 discuss eXperimental 4X design

By | July 29, 2023

Eurogamer has published a new article with the title “Can you make an anti-imperial empire game? The 4Xperts behind Civilization, Syphilisation and Victoria 3 discuss eXperimental 4X design“.The mentioned “4Xperts” are Civ5’s Jon Shafer, along with Nikhil Murthy, the designer of Syphilisation, and Ryan Sumo, who is working at Paradox for Victoria 3 and Europa Universalis IV. And… Read More »

Humankind Scenario Challenge 11: Aurigan Summer

By | July 27, 2023

Amplitude have posted a new scenario challenge for Humankind!This time you get a cross-over from Amplitude’s space game Endless Space, and you must leave ravaged planet to find a new home. The official description is the following: For the official post please click here, for all information please click here, and join us here for the discussion.

Old World update #111

By | July 27, 2023

Mohawk Games, the developers of Old World, have released the latest update for their game. This update includes an option to set the city density on the map, an option to customize your leader, and many smaller things like bugfixes and UI improvements. Discuss this update with us here (and read the full list of changes too). Old… Read More »