Monthly Archives: August 2024

The sound of Civ7 – what we know

By | August 31, 2024

While mechanics and graphics are important, also the sound of a Civ game are not unimportant either, which we know at least since Christopher Tin won a grammy for the Civ4 theme song. And everyone loved Leonard Nimoy for the tech quotes too. For Civ7, we get Gwendoline Christie from Game Of Thrones, which has been welcome by… Read More »

PolyCast 438: Something to Believe In [Part 1]

By | August 30, 2024

The four-hundred-and-thirty-eighth episode of PolyCast, “Something to Believe In [Part 1]“ is now available for streaming on the PolyCast YouTube Channel. This episode features regular co-hosts CanusAlbinus, Stephanie “Makahlua”, Phil “TheMeInTeam”, and Jason “MegaBearsFan”. Topics for this episode include: News– 00h01m43s | The Death of the 2K Launcher– 00h04m24s | August Challenge of the Month: Rotating Redux– 00h09m52s… Read More »

Civ6: Short online downtime August 27

By | August 26, 2024

The Firaxis community manager Gilgamesch has noted today in the forum that tomorrow (August 27), the Civ6 online services (presumably multiplayer and potentially mod workshop) will be shortly offline (2h). For more info please see this thread. EDIT: The downtime is over.

Sullla’s AI Survivor Season Eight – Playoff Game 1

By | August 26, 2024

AI Survivor is an annual competition of all Civilization IV AI Leaders by long-time Civilization enthusiast and streamer Sullla. Surprisingly, Brennus of The Celts won a very rare Diplomatic victory in Wildcard Game 2. In hindsight, the result was not that shocking considering the overwhelming presence of less peaceful leaders in this game. Regardless, Brennus is not renowned… Read More »