Yearly Archives: 2024

New First Look: Trưng Trắc

By | October 11, 2024

We got a another first look, this time on TrÆ°ng Trắc. She is militaristic and scientific, has a starting bias for vegetated and tropical tiles. She gets a bonus for her first commander, and dislikes other players with highly decorated commanders. To discuss her with us, please check this thread. We also got some interesting bits from her… Read More »

Watch the PAX Australia Developer Stream – Live Now! (8 PM EDT, 11 AM Melbourne Time)

By | October 10, 2024

Firaxis’s next stream, from the Quokka Theatre in Melbourne, is just starting. Watch it here at https://www.twitch.tv/pax2 . Then join us in this thread, and check out what our in-person attendees bite and Dale have to say afterwards.

Civ7 is nominated for two GoldenJoysticks Awards, best trailer and most wanted! Vote now!

By | October 10, 2024

As announced on Twitter, Civ7 is nominated for two Golden Joystick awards! They are a people’s choice award for games, and Civ7 obviously must be in there!You can vote for our favourite game in the categories of best trailer, and most wanted!For the trailer, Civ7 is up against interesting trailers like the one for Kingmaker, and for most… Read More »

Dexerto.com: Mark Zuckerberg wants to start Twitch channel to stream his favorite game

By | October 9, 2024

We have already learned previously that Mark Zuckerberg is a big Civ fan (he does world domination… surprise …), but dexerto.com has published an article called “Mark Zuckerberg wants to start Twitch channel to stream his favorite game”.In the article he ponders about live streaming Civ, see this quote: “Priscilla looked at my Steam account the other day… Read More »

Civ7 Shawnee live stream – summary

By | October 8, 2024

Today Firaxis did the live stream about Tecumseh and the Shawnee civ, which gave a lot of interesting background information. On the live stream Chief Barnes from the Shawnee was present, as well as a langauge specialist of the Shawnee nation. They talked about how Firaxis developed the Shawnee nation, and how cultural aspects got taken into account.… Read More »

BOC: Birth of Cultures back under development

By | October 7, 2024

Inspired by the recent success story of Manor Lords (after the trials and tribulations of it’s sole developer) the developer behind the abandoned Civ and Ara like 4X game called BOC: Birth of Cultures (formerly Birth of Civilizations) has decided to return to the project and is working with an interested publisher on finishing the game. The game… Read More »

Civ7 Antiquity Buildings Guide – Gameplay + Visual incl. Cultural Variations

By | October 6, 2024

Civilization 7 will come with a lot of graphical diversity, which is obvious from the scenes we have seen so far. Our member JNR13 has put together an overview over which antiquity buidlings we have seen so far, including their graphical variations. For a high-res version of the graphic, please check our thread here.

Play the new Civ3 “Game Of The Month” #169 + #196

By | October 5, 2024

The Civ3 GOTM team has come up with new challenges for you for the quarterly Civ3 GOTM! In the GOTM for “Play The World”, you play as Tokugawa of the Japanese on a normal size continents map with a cool climate and sedentary barbarians. The difficulty level is deity. There are some custom rules in this game, as… Read More »