The Polycast team is releasing some of their old episodes, which were not previously published due to circumstances with the editing. You can now download the PolyCast #424, which is from July 2023. The thread for this episode is here. The four-hundred-and-twenty-fourth episode of PolyCast, “Musical Highlights“ is now available for streaming on the PolyCast YouTube Channel. This… Read More »
FreecivWorld.net has relaunched Freeciv3D in 2026! Freeciv is a Free and Open Source empire-building strategy game inspired by the history of human civilization. Just like Sid Meier’s Civilization games a Freeciv game commences in prehistory and your mission is to lead your tribe from the Stone Age to the Space Age. Freeciv can be played online for free… Read More »
The guys from GamingOnLinux have a series which started with building a retro computer for gaming on Linux, and in the meantime they’re at part 50. After building their machine, they’re now looking at various old games, and it turns out that “Civilization: Call to Power” was maybe the first commercially sold computer game for Linux. The author… Read More »
The Polycast team is releasing some of their old episodes, which were not previously published due to circumstances with the editing. You can now download the PolyCast #423, which is from June 2023. The thread for this episode is here. The four-hundred-and-twenty-third episode of PolyCast, “Formula 1 is Responsible for This“ is now available for streaming on the… Read More »
We have the next challenge for Civ7 for you available: The “Game Of The Month”, #16. If you dare to, we challenge you to play a better game than any civ-fanatic with the provided starting savegame. In the savegame, you play as the new Gilgamesh of the Han people on a standard size “Terra Icognita” map on Deity… Read More »
We have already heard a lot about Firaxis has worked with the Shawnee, and we’ve also gotten interesting insights from Firaxis chief historian, but now PCGamer has published an interesting article about another new addition in Civ7: Sayyida al-Hurra. In the article PCGamer writes about how Firaxis stumbled upon her by accident due to academic research by a… Read More »
Today we got the next Civ7 patch, 1.3.2. It seems our last announcement was wrong though, as the very big changes will only be coming in the future. In this patch you get nested tooltips, a new appeal lense, together with a range of minor fixes for the AI and UI, as well as civ re-balancing. Also interesting… Read More »
Ed Beach and Dennis Shirk sat down with Ars Technica for a deep dive into Civ VII’s upcoming “Test of Time” update. One civ through all three ages, legacy paths replaced with triumphs, victories starting from Antiquity, hot seat confirmed, and more. Other highlights include a city connections view in the works, and a new community workshop program… Read More »