CivFanatics Welcomes Its Second Sponsor: Crownlings by AngryBanana
Say hello to AngryBanana, the studio behind Crownlings: fast, Civ-inspired turn-based battles for iOS and Android.
Yearly Archives: 2026
Sid Meier’s Civilization III 25th Anniversary Celebration
We recently celebrated Civilization1 & Civilization2 ‘s anniversaries at CivFanatics and since time flies when you’re having fun playing Civ, it’s now Sid Meier’s Civilization III ‘s 25th Anniversary so it’s time to celebrate again! Civ3 was the result of Jeff Briggs and Soren Johnson channeling Firaxis’ collective mastery to reinvent the franchise, introducing culture and national borders to turn Civilization from an… Read More »
Polygon releases full documentary on the complete history of Civilization for its 35th anniversary
Polygon has released a full-length documentary, The complete history of Civilization, as told by Sid Meier and more, marking the 35th anniversary of the series. The 43-minute video went up on Polygon’s YouTube channel on October 22, 2026. The story starts 44 years ago, when Sid Meier and Bruce Stealey met in Las Vegas to discuss starting a… Read More »
Civilization VI turns 10 with a new official lo-fi album
Firaxis is marking Civilization VI’s 10th anniversary with The Lofi Sessions: 12 newly arranged versions of the game’s civilization themes.
Crucible of Time – A new Civilization Call to Power like game announced
Many of our CivFanatics have wished for another Call to Power sequel over the decades and it looks like fans have filled the void with a new CtP like game called Crucible of Time. Inspired by CtP’s ambitious gameplay, this new project features stacked unit combat with lines and flanking, physical trade networks and supply chains, naval sieges,… Read More »
OpenCol takes apart Sid Meier’s Colonization — and finally fixes its water animation
A fan reverse-engineering project has disassembled Sid Meier’s Colonization for Windows and started patching the original game — including the river and coastline water animation MicroProse never finished, 30+ years on — plus a modern-OS runtime, documentation, asset tools and rescued fan maps.
Play the new Civ7 “Game Of The Month” #31
With the start of another month we will also let you start another GOTM! This time, we want you to play as Hikimo, Queen Of Wa, with Silla as civilization. The world is a standard size earth map with light disaster intensity. The game is set on Immortal level, and you need to win it via a Science… Read More »
AI agents take on OpenCiv3 – with AI commentators calling the game
Edgar Arakelyan’s OpenCiv3 plugin lets AI agents compete, negotiate, and play alongside humans—with live viewing, replays, and two AI commentators.