Yearly Archives: 2026

New Civ7 merchandise: Civilization coffee

By | February 24, 2026

Today Firaxis has announced on Twitter that the geek coffee shop Madrinas has now Civilization coffee to offer (click here).Madrinas has a range of other themed gaming merchandise (if you e.g. want a Mafia coffee mug), and given that you definitely need some strong coffee for one-more-turn until the next morning, this might make some sense.The coffee is… Read More »

PolyCast 426: Abundance

By | February 23, 2026

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 #425, which is from December 2023. The thread for this episode is here. News– 00h01m17s | PolyCast News– 00h04m45s | Millennia Announced, Wargamer Article– 00h11m41s | Ara: History Untold Trailer– 00h17m49s… Read More »

Call To Power – mods archive

By | February 22, 2026

Our user ninjaboy42099 is a big fan of the old Civilization: Call To Power, and has decided to set up a website with all the mods for it. He has only uploaded some yet, but he is busy searching the net for more mods to add to it. The available downloads are from both CtP1 and 2, and… Read More »

Play BirdCiv, an online Civ2 version

By | February 20, 2026

Our user hibiird has been playing around with the programming language Scratch, and has programmed an online version which adheres rather closely to Civ2. He has released the first version of it, which is not yet perfect, but is playable with all features, like building cities, improving tiles, resarching technologies and fighting wars. If you want to have… Read More »

Old World update #143

By | February 19, 2026

Mohawk Games, the developers of Old World, have released the latest update for their game! There are a lot of changes this time, but many under the hood. This includes improvements on the rendering backend which results in a better performance, although that leads to some minor errors. On the gameplay side, UU tech bonus card are now… Read More »

Civ7: Workshop round 2 – patch notes from the devs

By | February 18, 2026

The devs have posted the patch notes for the ongoing testing (the workshop), which give us some interesting insights what is to come for Civ7. This includes on details how while playing a continuous civs you get boni outside the civs age, how tall vs. wide empires will be tweaked and how the victory system is getting reworked.… Read More »

PolyCast 425: Era Studies and Rants

By | February 17, 2026

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 #425, which is from August 2023. The thread for this episode is here. The four-hundred-and-twenty-fifth episode of PolyCast, “Era Studies and Rants“ is now available for streaming on the PolyCast YouTube… Read More »

Behind the Music of Civilization VII

By | February 16, 2026

Firaxis Games has released a new behind-the-scenes video exploring how the award-winning music of Civilization VII was brought to life. The feature offers a look at the creative process behind Civ VII’s sweeping score, crafted by the Firaxis audio team alongside composer Christopher Tin. Tin is no stranger to the franchise — his composition “Baba Yetu” for Civilization… Read More »