From The Staff At CFC
GamesRadar: Civ 5 caused a commotion at a space agency its creative director used to work at
GamesRadar has today published an article called “Civ 5 caused a commotion at a space agency its creative director used to work at“.
It seems that Ed Beach had worked as a contractor for the NASA, working at the Hubble Space telescope.
It seems that the institute who’s dealing with the telescope is sitting in Baltimore, where also Firaxis is, and when Hubble was added in BNW, this made quite some people happy.
Read the article here, and discuss it with us here.
Civ7: Redwood Forest Natural Wonder video
Firaxis has released another short video, this time about one of the natural wonders, the Redwood Foreset. The ingame wonder reaches over 3 tiles, and will give quite some massive yield gain. Check out our discussion here.
Holiday greetings from Firaxis
Firaxis has posted holiday greetings over on Twitter, and now we wonder if there is something maybe hidden in the picture ;). If you want to join in on the greetings, or deeply analyze the picture, then join us here.
Current 4X sales!
It’s sales times on Steam, and there is a great selection to choose from!
From the civ franchise we got:
- 95% off on Civ6, for 2.99 for the base game, with slightly less good discounts for the platinum and anthology edition
- 75% off on Civ:BE, for 9.99
- 80% off on Civ4, for 3.99
- 80% off on Civ3, for 0.99
Other interesting games are also on sale, and include:
- 75% off on Old World, for 9.99
- 75% off on Humankind, for 12.49
- 50% off on Millennia, for 19.99
- 40% off on Ara, for 35.99
- 71% off on a bundle with Victoria 3 and Anno 1800, for 31.98
Save some money for Civ7 though ;).
Civ7 Mac and Linux specs
Firaxis has today released the requirements for Civ7 to run on Mac and Linux computers, and they seem to be rather moderate. For the discussion about the new specs, and also for the PC specs, please check this thread.
Civ7 dev diary #5: Combat
Firaxis has today released the next dev diary, this time about combat. In this diary they talk about how you can use commanders to move your units, the promotions they get, siege warfare, and how the combat is now more immersive due to the concurrent battle animations on the battle field. Want to know more? Check our thread here.
As a note from yesterday’s live stream, it seems also Qing and Siam got confirmed, among a few other things. For more info please check here.
The modern age live stream: Ben Franklin, Harriet Tubman, and America!
Today we got the Modern Age live stream, and it revealed quite some interesting details for us. If you want to read the whole thread, please have a look here , and for the most interesting screenshots please have a look at our image gallery here.
The new leader introduced today is Harriet Tubman. She is diplomatic and militaristic with a starting bias for vegetated tiles. She gets espionage boni and more war support. For more details please check the thread here.
We now also got the full details for Benjamin Franklin. He is diplomatic and scientific, gets more production and he likes leaders who have the same government. For more details check here.
We also got the game guide for America. America is expansionist and economic, with a starting bias for rough terrain and rivers. You get boni for improved resources, more production and gold from your unique buildings, and the associated wonder is obviously the statue of liberty. Have a look here for all the details.