Humankind: Together We Rule expansion

By | September 7, 2022

Amplitude Studios, the developers of Humankind, have announced the first expansion to their game! The expansion focuses on diplomacy, and will introduce diplomats, spies, embassies, a world congress, and more. The “more” also obviously includes new cultures, to be specific: Sumerians, Han, Bulgarians, Swiss, Scots, and Singaporeans. For more information you can read the official announcement here, or… Read More »

Old World 20% off on Steam until September 12

By | September 7, 2022

Old World is on sale! The base game currently costs 31.99€, with expansion 35.98€, and there’s also a pack of the publisher Hooded Horse, which includes Clanfolk (a colony builder) and Nebulous (a 3D space strategy game), for in total 71.96€. This sale goes until September 12.And there’s obviously also the demo, in case you’re undecided. Discuss this… Read More »

Explorminate: Our Favorite 4X Games in Development in 2022

By | September 5, 2022

Explorminate, a website dedicated to 4X, strategy and tactic games, has published a list of interesting games currently in development.Most of these games are also interesting for us Civ-fanatics, and have been mentioned here on CFC before. The list: Spellforce: Conquest of Eo Master of Magic (reboot) Alliance Of The Sacred Suns Revival: Recolonization Ara – History Untold… Read More »

History Respawned podcast: History Games at Gamescom and Civs 101: The Inca

By | September 1, 2022

Robert Whitaker has released another episode of his History Respawned podcast. He is discussing with his co-host John Harney about the most interesting games at the Gamescom, e.g. Victory 3 or Age of Empires IV. This release of the podcast is combined with an earlier episode of the Civs 101 series about the Inca from July last year.… Read More »

ABCClassic: The sound of strategy, volume 2: sci-fi and fantasy

By | August 31, 2022

ABCClassic, normally a broadcaster for classical music, has published their second episode about computer game soundtracks. This episode is about sci-fi and fantasy soundtracks, and might interest some people here, because it contains 2 songs composed by Christopher Tin (who won the Grammy for the Civ4 main theme) for OffWorld Trading Company (a game by the Civ3 lead… Read More »