In case you want to play as a small-scale dictator before Civ7 gets around, you now have the option with Tropico 4!The island dictatorship simulator is currently for free, for another 1 days and 15h from the time of this post.Get it here, and discuss it with us here.
The Firaxis community manager Gilgamesch has noted today in the forum that tomorrow (August 27), the Civ6 online services (presumably multiplayer and potentially mod workshop) will be shortly offline (2h). For more info please see this thread. EDIT: The downtime is over.
Civilization 7 has been announced, and the whole forum knows (nearly) only 1 topic: Civ switching. In Civ7 you pick a leader, and one civilization from the antiquity to play through the antiquity. When arriving to the age of exploration, you will stay with your leader, but pick another civilization (from a set of exploration age civs), and… Read More »
The Gamescom opening has given us a lot of information about Civilization 7! Discuss the trailer with us here. Discuss the different versions, pre-order bonus and release date (Feb 6 2025) with us here. Follow the whole reveal discussion here.
The four-hundred-and-thirty-seventh episode of PolyCast, “Starting to Get Rolling“ is now available for streaming on the PolyCast YouTube Channel. This episode features regular co-hosts CanusAlbinus, Stephanie “Makahlua”, Phil “TheMeInTeam”, and Jason “MegaBearsFan”. Topics for this episode include: News– 00h01m24s | August 20th Civilization VII Gameplay Reveal– 00h08m00s | Study the Past, Civs 4,5, and 6– 00h17m30s | July… Read More »
And we got the dev diary #23 for Ara, this time about diplomacy. As in Civ, you can propose trade (and research) agreements, declare war (different types though), denounce them, and give gifts to other nations. You get also some more options like connecting your empires via road, or complete narrative events which influence the diplomatic values. As… Read More »
Our sleuths have found a new Civ7 logo, which looks quite interesting and leaves a lot room for speculation. And we also found the Civ7 desktop icon! Want to know more? Check our thread.
Firaxis’ community manager Sarah has brought us some interesting news today: The first is that for the Civ6 “Challenge Of The Month”, you will this time be getting each week a tweaked version of one of the previous challenges! This starts on August 14 with the “Seven Seas” challenge, but you get a permanent dark age, twice as… Read More »