Twitter user, Civ streamer and history student paisley_trees has also taken a look at the Civ7 trailer (together with a colleague), and is commeting on all the details.They also have a look at the graphics, comment on the lack of Sean Bean, and in general dissect it in the same fashion as we do.I am not sure… did… Read More »
The Paradox community manager PDX Katten has dropped by at CivFanatics to announce the release of the new DLC for Millennia, called “Ancient Worlds“. The DLC focuses on prehistoric times, and adds quite some features in this era. You can now start with a nomadic band instead of your first city (so like in Civ), you get ancinet… Read More »
Our moderator Eagle Pursuit has extracted from the quarterly fiscal report of Take2 that Civ7 is scheduled to be released in the first quarter of 2025, so January until March. Please note that the report says Q4 2025, which refers to the fiscal year, and not to the calendar year. It does refer to the Q1 of the… Read More »
The four-hundred-and-thirty-sixth episode of PolyCast, “They Say Strategy is Dying“ is now available for streaming on the PolyCast YouTube Channel. This episode features regular co-hosts CanusAlbinus, Stephanie “Makahlua”, and Jason “MegaBearsFan”. Topics for this episode include: News– 00h01m22s | Study the Past by Firaxis: Civ 1, Civ 2, and Civ 3– 00h03m48s | OId World: Behind the Throne… Read More »
The Civilization III Hall of Fame has been updated. 12 games were accepted since the previous update. Congratulations to BlackBetsy for the highest Firaxis score of the update with a Large Deity Cultural 100k game for 12696 points. Spoonwood was the most active player during this update, submitting 9 games. Only 1 player was brave enough to take… Read More »
Today the Firaxis community manager Sarah dropped by at CivFanatics to announce that the monthly challenges (similar to our “Game Of The Month”) are now finally available also to console players. You can already participate in the current challenge on PlayStation and XBox. Switch players will hopefully get the update tomorrow. Come join us here to discuss this… Read More »
The Civilization IV Hall of Fame has been updated – 41 games were accepted since the previous update. Congratulations to nocho for the highest score of the update with a Duel, Marathon, Monarch, Space Colony game for 444,361 points. nocho also gained 9 top positions in the scoring. Lcpl Jack Jones was the most active player during this… Read More »
Polygon has today posted an article about our most beloved composer, titled “How Civilization 4’s Christopher Tin became the first game composer to win a Grammy“.In the interview, the journalist is asking Christopher Tin about how he was inspired by Civ4’s opening menu, that orchestrating music for video games was still somthing rather new back in the day,… Read More »