Happy birthday Civilization! 30 years ago, in September 1991, the original Civilization was released. We have followed Civ through the years, loved every installement, and we are still here, waiting for the next title to come. Congratulations, and let’s hope for 30 years of more turns! It also seems that GOG is celebrating this anniversary! Right now you… Read More »
Soren Johnson has released his latest blog post about the development of Old World. You can find the blog post here. An excerpt: “I used this opportunity to fix a couple other problems with the design. Players had complained that cities were too similar to each other, which was certainly a problem with yields coming less from the… Read More »
G4F-records, who made the sountrack for Humankind, are regularly releasing making-of videos about the sountrack. The latest: China, in total 4 videos are currently on Youtube (pre-colombian, Mongolian, European middle ages, and China). Have a look at their playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSL95m_Nazg&list=PLtzah_dj5hUWd89mBtwZfSEmKjMVW3FwY&index=5 Discuss the music in our forum: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/humankind-music-making-of.672888/
A very dedicated Civ6 fan is building the Civ6 wonders in Minecraft. An article in PCGamesN today highlights the Great Lighthouse (on reddit). On the creators youtube channel you can find 6 more of the wonders (like the Hanging Gardens, from the screenshot here), and they plan to do more. This is how you can tell that someone… Read More »
Until the end of September it is still possible to participate in the Civ3 “Game of the Month”. Play a pre-set game, and see if you do better than your fellow civ-fanatics! We currently have one game for each of the 2 expansions going on. For C3C, you can play as the Dutch on demi-god level on map… Read More »
Aspyr Media has announced on Twitter more discounts for Civ6 on iOS. Currently the both expansions for Civ6, Gathering Storm and Rise and Fall, are 50% discounted, right after the New Frontier Pass got available. This is in addition to the current discount for Civ6, which is only 5€ right now (and the first 60 turns are for… Read More »
Amplitude just announced the map making contest for Humankind, see here: https://www.games2gether.com/amplitude-studios/humankind/blogs/779 You can discuss this in our forum here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/map-creation-contest.672747/You have until September 6 to create a map and send it in, and you can win a fully fledged Humankind PC, with all extras. There are 10 more prizes, which contain the game and peripherals such as… Read More »
Our user SeelingCat, a Civfanatic since nearly 5 years, has written the last of the semi-official CivFanatics user reviews for Humankind. He weighs the pros and cons of the game, but overall comes to a positive conclusion. Read his review here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/one-week-post-release-a-review-of-humankind.672733/ An excerpt: “However, at the same time, Humankind feels like it’s doing something new and different… Read More »