The Eternal War – A Story From Sid Meier

By | July 5, 2024

The official Firaxis account has posted a video about the “eternal war”. This is about a game in Civilization 2, where the player played beyond the year 3000, with a 1700 long war. The ice caps melted due to the nuclear weapons and the world turned into a swamp. Sid himself explains that Civ is not a world… Read More »

Play the new Civ6 “Game Of The Month” #183

By | July 5, 2024

While the European championship might find a winner in Germany, in the new Civ6 GOTM you will certainly ensure that! You are playing as Ludwig II of Germany on a standard size Archipelago map with low sea level on Deity. You get abundant resources, monopolies and corporations, and a disaster intensity of 2. In addition to this, you… Read More »

Study The Past – a Civilization series retrospective (Civ 3)

By | July 4, 2024

The official Civilization social media accounts have published a third video in the Civ retrospective series, this time looking at Civilization 3. They highlight it’s new culture mechanics, strategic resources, refined Civiliopedia and reactive borders. It’s also worth noting that over the years CivFanatics members have created some truly amazing total conversion mods for Civ3 based on Starwars,… Read More »

Play the new Civ4 “Game Of The Month” #267

By | July 4, 2024

Prepare for a heated summer in this new Civ4 GOTM! You play Shaka of the Zulus on a flat standard size oasis map on Immortal level. You decide yourself how to win this game, you don’t have to do it the Shaka way ;). The deadline for submitting your game is August 5. For more information please check… Read More »

Ancient Mycenaean Armor Was Suitable for Extended Combat, Research Confirms

By | June 26, 2024

This article is already a month old, but just popped up on social media:Researchers have tried to tackle a question if a 3500 old armour from Mycenean Greece was used for ceremonial purposes or for real fighting. Apparently no descriptions about this armor have survived into modern times.The researchers therefore have made replicas of the armor, and recruited… Read More »

Study The Past – a series retrospective: A Look Back at Civilization II

By | June 21, 2024

The Civilization Twitter account has posted the second video in the Civ retrospective series, this time looking at Civilization 2. They highlight the isometric map, hitpoints, and a revolution in diplomacy (which shows the advisors). If you want to discuss this video with us, then join us here.

Study The Past – a series retrospective

By | June 20, 2024

The Civ Twitter account has published a video about Civ1, when the first important features were created. This is supposedly the first video out of a series, where also the other titles will be featured, so we will also see Civ2-Civ6. If you want to discuss the video(s) with us, then join us here.

Ara: History Untold: Dev Diary, Ep. 19 – Narrative events

By | June 19, 2024

And we are now at the 19th dev diary for Ara: History Untold.This time the devs talk events. The events will be more important than in Civ4, and more comparable to Old World. They are used for role playing, and to show progression through history. There are also inter-related invents, which build upon each other, really telling a… Read More »