The first reviews for Millennia are in! The verdict seems similar to what the Civ-Fanatics crowd has noticed during the demo: The game has interesting ideas, and can fascinate you for a while. The graphics aren’t pretty though, and there are things which do not connect nicely, gameplay wise. The civs are bland, but the ages and economy… Read More »
The four-hundred-and-thirty-first episode of PolyCast, “Daylight Savings“ 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– 00h02m50s | March Challenge of the Month: The Ides of March– 00h12m45s | Latest Information on the Civilization Mobile Game– 00h14m46s | Millennia Release… Read More »
We got another developer diary from the new Paradox game Millennia!This time the diary is about the art style. As we are already used from civ, most items, no matter if technology, unit, improvements and others have their own customized icons, as well as 3D models. The ages also have their own art style, obviously. This diary contains… Read More »
The Civ5 Battle Royale is huge but the concept of the show is pretty simple! On a massive world map, 61 AI Civilizations got at it to see which one can be the last one standing. All Civilizations are chosen by the audience of the civbattleroyale reddit group and part of the fun is helping narrate the story… Read More »
The PCMag (and various other outlets) have reported about today’s first video of Neuralink’s first implant: The Neuralink implant is a brain implant for quadriplegic people people, allowing them to move a cursor on a screen. While in general not a new invention, Elon Musk’s company has managed to garner widespread media attention for the first implantation of… Read More »
The four-hundred-and-nineteenth episode of PolyCast, “News, News, and More News“ 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– 06m34s | Leader Pass Developer Livestream– 25m48s | Civilization VI Added to Game Pass– 30m16s | April Fools from… Read More »
After many dev diaries for Ara: History Untold we now get the first Q&A. In this Q&A the devs talk about which platforms Ara will be released on, if you can change from simultaneous turns to real turn-based turns, the long path to get map sizes right, and much more. Check the video out, and discuss it with… Read More »
For the mid-month Civ6 GOTM you play as Jayavarman VII of the Khmer on a standard size wetlands map on Deity level. The game is hot and arid with a low sea level and sparse resources. You get a bit compensated with a legendary starting position, but you also need to deal with dramatic ages and a disaster… Read More »