Play the new Civ5 Gauntlets!

By | July 7, 2024

The Civilization 5 “Hall Of Fame” is an ongoing competition, to gain the highest rank among all civ-fanatics for the various difficulty levels, map settings, etc. While you are always free to submit your latest wins, we also sometimes give you new challenges, the gauntlets. It is again the time for them, so we get 2 new challenges… Read More »

Ara: History Untold: Dev Diary, Ep. 20 – Historical Research; Civilopedia entry for Greece; and first gameplay

By | July 6, 2024

A lot has happened with Ara recently, there is a lot to update! The latest dev diary focuses on the historical research goes into the game. GamerZakh talkes to the narrative designer, about how they made sure that the ingame information is correct, how the starting point for Ara was chosen, and which technologies were included. A second… 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 »

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 »