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PCGamer: Moroccan pirate queen Sayyida al-Hurra was largely omitted from history books, but now she’s in Civilization 7 thanks to a professor’s curiosity and years of research

By The_J | February 4, 2026

We have already heard a lot about Firaxis has worked with the Shawnee, and we’ve also gotten interesting insights from Firaxis chief historian, but now PCGamer has published an interesting article about another new addition in Civ7: Sayyida al-Hurra. In the article PCGamer writes about how Firaxis stumbled upon her by accident due to academic research by a… Read More »

Civ7: Patch 1.3.2 released, and Gilgamesh available

By The_J | February 3, 2026

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Today we got the next Civ7 patch, 1.3.2. It seems our last announcement was wrong though, as the very big changes will only be coming in the future. In this patch you get nested tooltips, a new appeal lense, together with a range of minor fixes for the AI and UI, as well as civ re-balancing. Also interesting… Read More »

Civ7: Anniversary update, patch 1.3.2 coming tomorrow

By The_J | February 2, 2026

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Sara surprised us today by announcing that the next patch will be released tomorrow, and oh my, it is a big one! In this patch, you will be getting the option to play the whole game as one civ, which many people had requested before. Going together with it, the victory conditions are also getting a rework to… Read More »

Play the new Civ5 “Game Of The Month” #282

By The_J | February 2, 2026

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The next Civ5 “Game Of The Month” is ready for you to play! If you want to compete all other civ-fanatics to find out who is the best, then we offer you now the next challenge! In this game you play as William of the Netherlands on a standard size Oceania map on Immortal level. You must win… Read More »

New Civ7 merchandise available

By The_J | February 1, 2026

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The announcement is from earlier this month, but it seems we missed it: New Civ7 merchandise is available.All the official merchandise can be bought in the official store here.As you can see from the picture, the new items are a tumbler, a baseball cap, a mousepad, a set of pins (mystery selection), a sherpa blanket, and a new… Read More »

Demo available for “Folk Emerging”, the prehistoric civ game

By The_J | January 30, 2026

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We have posted already a few times about “Folk Emerging”, as it probably tickles every civ-fans interest: It is a turn-based 4X game, but you are not managing a civilization, but a stone-age tribe, who needs to discover fire and the wheel, hunt and gather for food, battle other tribes, with the aim to survive. And now there… Read More »

PolyCast 422: Four Americans Talk About Europe

By The_J | January 26, 2026

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The Polycast team is releasing some of their old episodes, which were not previously published due to circumstances with the editing. You can now download the PolyCast #422, which is from June 2023. The thread for this episode is here. The four-hundred-and-twenty-first episode of PolyCast, “Four Americans Talk About Europe“ is now available for streaming on the PolyCast… Read More »

Sid Meier HumbleBundle again available!

By The_J | January 25, 2026

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The Sid Meier HumbleBundle is again available! If you pay just €15,46, you get the full versions of Civ3-6, and also a 40% discount for Civ7. You get also a few more titles like Sid Meier’s Railroads or Pirates. As usual with the HumbleBundle, you can also direct some parts of your payment (and more than the minimum… Read More »