The Steam autumn sale is currently going on, and the Civ titles are getting some discounts: For other Civ titles, we have: Currently there are no discounts for Civ3. And some more interesting news: Some forum sleuths found some good indicators for some future content, please check here.
A professional Cartographer has made a beautiful printable map of Planet/Chiron from Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri. The author has also commented that he’s working on a physical 3D globe version too! He describes how he’s made this map here, and it is quite an elaborate process, with a lot of work involved! If you want to talk about… Read More »
Last year when we celebrated the 25th anniversary of Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri we showed you the first episode of a brilliant new fan shortfilm series by Ratimir Rakuljic titled ‘University Base’ retelling the story of University faction leader Prokhor Zakharov’s journey to Alpha Centauri. Well the day has come that his big Episode 2 titled ‘Fractured Unity’… Read More »
While we normally post news about Civ and other related games which are of interest for the community, we’d not like to use this place for a request for help: Our friends over at AlphaCentauri2.info, are in need of technical assistance, and we’re asking our community here if anyne has experience with the LAMP stack and some hours… Read More »
One of the other fan sites dear to us, AlphaCentauri2.info, had been offline for a month, due to technical difficulties. It seems that the admin BustersUncle has been able to restore everything necessary, and the site is back online. So if you feel like posting a bit about Alpha Centauri, then head over there, AlphaCentauri2.info, and leave your… Read More »
Some of our users have tracked down the old Alpha Centauri wallpapers, and we have created an image gallery here to preserve them. If you want to comment anything about the wallpapers, then please do this here.
The Norwegian website Spillhistorie.no, a retrogaming website, has interviewed Michael Haire, the former artistic director of Microprose, who worked on Civ1+2 and Alpha Centauri, among other titles. In this interview he describes how Microprose started up, that an art department for Civ1 was a big leap in these old computer game days, and that MicroProse being bought by… Read More »
The four-hundred-and-thirty-fourth episode of PolyCast, “Zip! Give It To Me!“ 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– 00h02m28s | Alpha Centauri Released on Steam– 00h12m05s | May Challenge of the Month: Reach for the HeavensForum Talk–… Read More »