Oxide has announced that a new DLC pack will be coming for Ara: History Untold.The DLC will contain, as the name hints, a range of historical and non-historical scenarios, which will come with a lot of customizations on the map, the events and more.The release is scheduled for June 18 for a price of 9.99. For more information… Read More »
The developers of Ara posted a new update on Steam, writing about the next patch, which is scheduled for June 18. They plan to address 6 points in total, among them UI, AI, map generation and more.In this update they specifically write about the UI, and that they plan to make all interactions possible via the main map,… Read More »
Stardock has announced today that they’re taking over the management for Ara from Microsoft (Oxide is staying the developer). Brad Wardell has posted on Twitter an article about how Stardock was managing Ara and Old World before, but gave Ara away because there were some obvious conflicts with e.g. the target group.At the same time Stardock has posted… Read More »
Last week the latest patch for Ara: History Untold was released, bringing the game to version 1.3. This patch comes with new diplomacy features to the game. You can now bribe your opponents, demand tribute or send military aid, and you get also some better overview features for the diplomacy. Oh, and you get nukes! The patch also… Read More »
https://thegamedesignroundtable.com/ has posted a new podcast, this time with Soren Johnson, lead designer of Civ4 and Old World.In this podcast Soren and the hosts talk about how the gaming landscape have changed, that more time is spent on specific titles, how your empire is managed (Millennia vs Civ7 vs older games), the order system in Old World, the… Read More »
The next patch for Ara: History Untold is now available. This is a small patch and mostly includes some balance changes and adjustments of the tech tree. You can discuss this update with us here.
The Baltimore Banner, a news website dedicated to Baltimore, has just before Christmas ran a title called “How Baltimore County became a hidden world of video game companies“.As many of you know, Baltimore is the home to our most important gaming studio, Firaxis, but not only that. Its predecessor, Microprose, responsible for Civ1+2 was also situated in Baltimore,… Read More »
It’s sales times on Steam, and there is a great selection to choose from! From the civ franchise we got: Other interesting games are also on sale, and include: Save some money for Civ7 though ;).