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Official from Firaxis: It’s Civilization’s Big 30-Year Celebration!

By | September 30, 2021
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Firaxis has announced today that they’re officially starting the party for Civ’s 30th birthday. Besides the above video, they also have an address from Sid Meier himself written down. Read the official announcement here: https://civilization.com/fr-FR/news/entries/it-s-civilization-s-big-30-year-celebration/ Discuss it in our forum here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/official-from-firaxis-it%E2%80%99s-civilizations-big-30-year-celebration.673485/

30 years Civ – all the little things you didn’t know

By | September 30, 2021
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So much time has passed, since the “birth” of Civ. Many people know the game, and all the details about its mechanics. But do you know about all the small things and little jokes, created by Firaxis or the community? You haven’t seen CivAnon, the Civ4 throne room, or about Elvis? No? Have a read here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/30-years-civ-all-the-little-things-you-didnt-know.673477/ And… Read More »

PCGamesN: A Civilization 6 modder has brought back upgradeable throne rooms and palaces

By | September 27, 2021
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The veterans here at CivFanatics will remember Civ2 and Civ3: Civ2 had a throne room, which you could upgrade and make more fancy whenever your had a we-love-the-X day in one of your cities. Civ3 did something similar with a palace. Both features were nice to look at, but did not affect the gameplay at all, and were… Read More »

Civilization’s 30th birthday: Give Civ a present, get one back!

By | September 3, 2021
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Civilization’s 30th birthday: Give Civ a present, get one back! To celebrate the 30th birthday of Civilization, we are holding a contest: Give Civ a present, get one back! How would you do this? We are looking for any form of art, created for Civilization! Have you ever drawn something inspired by Civ? Made a sculpture? A lego… Read More »

Happy birthday Civilization!

By | September 1, 2021
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Happy birthday Civilization! 30 years ago, in September 1991, the original Civilization was released. We have followed Civ through the years, loved every installement, and we are still here, waiting for the next title to come. Congratulations, and let’s hope for 30 years of more turns! It also seems that GOG is celebrating this anniversary! Right now you… Read More »

Play the Civ3 “Game of the Month”

By | August 28, 2021
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Until the end of September it is still possible to participate in the Civ3 “Game of the Month”. Play a pre-set game, and see if you do better than your fellow civ-fanatics! We currently have one game for each of the 2 expansions going on. For C3C, you can play as the Dutch on demi-god level on map… Read More »

They’re taking hobbits to to Isenga…. to world domination!

By | August 19, 2021
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Civ3 player tomma has started a new story, about his Civ3 game with the Tides of Crimson mod. If you want to read how a proper fantasy mod plays in Civ3, have a look here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/the-rise-of-the-hobbit-empire-a-tides-of-crimson-story.672413/ .

Check out Venus!

By | August 5, 2021
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The European Space Agency had 2 missions arrive in the recent days at Venus, Solar Orbiter and BepiColombo, together with a Japanese JAXA mission, Akatsuki, see ESA information here https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/ESA_gets_ready_for_double_Venus_flyby . But Civ-fans can already be far ahead, and explore Venus themself! We have maps for Civ3 and Civ4 of Venus, based on previous scans of the Venus… Read More »