The Civilization Twitter account has highlighted a performance of Baba Yetu by the National Theater of Korea! “Baba Yetu, the Grammy Award-winning theme song written for Civilization IV, comes to life through FLASIC Game Symphony Orchestra & Choir, in the first concert ever dedicated to Civ in Korea!” If you want to discuss this performance with us, then… Read More »
For the Civ4 Christmas GOTM you play a slightly changed Bouddicca…er… Ms. Klaus, of the Celts. You play on a cylindrical Christmas Tree map against 8 AIs on deity level. You have until January 15 to bring presents or destruction to everyone. For more details, please check this thread.
The Value Foundation, an academic research foundation focusing on research on gaming, has posted on Twitter that 2 researchers from Leiden University have published a new research manuscript about Civilization! The research is featured in the journal of digital games and associated phenomena (DIGRA), and titled “On Being Stuck in Sid Meier’s Civilization: The Promise of Freedom in… Read More »
The Civilization IV Hall of Fame has been updated – 29 games were accepted since the previous update. Congratulations to shulec for the highest score of the update with a Small, Epic, Monarch, Space Colony game for 193,742 points.ajw2255 was the most active player during this update, submitting 8 games. Only 2 players were brave enough to take… Read More »
And also for Civ4 we get a mid-month GOTM! In this case you play as Saladin of the Arabs on a rocky medium sea level fractal map on Prince level. The starting position is challenging, and you will not find any good huts within 8 tiles around it. You have until December 15 to master this challenge. For… Read More »
Given that the rainy season has started for this GOTM, we go to England! You play this time as Victoria on a standard size islands map on Immortal level. You can dominate the planet in any way you want, until December 4. For more details please see this thread.
The Civilization IV Hall of Fame has been updated – 16 games were accepted since the previous update. Congratulations to jnebbe for the highest score of the update with a Tiny, Normal, Monarch, Domination game for 379,533 points.Noble Zarkon was the most active player during this update, submitting 6 games. Only one player was brave enough to take… Read More »
The Humble Bundle has made again the Sid Meier Bundle (repeat from last year), containing a lot of our favourite games!If you pay at least 14.20€, you get As other minor games included are the early games of Sid, Sid Meier’s Pirates, Sid Meier’s Railroads, Covert Action and the remakes of Ace Patrol, Sid Meier’s Ace Control and… Read More »