Category Archives: Civilization VI

Civ6 related news items

All Civ6 wondes in LEGO form!

By | March 22, 2025

Our user MangoCheeseCakey has in the last 1.5 years worked on getting all the 53 Civ6 wonders made in virtual LEGO! He has now finished, and you can have a look at all the wonders in their LEGO glory in this gallery here. If you’d like to comment, then please do it in this thread.

Play the new Civ6 “Game Of The Month” #191

By | February 28, 2025

Even with Civ7 going on, we are still getting you a new challenge for Civ6 each month! In this “Game Of The Month” you play as Pericles on a hot standard size Archipelago map with low sea level on king level. You get a disaster intensity of 2 and also Barbarian Clans. You need to win a culture… Read More »

The Game Design Roundtable podcast: Civ Series – Where are we now with Soren Johnson

By | February 6, 2025

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 »

Play the new Civ6 “Game Of The Month” #190

By | January 26, 2025

We are a bit early this time, and the Civ6 “Game Of The Month” for February is already available. This time you’re tasked with playing Alexander of Macedonia on a hot standard size Terra map with high sea level. You get abundant resources and a legendary start, but you must tackle a domination or religious victory on Deity… Read More »

Civ VI Monthly Challenge: One More Turn

By | January 17, 2025

Firaxis has released another Challenge Of The Month for Civ6: One More Turn! To be honest, that is each day a challenge for us, but we forgive them this ;). In this challenge Age-of-Steam Victoria on a small continents map on quick speed on either Prince or Emperor difficulty. Your main challenge though is to achive Diplomacy, Culture,… Read More »

Polygon: Civilization 7’s creative director on the new Ages, leaders, and cultures ‘without any written records’

By | January 7, 2025

Polygon has released a new article today, in which they interview Ed Beach about some of the design choices in Civ7. He talks about the decision to split leaders and civs to allow more diverse/interesting choices, that they had 2 historians on the team and consulted with the Shawnee, that they considered the opposite with civs and leaders… Read More »

Play the new Civ6 “Game Of The Month” #189

By | January 1, 2025

We also start the new year of 2025 with a new challenge for you to play! In this Civ6 GOTM you play Yongle of China on a standard size hot and wet Continents & Islands map with low sea level on Prince difficulty. You get a legendary start, Barbarian Clans, Monopolies & Corporations, and you need to use… Read More »

The Baltimore Banner: How Baltimore County became a hidden world of video game companies

By | December 29, 2024

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 »