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Christmas sales!

By | December 21, 2023

Various games have gone on sale for Christmas, as every year. The most important ones: More titles are obviously discounted, have a look for your favourite Total War, Paradox or Galactic Civilizations titles too ;). For a discussion on the sales and updates please check this thread.

Play the new Civ6 “Game Of The Month” #173

By | December 16, 2023

New (mid-)month, new Civ6 game, just in time for the Christmas holidays! This time you play as Gorgo of Greece on a standard size pangaea map with low sea level and low resources on Emperor level. You also get some disasters and corporations, and you need to win via a culture or diplomatic victory. You can take this… Read More »

Next Civ6 Monthly Challenge: Seven Seas

By | December 12, 2023

Firaxis has put the next monthly challenge online: This time you are playing as Hadrada (Konge) on a large island plates map with a high sea level and high rainfall. You may chose between Prince and Emperor difficulty, and the necessary DLC is for you available for this challenge even if you have not bought it. This challenge… Read More »

Support the CivGive charity event 2023

By | December 7, 2023

The CivGive is a charity event, organized by various Streamers around TheCivShow. In 2021 the team managed to raise $42 000 for extralife, and $25 000 were matched by 2K Games, in 2022 the aim was $75 000, which was nearly reached. So this year, it is time again: On December 17 is the big, big, big live… Read More »

On Being Stuck in Sid Meier’s Civilization: The Promise of Freedom in Historical Games

By | December 5, 2023

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 »

Play the new Civ6 “Game Of The Month” #172

By | December 4, 2023

For our Civ6 “Game Of The Month” we are setting a christmas-y theme! You play as Victoria (Age Of Steam) on a hot and arid standard size Seven Seas map on King level. You have abundant resources, a legendary start, and you play with monopolies and corporations. The science victory is a must, and it will definitely show… Read More »

Play the new Civ6 “Game Of The Month” #171

By | November 16, 2023

For the mid-month Civ6 GOTM, we go with a true American spirit: You play as Abraham Lincoln of America on a standard size continents and islands map on Deity level. You must win via a domination or religious victory, on a hot and wet planet with abundant resources, but also with disasters and Barbarian clans. You have until… Read More »

Civ6 monthly challenges now on Steam

By | November 14, 2023

Due to the popularity of our monthly “Game Of The Month” and our Hall Of Fame, it seems that Firaxis has decided to copy the concept and will provide a monthly challenge for a while now also on Steam (our monthly game is also available for Epic store customers though), where you can earn Hall of Fame badges.… Read More »