The Steam autumn sale is currently going on, and the Civ titles are getting some discounts: For other Civ titles, we have: Currently there are no discounts for Civ3. And some more interesting news: Some forum sleuths found some good indicators for some future content, please check here.
Blake has found another game, which surely will be of interest for the CivFanatics: “1492 – Colonization of the New World”. As you can expect from the title, the setting and what you know about a title called “Colonization”, this is a turn-based 4X game, where you need to settle the new world. The graphics are a neat… Read More »
It’s Sid Meier’s Colonization’s 30th anniversary and CivFanatics have put together a big tribute covering some of the best fan projects going on at the moment including Col fan mods & remakes, Col fan communities, Col scenarios for Civ, similar games to Col, and lots of other Col related stuff. Be warned it’s a big read, but a… Read More »
The very popular Civ4: Colonization mod “We The People” has now been released in version 4.1. This version comes with, among other things, a new map size named “massive”, updates to the Russian and French translation and more background music. Check here for the latest release.
As the title already says, on Monday August 28 the Steam strategy fest will start, with tons of discounts and new demos. The big series are on sales, that includes: The other series we love is on sale: Smaller games and series, which are on sale, and are interesting in one way or another for the population of… Read More »
New fan project detected! While FreeCol is an excellent recreation of the Colonization experience that we highly recommend due to it’s many features, enhancements & modability there are some that still wish for a 1:1 recreation of the original Colonization and it’s classic 2D graphics that works on modern machines, allows modern viewing resolutions (like Col for Windows… Read More »
TechSpot has today published an article about the last 30 years of Civilization (which should be 32 years…).In this article, the author goes through the history of the Civilization franchise, how the first people playtested Civ1 for hours, the addition of modding in Civ2, Baba Yetu, and many other things. The author also doesn’t forget all the other… Read More »
The modders of the popular Colonization mod “We The People” have released the latest version of their mod, after more than 2 years of development. This new version includes new terrain types, terrain features, resources, an overhaul of building requirements, limitations on shipping, and a looooot more tweaks. For the thread please see here, and for the changelist… Read More »