Both PCGamesN and Venturebeat report that latest sales numbers report Humankind as the best selling PC game for August. It’s overall 4th, after 3 multi-platform games, it is also the best selling strategy game after Crusader Kings III last year and in addition so far the best selling PC game of the year. It is great to see… Read More »
Amplitude has given us a reminder that there is a community vote in the the official map creation contest: The map with the most subscriptions will win the community prize. So if you like one of the many new maps for Humankind best, go here, download it, and help the creator win the prize! May the best map… Read More »
G4F-records, who made the sountrack for Humankind, are regularly releasing making-of videos about the sountrack. The latest: China, in total 4 videos are currently on Youtube (pre-colombian, Mongolian, European middle ages, and China). Have a look at their playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSL95m_Nazg&list=PLtzah_dj5hUWd89mBtwZfSEmKjMVW3FwY&index=5 Discuss the music in our forum: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/humankind-music-making-of.672888/
Amplitude just announced the map making contest for Humankind, see here: https://www.games2gether.com/amplitude-studios/humankind/blogs/779 You can discuss this in our forum here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/map-creation-contest.672747/You have until September 6 to create a map and send it in, and you can win a fully fledged Humankind PC, with all extras. There are 10 more prizes, which contain the game and peripherals such as… Read More »
Our user SeelingCat, a Civfanatic since nearly 5 years, has written the last of the semi-official CivFanatics user reviews for Humankind. He weighs the pros and cons of the game, but overall comes to a positive conclusion. Read his review here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/one-week-post-release-a-review-of-humankind.672733/ An excerpt: “However, at the same time, Humankind feels like it’s doing something new and different… Read More »
Brought to you by CivPlayers Leagues, the same team that has been running competitive MP leagues since 2002 when Civ3 PTW came out, we have now added another great 4X TBS game to our MP porfolio, HumanKind. Feel free to come and check us out, HumanKind is in its infancy but good games are still just a click… Read More »
Various news outlets have reported this interesting piece of information: For the release of Humankind, SEGA has commisioned “cave art” of various events in modern history. This is definitely a creative marketing strategy. You can read more about it here: https://www.megavisions.net/sega-commissions-cave-art-of-modern-historical-events/ https://www.buckinghamshirelive.com/news/buckinghamshire-news/hellfire-caves-sega-art-marks-5797504 https://www.thesun.ie/tech/7457768/sega-cave-art-covid-19-pandemic/ The article of “The Sun” also has a video worth watching. Discuss this in our… Read More »
Our long-term member mbarker (member since 2004, so longer than some of our other members are old) has made a video about his first impressions of Humankind. If you want to see on video what a true Civfanatic thinks about this game, then check it here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/humankind-a-newbs-first-impressions.672490/