On December 8 to 12 the TurnBasedFest will be happening: A showcase of turn-based games of all kinds (strategy, RPG and others). Various developers and other content-creators will be around, showing their games, of which more than 300 will be featured. A steam sale for many of the featured games will be happening at the same time. So… Read More »
The developers of Ara – History Untold (another hot Civilization contender) have made today two announcements: You can read the whole blog post here, which also contains the links to the developer diaries. And come over to this thread to discuss this game with your fellow civ-fanatics!
Amplitude, the developers of Humankind, have released its first expansion: Together We Rule. This expansion brings a wide range of new features, as e.g. stated in the announcement: Embassies: Form stronger ties with other empires and access cooperative treaties, like mutual access to Emblematic Units. Agents: A new class of units that can serve as diplomats or hidden… Read More »
Another game of interest for the Civ community has become available (early access): Civitas.This game is a real-time city builder, focused on the medieval and renaissance era. It is also a sand-box game, with procedural maps. Means you are free to build whatever you want, on randomly generated maps.While not directly a civilization builder, it seems this game… Read More »
A couple of weeks ago a new interesting game was announced, which just today popped on my radar: Solium Infernum. PCGamesN has as a headline “Doom meets Civilization as Hellish strategy game gets triple-A remake“. Apparently the remake of a not well known 2009 strategy game, it is set in a Hell scenario (therefore the “Doom”), but it’s… Read More »
Another game which could be of high interested for the Civ community has been released: Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim.As the title hints, this game is a civ-like game, set in the bronze age (so more similar to Old World). So this is a turn-based 4X game in a historical setting. You can build cities, build wonders (although… Read More »
The original Master of Magic game (from 1994), one of the classics of turn based games and 4X, is currently available for free on GOG.This promotion lasts until Sunday October 2.Get your free copy here. Discuss this classic with us in our forum here. This sale goes together with the announcement of the release date for the remake:… Read More »
Since Yesterday “Terra Invicta” is in early access.This is another 4X game published by Hooded Horse, who also published Old World.While still a 4X game, Terra Invicta is not turn-based, but a real time strategy game, so more similar to the Paradox Titles like Hearts of Iron or Crusader Kings.The setting is completely different though: In Terra Invicta… Read More »
