Category Archives: other games for Civ-fans

Steam Strategy Fest Starts Monday (updated)!

By | August 27, 2023

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 »

Humankind now available on consoles

By | August 24, 2023

Humankind has now been released on Xbox One, Xbox Series S/X, and Playstation 4/5, and is also included in the XBox Game Pass. The official announcement: How do you feel about making history from the comfort of your own sofa? Do you want to build a great empire while chilling in front of your TV? Or maybe you’d… Read More »

Ara: History Untold – first gamplay trailer

By | August 23, 2023

Today, the developers of Ara: History Untold have released their first gameplay trailer during the Gamescom, and the gameplay looks definitely interesting. For people who might be undecided about the game, you can try it in 2024 also with the PC Game Pass. Discuss Ara: History Untold with us here.

Hexarchy playtest now live!

By | August 20, 2023

Hexarchy has now started a playtest.If you join it, then you are free to play it over the weekend until August 22, also in multiplayer, if you like! Discuss Hexarchy with us in the forum here.

Europa Universalis IV (EUIV) for free at the Epic Store until August 17

By | August 10, 2023

Paradox has made has made Europa Universalis IV free at the Epic Games store for one week for it’s 10 year birthday, until August 17. As with other free games it will stay in your library after the date is over and you will be able to play it in the future. Download it here.A range of DLCs… Read More »

Age Of Empires III (definitive edition) free trial!

By | August 4, 2023

As we just saw on Mastodon, it seems that Steam is giving us another free goodie: A part oft the definitive edition of Age Of Empires III is free to play on Steam. You also get one of the small DLCs for free, the cosmetic Lizzie pack. This trial does not contain the full game, but only 3… Read More »

City Growth in Ara: History Untold

By | August 2, 2023

The developers of Ara: History Untold have posted a blog post on Steam about city growth. They describe how cities grow and expand: You can build new buildings to increase growth, but you also must manage food and other resources to sustain the city. Depending on your management performance, either immigration or emigration will happen, leading to more… Read More »

Can you make an anti-imperial empire game? The 4Xperts behind Civilization, Syphilisation and Victoria 3 discuss eXperimental 4X design

By | July 29, 2023

Eurogamer has published a new article with the title “Can you make an anti-imperial empire game? The 4Xperts behind Civilization, Syphilisation and Victoria 3 discuss eXperimental 4X design“.The mentioned “4Xperts” are Civ5’s Jon Shafer, along with Nikhil Murthy, the designer of Syphilisation, and Ryan Sumo, who is working at Paradox for Victoria 3 and Europa Universalis IV. And… Read More »