Civilization is now synonymous with turn-based strategy, but Sid Meier says the original game could have gone in a very different direction. In a PC Gamer piece revisiting the series’ history, Meier says he and Bruce Shelley considered making Civilization real-time during early development. The team eventually moved away from that approach because the game’s scale needed breathing… Read More »
PC Gamer reports that Civilization VII’s new Test of Time update has pushed the game to its highest Steam player count in over a year. According to the article, Civ VII recently climbed above 16,000 concurrent players on Steam, roughly double its recent peak numbers. That suggests many players were waiting for a substantial reason to give the game another look.… Read More »
The team of Old World has given an interview to Norwegian website spillhistorie.no. In this interview the team talks about various decisions for Old World, like how they decided upon the setting, the introduction of the mortal leaders, and the challenges they had with publishing the game. They also talk more deeply about the order system and advantages… Read More »
Firaxis has released a small patch for the last patch. It includes the following changes: If you want to discuss this patch, then join us here.
With the latest video Firaxis has added some explanation how great people work. They are unique to your civ, and must be unlocked by buildings. They also must be built, but will at the end give some pretty significant boni. Join us for the discussion about the video here. Our forum denizens have also noted that Prussia seems… Read More »
Paradox has put on a promo for Millennia, probably to promote the Atomic Ambitions DLC.Right now it is possible to play Millennia for the next 3 days until November 18 for free.If you decide after this free play time that you need more, then you get also a 50% discount (until November 26) on the base game (19.99… Read More »
The new DLC “Atomic Ambitions” for Millennia is now available.It adds an atomic age, as an alternative age similar to the Fallout settings, and also a wasteland age, which is a postapocalyptic age.Oh, and there are nukes.The DLC is currently available for 19.99 on Steam, and you can discuss it with us here.Paradox recently also released another dev… Read More »