Another interesting game has entered today early access – Revival: Recolonization.
Revival: Recolonization is a turn-based 4X game on a hex-grid. You wake up after an apocalypse, one of the few people who remembers how the earth was before. You now need to claim leadership of a clan, build up a new civilization, fight against the robot AI which has orchestrated the apocalypse, and make sure you survive zombie hordes, fires, and basically another apocalypse. You can use pre-apocalypse technology to shape the planet, and you will stumble upon artefacts and wonders from the time before.
The game has just entered early access, and is right now available with a 10% discount for 26.09€ (until July 5). You can join us here to discuss this game.
Alpha Centauri and AI
The recent hype around various AI tools has lead to some controversy, but also to many new possibilities. User Damjan on Facebook has used one of the AI image generators to give us new pictures of Alpha Centauri.
You can find these pictures in the Facebook Alpha Centauri group, and also for discussion in our forum here.
Play the new Civ6 “Game Of The Month” #161
And also for the Civ6 GOTM we are appreciating the nice summer climate! For the mid-june game you play as Sundiata Keita of Mali on a hot and arid standard-size “seven seas” map. The difficulty level is Immortal, and you need to go for a culture or diplomatic victory. The deadline for making the Sahara great again is July 15. For more information please check this thread.
History Respawned podcast: History Games at Not E3 2023
Robert Whitaker has released another episode of his History Respawned podcast. He is discussing with his co-host John Harney about VR, but more critical the most interesting games, which were not mentioned at the E3 (which was a lot). Besides obvious candidates like the next Assassin’s Creed and the most recent Zelda, they also talk about Civ7!
You can find the new episode here, and discuss it with us here.
TurnBasedLovers: Best 10 Turn-Based Strategy Games of the Last Two (And a Bit) Years (with Old World!)
TurnBasedLovers, obviously a website dedicated to turn-based games, has published a new article: Best 10 Turn-Based Strategy Games of the Last Two (And a Bit) Years.
The list contains 10 turn-based games from the last 2+ years, which should be of special interst to the community which is interested in turn-based games (again, obviously). The list includes the very recently published “Age Of Wonders 4“, the historic 4X game “Ozymandias”, and also Old World, which is of special relevance for us here. The author used as criteria for the inclusion besides the theme of the game also UI and AI, among others.
A short excerpt from the Old World entry:
Old World is not a simple game, with a lot of interlocking systems but it benefits from a lovely, easy to understand UI, clean graphics and strong gameplay. Whilst it doesn’t cover the sweep of millenia the same way as Civ, I often felt far more connected to my Empire in Old-World than I ever did in Civ.
You can read the whole article here, and discuss it with us here.
TheCivShow podcast with Andrew Johnson
Besides the regular civ-fanatics-hosted podcast “The PolyCast“, there is also the podcast from TheCivShow, a 3-person team who also regulary streams Civ6.
Their last episode features @Andrew Johnson [FXS] , and they talk about his work on Civ, what a historian and writer does for Civ6.
The description from Spotify is the following:
2 history buffs and 1 tech guy, all with a singular purpose to entertain you with Civilization content. MoySauce, Nystagmus, and Razing Zozo are filled with information and entertainment as the 3 hosts talk about which Civilization Leader they would bring to Prom, why Gilgamesh is so darn handsome, and who put that Spy in my land? As the three talk about strategies used in their Sunday games, they are open to light hearted conversations and deep dive into some history facts!
You can listen to the podcast here, follow the CivShow on Twitter here, and discuss this podcast with us here.
Play the new Civ5 “Game Of The Month” #223
With this Civ5 “Game Of The Month” we’re giving you a vacation on a nice island during the sunny summer days! You play as Suleiman of the Ottomans on a standard-size islands map on Emperor level. You need to go for a domination victory, and prevent all other civs from achieving one of the other victories as well. You have until July 15 to control the Aegean Sea and more! For all information please see this thread.
Crusader Kings II: Right now for free on GOG
Most people here probably already know the grand strategy games from Paradox.
These games are real-time strategy games where you manage your empire, build armies and conduct diplomacy.
One of them, the 11 years old Crusader Kings II is currently free on GOG, so if you feel the urge for more 4X, then go and download it right now.