PCGamesN: This US teacher uses Humankind and Civilization to teach world history

By | December 14, 2021

PCGamesN has just released an article about the educational uses of Civ and Humankind. They describe how a teacher uses both games in the classroom to teach, and uses TikTok further to go deeper in the topics.

An excerpt:

“In the normal classroom we go over the primary theme of each era. Then, in the gaming portion they play a giant multiplayer game where they are given objectives of things their civilisation (or precursor civilisation) actually did in history. When students complete their objectives we go over them in class, using the real-life events as a case study to examine the primary theme of the era.”

The article can be found here: https://www.pcgamesn.com/civilization-vi/humankind-class-teaching

You can discuss this article in our forum here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/pcgamesn-this-us-teacher-uses-humankind-and-civilization-to-teach-world-history.674539/

GOG Winter Sale

By | December 14, 2021

GOG’s Winter Sale is on until January 5! This sale contains many items, which are interesting for us Civilization players, with the most interesting being:

Various other games of interest for the turn-based, 4X and strategy gamer are also on sale!

For 4X games, there are:

Builders:

In the category magic and fantasy we have:

War games/Tactics:

Board games:

Others:

Humankind patch 1.0.6.667 “Jigonhsasee”

By | December 13, 2021

Amplitude Studios has released a new patch for Humankind, patch 1.0.6.667 “Jigonhsasee”. This patch includes AI improvements, improvements for the challenges, and more. You can read the full patch notes here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/patch-1-0-6-667-13-dec-2021.674529/#post-16196765

Old World: Interview with Soren Johnson

By | December 13, 2021

Mohawk Games, the developers of Old World, have released a podcast interviewing Soren Johnson. Soren is the lead designer of Old World, as well as Civ4, so this interview should be intersting ;).

You can find the podcast here: https://mohawkgames.com/podcasts/interview-with-soren-johnson-design-director/

We have a thread in our forum for the podcast here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/podcast-interview-with-soren-johnson.674526/

IGN: Civilization V Developers React to Speedruns

By | December 12, 2021

IGN has released a video, where three of the Civ5 developers watch and react to two different speed runs. They discuss during the video also nuke-happy Gandhi, how they initially forgot to ship the scoring screen, and other things.

This video can also be found at IGN, and you can discuss it in our forum here.

Slitherine: Home Of Wargamers 2021

By | December 11, 2021

Slitherine has announced their “Home Of Wargamers” 2021 live stream, where they’ll show all the content to be scheduled for release in 2021 (we assume they mean 2022). The live stream will take place on December 14, 2 PM UK time. The content they plan to show can be seen in the picture, and consists (as people who are familiar with the publisher know) mostly out of turn-based war games.

You can follow the live stream here: https://www.twitch.tv/slitherinetv

XCOM 2: Play for free weekend

By | December 9, 2021

The latest game of the other big turn-based franchise from Firaxis, XCOM 2, can be played for free this weekend (December 9 – 13) on Steam. In case this gives you enough taste for the game, it is also discounted down to 4.99€ until December 16.

You can find all the relevant infos on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/268500/view/3100162842716516119

2K supports TheCivGive2021, will match $25.000

By | December 9, 2021

TheCivShow, together with other streamers, are organizing TheCivGive2021, a charity drive to collect $50 000 for children’s hospitals in the US. The current donations have eclipsed $12 000, and now 2K, the publisher of the Civilization series, has come to support TheCivGive2021, and will match up to $25 000! Now every cent you donate counts twice! Donate here and support children’s hospitals: https://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donordrive.team&teamID=58881

Discuss TheCivGive2021 here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/the-civgive2021-extra-life-charity-event-has-been-announced-50-000-goal-to-sick-kids-hospitals.674123/