Humankind patch 1.0.5.517 and “Dia de los Muertos” event

By | November 3, 2021
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Amplitude, the developers of Humankind, have released the latest patch for their game, patch 1.0.5.517.

They have corrected a ton of bugs, tweaked the balancing and added more customization options for the user. For an overview, please have a look at the thread in our forum: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/patch-1-0-5-517.674005/

With the patch, Amplitude also launches the first of its Humankind events, “Dia de los Muertos”. Check out here https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/first-ever-humankind-event-d%C3%ADa-de-los-muertos.674009/ which challenges these include!

New Colonization video by blake: Play it in HD, mods, similar games, and more!

By | November 3, 2021
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Our user blake00 has again posted a new video, this time covering the original Colonization. In this video he covers the original Colonization mostly, but also the remake as well as mods. He also has a look at other initiatives, like FreeMars, FreeCol and Treasure Fleet. Have a look at his video, it is very well worth it.

Discuss his video in our forum here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/civ-video-series-ep-02-colonization-hd-tour.673998/#post-16179047

More Sales: Aspyr sale at Green Man Gaming, Civ5, Civ:BE and Civ 6 50-75% off

By | November 2, 2021
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Green Man Gaming currently has a sale due to the 25th birthday of Aspyr. Aspyr titles are between 50-80% discounted, with Civ5, Civ:BE and Civ6 and their expansions having 50-75% off.

You can find all the deals here: https://www.greenmangaming.com/publisher-sale/aspyr/

Play the new Civ6 “Game Of The Month” #122

By | November 2, 2021
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And also for Civ6 we get an interesting new “Game Of The Month”. The team has put together a new challenge, to find out who is the best civ player among the fanatics!

In this game you play as Phillip of Spain on Prince level on a continents map. Due to Halloween you also get zombies, and you should strive for domination victory. You have until December 1 to finish this game.

You can find all the details here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/news-6otm-122-announcement.673978/

Play the new Civ4 “Game Of The Month” #224

By | November 2, 2021
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The “Game Of The Month” team has prepared again an interesting game for you this month! Can you beat everyone else, and be the best Civ-fanatic around? You can find out now!

In the current Civ4 GOTM you play as Zara Yaqob of Ethiopia on a fractal map on prince level. You will need to strive for a spaceship or a cultural victory. You can try this until maximum December 1.

Find all the other details here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/news-botm-224-ethiopia-prince-starts-1-nov.673878/

PolyCast 393: Of Portugal and Feitorias

By | November 1, 2021
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The three hundred-and-ninety-third episode of PolyCast, “Of Portugal and Feitorias“ is now available for streaming on polycast.civfanatics.com. This episode features regular co-hosts CanusAlbinus, Stephanie “Makahlua”, Phil “TheMeInTeam”, and Jason “MegaBearsFan”. Topics for this episode include:

Forum Talk
– 00h01m51s | Sid Meier and Bruce Shelley’s 2018 Speech to GDC
– 00h07m26s | How Hard-coded is the Opening Gambit
– 00h17m49s | The Difficulty Poll.
Senate
– 00h25m07s | Portugal Strategy Guide

PolyCast is a bi-weekly audio production recording live every other Saturday at 12 Noon US Eastern Time throughout the year, in an ongoing effort to give the Civilization community an interactive voice.

Civilization VI Anthology: 60% off on Steam until Nov 1

By | October 30, 2021
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The Civilization VI Anthology is currently discounted on Steam, with the whole bundle including expansions and DLCs for 39.78€. Check it out on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/21432/Sid_Meiers_Civilization_VI_Anthology/

Old World soundtrack by Christopher Tin (and Old World sale)

By | October 29, 2021
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Mohawk Games, the creators of Old World, have released a new patch. This update most critically contains 12 new tracks for the Old World soundtrack, composed by Civ music legend Christopher Tin, who created the award winning Civ4 title track “Baba Yetu”, as well as the Civ6 soundtrack.

You can find the soundtrack on various platforms, namely Youtube, Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music and Artist Store. You can find all the links here: https://christophertin.lnk.to/OldWorld

If this was not motivation enough yet for you to buy the game, Old World is on sale with a 10% discount in the Epic store, bringing the price down to 29.69€! You can find the sale here: https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/p/old-world

For the rest of the Old World patch notes, please read here: https://mohawkgames.com/2021/10/29/old-world-update-76/

Discuss the soundtrack and the patch in our forum here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/old-world-soundtrack-by-christopher-tin-patch-76-october-28.673931/