30 years of Civilization: The SNES and Playstation 1 port of Civ1

By | September 25, 2021
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Our user Blake00 has put out another very interesting video. This time it is about the SNES and PS1 port of Civ1. Most people will not know about these, since they are rather obscure, and the latter one was only available in Japan. There is even on ongoing, but also rather unknown project to make a Sega Genesis/Mega Drive port! Blake has therefore decided to bring us these both ports closer, and show us in a video how they play. The PS1 port is especially unusual, since they used very different graphics for it. Watch his video below:

Discuss Blake’s videos in our forum here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/civ-video-series-ep-01-civilization-1-hd-tour-with-mods-scenarios.673292/

Play the new Civ4 and Civ6 “Game Of The Month”

By | September 23, 2021
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The “Game Of The Month” is a monthly game organized by dedicated teams at Civfanatics, to give everyone a new challenge each month. You get a new savegame with set conditions, and you try to beat everyone else, making yourself the biggest civ-fanatic of us all.

This month we have for Civ4 a game with Brennus on a pangea map on Immortal level. You have until October 20 to finish your game and to send in your savegame. You can find all the details here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/news-botm-221-brennus-immortal-starts-sept-20.673286/

For Civ6, we have a new challenge with Pedro II of Brazil on a standard size map on deity level. You have until October 15 to beat the game and everyone else. You can find all the other infos here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/6otm119-announcemnt.673268/

Amplitude shows Humankind development art works

By | September 23, 2021
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It seems now that Humankind is out, Amplitude has decided to feature their artists, and allow them to show some of their development artworks to the world, at least according to Twitter.

4 artists have already released their artworks, and you can see them here:

New artists will be showcased every week, so there is more beautiful art to come.

The artwork used here is taken from the account of Thibault Girard.

Discuss the humankind art here in our forum: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/amplitude-shows-humankind-development-art-works.673386/

Old World patch #71, September 22

By | September 22, 2021
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The creators of Old World have released a new patch. This update includes 29 new events, a new map script, new music, and more!

The full change log can be found here: https://mohawkgames.com/2021/09/22/old-world-update-71/

Discuss this patch in our forum: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/old-world-patch-71-september-22.673381/

The “New Yorker” reviews Sid Meier’s memoirs

By | September 22, 2021
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The “New Yorker” has reviewed Sid Meier’s memoir, and while this review is more about Sid’s own journey in game development (including that he did the music for his early games himself), it is still worth a read for Civ fans.

An excerpt:

“When Sid Meier began tinkering with a new game, thirty years ago, his hope was that players would see themselves in his version of our planet. It was when the audience could watch one another tinker, too, that the planet became a world.”

Read the full review here: https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/sid-meier-and-the-meaning-of-civilization

Follow this discussion on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NewYorker/status/1440723785884131334

Civ6 sale at the Epic Games Store, up to 85%, ends Sept 23

By | September 22, 2021
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The Epic Games Store currently has a sale on Civ6, with huge discounts. The base game is discounted by 85% down to 8.99€, the Platinum edition by 82% down to 14.39€ and the Ultimate edition by 70%, down to 29.99€. All other DLCs and expansions are also discounted. You can find the offers here: https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/p/sid-meiers-civilization-vi. This sale will end on September 23, so be fast!

Follow this discussion on Twitter: https://twitter.com/EpicGames/status/1440752867011219467

30 years of Civilization: Play as the barbarians in Civ1, or play the Dune scenario!

By | September 22, 2021
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Our user Blake00 has again made a present for Civ’s 30th birthday: He has created two new videos, showing how you can play as the barbarians in Civ1, and he’s playing the Dune scenario for Civ1, right in time for the new movie.

Check out his videos!

How to play as the barbarians:

Civ1 Dune Arrakis scenario:

Discuss his videos here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/civ-video-series-ep-01-civilization-1-hd-tour-with-mods-scenarios.673292/

Humankind patch 1.0.3.253

By | September 21, 2021
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Amplitude has released the latest patch for Humankind, version 1.0.3.253.

They have included lots of changes to the AI, fixed various technical problems, and ironed out bugs. You can find the whole change log in our forum here.