Humankind – Freya update

By | October 8, 2025

It seems that last Friday Amplitude accidentally released a part of the Freya update.
Their initial plan was to fix a security issue with the Unity engine, and they accidentally also deployed the already finished parts of the Freya update.
They therefore decided to make this now official, and have released the current patch notes.
You can find the official post here.
The changes:

  • Religion Tier Requirements have been rebalanced and should scale better with map size and number of players now
  • Non-State Religion followers in your territories now give a mild stability penalty per pop (there are ways to offset this)
  • Territories now have a “Faith Defense” value that reduces incoming faith pressure from non-state Religions
  • Multiple religions can share the same tenet now
  • All Tenets have been rebalanced with effects that reward spreading your state religion. The Tier 4 Tenets give the Religious Leader additional benefits.
  • Religious Civics were adapted to the new Religion balancing
  • New Persona: William Wallace

You can discuss this update with us here.

Play the new Civ5 “Game Of The Month” #274

By | October 6, 2025

For October we got you a brutal GOTM for Civ5: You play as Enrico Dandolo of Venice, and you need to win via a Domination victory, leaving the world in ashes. The game is set on a standard size “Small Continents Plus” map on Emperor. While you’re subjugating the world you still need to pay attention that no other civ wins another victory such as culture or diplomacy. Want to try? Check here. The deadline is November 6.

Millennia – Last update, update #8, and sale!

By | October 3, 2025

The devs from Paradox have announced today the release of the last patch for Millennia, the 8th patch.
The patch itself is overall minor, includes a range of bug fixes, added some things for modding support, and fixed some localization issues. You can discuss this patch with us here.

At the same time, Millennia is also currently on sale, with the base game being 50% off for 19.99. The DLCs have discounts as well.

Steam autumn sale – Civ7 30% off, Civ7 DLCs 20-33% off (also all other civ titles with huge discounts) … and hints for future Civ7 content

By | October 1, 2025

The Steam autumn sale is currently going on, and the Civ titles are getting some discounts:

For other Civ titles, we have:

  • Civ6, 90% off for 5.99
  • Beyond Earth, 75% off, for 9.99
  • Civ5, 75% off, for 7.49
  • Civ4, 80% off, for 3.99
  • Alpha Centauri, 50% off, 2.49

Currently there are no discounts for Civ3.

And some more interesting news: Some forum sleuths found some good indicators for some future content, please check here.

Civ7 – patch 1.2.5

By | September 30, 2025

The latest patch 1.2.5 for Civ7 was released today. This includes that the user interface of the city screen got some rework, 2 new map types, a rework of Napoleon, and a bunch of other things more (see patch notes). The second part of the Right To Rule DLC was also released today, including the Persian Qajar dynasty, the Korean Silla dynasty, and the Indian resistance leader Laskhmibai. For the discussion please check this thread.

Old World update #139

By | September 27, 2025

Mohawk Games, the developers of Old World, have released the latest update for their game! This update includes visibility changes for the scout, a rebalancing of theology, AI improvements, and a range of smaller things.

Discuss this update with us here (and read the full list of changes too).

Old World is currently available in the Epic Store, on GOG, Steam, and on Stove.

New dev blog: Developing Your Settlements

By | September 26, 2025

Firaxis has posted another blog post about the upcoming update 1.2.5, where they describe how exactly the interface of the city menu will change, and there are big improvements there. You can read everything here, and discuss with us here.

A cartographer has made a Alpha Centauri map

By | September 26, 2025

A professional Cartographer has made a beautiful printable map of Planet/Chiron from Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri. The author has also commented that he’s working on a physical 3D globe version too! He describes how he’s made this map here, and it is quite an elaborate process, with a lot of work involved! If you want to talk about this map, then join us here.