PolyCast 435: So It Shall Be

By | August 3, 2024
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The four-hundred-and-thirty-fifth episode of PolyCast, “So It Shall Be“ is now available for streaming on the PolyCast YouTube Channel. This episode features regular co-hosts CanusAlbinus, Stephanie “Makahlua”, Phil “TheMeInTeam”, and returning guest co-host Jason “NewEarthRelic”. Topics for this episode include:

News
– 00h01m05s | Civilization VII Announced at Summer Games Fest
– 00h26m43s | Civilization Franchise Sale
– 00h27m42s | Reveal Leak and Release Date Speculation
– 00h36m12s | May Challenge of the Month: Reach for the Heavens


NOTE: This Episode was recorded on June 8, 2024.

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.

Discuss this episode with us here.

Play the new Civ6 “Game Of The Month” #184

By | August 3, 2024
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For the August Civ6 GOTM we send you on summer holidays! You play Gitarja of Indonesia on a standard size Island Plates map with low sea level on King level . You get abundant resources, and you need to win via a science victory. You want to take this challenge? You have time until September 1! Check this thread for more information.

Millennia: Ancient Worlds – Announcement

By | August 2, 2024
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The Millennia community manager Katten has dropped by at CivFanatics to announce the new DLC “Ancient Worlds”, which will be released on August 12, together with the next update!

The new DLC will bring us new neat features like a quick start, and will focus (clearly) on the early parts of human history. The new update will allow you to start with a settler instead of your first settlement, and you need to earn that one! The DLC will have a specific version of this. In the DLC you also get an ice age start, with icy terrain, ice age megafauna such as mammoths, and a new national spirit. Check out this thread for more details!

Play the new Civ5 “Game Of The Month” #250

By | August 2, 2024
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And obviously you also get a summer GOTM! This time you play as Gustav Adolphus of Sweden on a huge pangaea map on Emperor level. You need to win via a science victory, and prevent any other civ from winning another one! Can you do it? Show us until September 1! For more details please check this thread.

Civ7: Gameplay reveal & more coming this August!

By | August 1, 2024
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The Civ community manager Sarah has today popped by at CivFanatics, to announce the details of the August showcase. There will be a 20+ minutes showcase, there will be a booth at this year’s Gamescom, and a dev panel at the PaxWest!

The most relevant details:

Gamescom Opening Night Live Civilization VIIGameplay Reveal Trailer – August 20 at Twitch.tv/gamescom at 11:00 AM PT / 8:00 PM CEST

Civilization VII Gameplay Showcase, featuring over 20+ minutes of gameplay details – August 20 at Twitch.tv/FiraxisGames at 1:30 PM PT / 10:30 PM CEST

Visit the Civilization VII booth at Gamescom in Hall 6 –August 21-25

Civilization VII Developer Panel w/ Kinda Funny Games’ Greg Miller at PAX West – August 31 at Twitch.tv/PAX at 11:00 AM PT / 8:00PM CEST

For more details and the discussion join us here.

Study The Past – a Civilization series retrospective (Civ 6)

By | July 31, 2024
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The official Civilization Twitter account has published the 6th video in the Civ retrospective series, this time looking at Civilization 6. In this video they highlight districts, the civic tree, the religious victory, and a few more things ;). Join us for the discussion here.

Sullla’s AI Survivor Season Eight – Game 8

By | July 29, 2024
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AI Survivor is an annual competition of all Civilization IV AI Leaders by long-time Civilization enthusiast and streamer Sullla.

Game 7 saw Elizabeth “Lizzy” of England pull out an extremely shocking Domination victory. While Lizzy is not prone to winning in Survivor she is certainly geared toward being a pacifist. However, Lizzy simply out-teched everyone else and when they attacked her she took advantage of her military tech superiority. Another surprise was that Sury of Khmer, the favorite, performed absolutely abominably in this game. Yet he did survive for the playoffs having been left with one ice city. Mehmed placed second in the match. What will Lizzy do in the Alternate Histories for this game?

Game 8 features an interesting matchup of primarily militaristic leaders. Favorite Julius Caesar of Rome is the top-seeded leader and will surely be a threat with his Praetorian units. Louis XIV of France is our second-ranked leader. Louie is renown for wonder-building and not being the most trustworthy leader. Of interest here is that we have quite a few imperialistic and charismatic leaders. Expansion will be fast and wars should be frequent. Lincoln of America is the only leader on the map that is truly peaceful. Will he survive? Be sure to make your picks in the picking context.

Sullla’s AI Survivor Season 8 continues Friday, August 2nd on Sullla’s Twitch Channel at noon EST.

We welcome you to join the fun by discussing here

Ara: History Untold – Dev Q&A – Ep. 4

By | July 27, 2024
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The devs of Ara has released another Q&A episode. They answer 6 questions from the communtiy, and explain that you can form your own utopian or dystopian government to your liking, that there are multiple types of Casus Belli, and that in a war your cities will take damage and need to be re-build. For the remaining 3 questions you have to watch the video ;). Discuss with us here.