Today the Firaxis community manager Sarah dropped by at CivFanatics to announce that the monthly challenges (similar to our “Game Of The Month”) are now finally available also to console players. You can already participate in the current challenge on PlayStation and XBox. Switch players will hopefully get the update tomorrow.
Come join us here to discuss this update.
The Civilization IV Hall of Fame has been updated – 41 games were accepted since the previous update.
Congratulations to nocho for the highest score of the update with a Duel, Marathon, Monarch, Space Colony game for 444,361 points. nocho also gained 9 top positions in the scoring.
Lcpl Jack Jones was the most active player during this update, submitting an astonishing 25 games, and gaining 11 top positions.
Only one player was brave enough to take on Deity this update:
Lcpl Jack Jones – 2050 AD, Huge, Normal, Deity, Time game for 10,740 points.
Other players scoring top positions are donsig, Fractal Spiral and AlexFin. Congratulations to everyone!
Two new gauntlets are starting as well!
For the G-Minor 278 you must play Kublai Khan to reach a Domination victory on a small Pangaea map on quick speed and Monarch level. For the remaining requirements please check here.
For the G-Major 191 you must be playing the Celts to gain a Cultural victory on a large Great Plains map on Monarch level. For the remaining requirements please check here.
Join us in this thread to discuss the new gauntlets and to congratulate the winners!
Polygon has today posted an article about our most beloved composer, titled “How Civilization 4’s Christopher Tin became the first game composer to win a Grammy“.
In the interview, the journalist is asking Christopher Tin about how he was inspired by Civ4’s opening menu, that orchestrating music for video games was still somthing rather new back in the day, and how the technological landscape change with the Wii and iPhone has transformed gaming.
For some more interesting details check the article here, and discuss it with us here.
For the Civ4 summer GOTM you get an epic, although very standard, challenge: You play as Gilgamesh of Sumeria (that is the “epic” part) on a standard size Global Highlands map on Noble level. You get until August 31 to dominate the mountains. For more information please check this thread.
The recent trend of live-service games and MMOs has lead to a worrying trend: Games get shut down, and nobody can play them anymore. With the Civ series, this has not been an issue, as all games are stand-alone, and you don’t need a server from Firaxis. But many other games have recently been shut down, and now a petition has been started to stop this, by giving gamers the options to run their own games. This might be relevant for Civ in the future, so support https://www.stopkillinggames.com/ . If you want to discuss this, then join us here.
The Civilization 5 “Hall Of Fame” is an ongoing competition, to gain the highest rank among all civ-fanatics for the various difficulty levels, map settings, etc. While you are always free to submit your latest wins, we also sometimes give you new challenges, the gauntlets. It is again the time for them, so we get 2 new challenges for you:
For the G-Major CXLVI we are challenging you to win a science victory with Pocatello of the Shoshone on a tiny Great Plains map on Emperor level. You get until August 31 to tackle this gauntlet. For more information please check this thread.
For the G-Minor CCXIX we are challenging you to win a diplomancy as Pedro II of Brazil on a small Pangaea map on Prince difficulty. You also here get until August 31 to tackle this gauntlet. For more information please check this thread.
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.
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.