And also for Civ5 you are getting a new challenge from us this month: In this “Game Of The Month” you play as Boudicca of the Celts on a standard size British Isles map on Settler level (so this game is accessible for everyone). You need to win via a Science victory, and must prevent all other civs from achieving another victory at the same time. You have until April 2 to finish this challenge. For more info and the savegame please see this thread.
The next version of C-evo has been released! C-evo is, similar to FreeCiv, another free and open source version of civ, which is maybe strongest inspired by Civ2. This update is a minor update, including that the graphics get better scaled, the French translation got updated, a few bug fixes and more. If you feel like playing a good old civ-game again, then have a look at the C-evo website here, and join us for the discussion here.
Even with Civ7 going on, we are still getting you a new challenge for Civ6 each month! In this “Game Of The Month” you play as Pericles on a hot standard size Archipelago map with low sea level on king level. You get a disaster intensity of 2 and also Barbarian Clans. You need to win a culture or diplomatic victory, and you need to do that until April 1. For more info please check here.
Firaxis has today released the plans for the future of Civ7. On March 4 we’ll be getting update 1.1.0, with hopefully many necessary fixes (as well as a new natural wonder). And the same time the first part of the next DLC will be released (including Britain). For the end of March we’ll be getting the ability to rename cities and commanders, definitely options which have been requested a lot. And the far future will bring hot seat, more MP options and modding tools. For the discussion please check here.
We got a range of interesting news again!
First, another video about the partnership between the Shawnee and Firaxis has been posted.
Various members of the tribe talk in the video about the importance of the Shawnee language, and Firaxis talks about how this knowledge and culture was used for Civ7. Discuss this video with us here.
Second, Gamespot has released a long article with the title “How Sid Meier’s Civilization VII Showcases Filipino Culture Through Jose Rizal“.
In this article the author talks about Jose Rizal as a person and his history, that finally the Phillipins are not represented as a stereotype, and they also talked with the devs about the research which went into Civ7 for this. Discuss this article with us here.
Third, Meena Shamaly, a composer who has sang songs for Old World, is regulary hosting a gaming podcast at the ABC Classics.
This time the podcast it is about the music in Civ7. Obviously the theme “Living Gloriously” is being played, among other titles from within the game.
He also talkes about the instruments used in the soundtrack, and has asked Roland Rizzo and Geoff Knorr which age is their favourite to compose music for. Listen to the podcast here, and discuss it with us here.
And as last item, Twitch Rivals is hosting a live stream related to the Civ7 release. Watch it here, and discuss it with us here.
Mohawk Games, the developers of Old World, have released the latest update for their game! This update includes a major expansion of the Old World map (see screenshot), new options when you set up a new game (including accessibility options), AI and performance optimizations and more.
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.
We got some Civ7 news for you from the forum!
Our user mzmaster is continuing to do Piano covers of the Civ7 themes. Check out the latest here.
Our fanatic users have furthermore dug deeper into the Civ7 files, and have revealed some more unused/old assets, like a first portrait of Confucius and background art, see here.
From the realm of Civ7 mods you get a diplomacy screen where the leader faces you, a mod which lets you play exploration era civs in antiquity, and a mod which allows you to deactivate victory conditions. For all mods please check the subforum here.
We got the first stats for Civ7 from Firaxis! It seems that Confucius is the most played leader, the combo Hatshepsut and Egypt are very popular, more than 16 million games have been played with more than 1.1 billion turns and that Rome is the most favourite civ. Want to comment? Join us here.