And we got the dev diary #23 for Ara, this time about diplomacy. As in Civ, you can propose trade (and research) agreements, declare war (different types though), denounce them, and give gifts to other nations. You get also some more options like connecting your empires via road, or complete narrative events which influence the diplomatic values. As also in Civ, each leader will have a different personality, and will favour different traits of other civs. For more info, just check the video and comment here.
New Civ 7 logo found via Steam
Our sleuths have found a new Civ7 logo, which looks quite interesting and leaves a lot room for speculation. And we also found the Civ7 desktop icon! Want to know more? Check our thread.
Old World update #127
Mohawk Games, the developers of Old World, have released the latest update for their game. This update allows you to mark characters as notable and filter based on notability, and lets you know when your hidden units have been discovered, among other changes.
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 and Steam, and on Stove.
New monthly challenge: Rotating Reduxes + Civilization VI is now Steam native!
Firaxis’ community manager Sarah has brought us some interesting news today: The first is that for the Civ6 “Challenge Of The Month”, you will this time be getting each week a tweaked version of one of the previous challenges! This starts on August 14 with the “Seven Seas” challenge, but you get a permanent dark age, twice as many naval barbarians, water tiles dealing damage to units and more. On the 21st you will already be getting the next challenge.
For all the fans of the 2K launcher, there are sad news though ;): The launcher is not anymore necessary for Civ6, and will also not be used for Civ7.
For more information, please check here.
Historians analzying the Civ7 trailer as obsessively as CivFanatics!
Twitter user, Civ streamer and history student paisley_trees has also taken a look at the Civ7 trailer (together with a colleague), and is commeting on all the details.
They also have a look at the graphics, comment on the lack of Sean Bean, and in general dissect it in the same fashion as we do.
I am not sure… did they see something we did not?
Please leave a comment about if they did here.
Millennia: Ancient Worlds DLC and update 5
The Paradox community manager PDX Katten has dropped by at CivFanatics to announce the release of the new DLC for Millennia, called “Ancient Worlds“. The DLC focuses on prehistoric times, and adds quite some features in this era. You can now start with a nomadic band instead of your first city (so like in Civ), you get ancinet megafauna such as Mastodons, an ice age start, new starting goverments to fit the flavour as well as new land marks. The DLC costs 9.99 and can be bought on Steam.
At the same time as the DLC also the latest update is released. This update contains a more standard form of the settler start, experimental simultaneous multiplayer and experimental modding support (among other things like bugfixes). For more info for both the DLC and the update check our thread here.
Sullla’s AI Survivor Season Eight – Wildcard Game 1
AI Survivor is an annual competition of all Civilization IV AI Leaders by long-time Civilization enthusiast and streamer Sullla.
We now enter the playoff phase of AI Survivor, starting with Wildcard Game 1. There will be two wildcard playoff games this season for the first time as enough leaders survived the early round that a second wildcard game is required. Only the winner of each wildcard game will advance to the playoff rounds. The wildcard games are particularly fun as the raging barbarian setting is turned on. The AI leaders will face an early onslaught of barbarian invasion. Will we see any AIs lose a city, or even better will we see a leader destroyed by the barbs? All entrants into the wildcard games survived their opening round match, some with only one city remaining. However, all these leaders will have a new opportunity to advance into the playoffs with the possibility of winning it all. Read more about the first wildcard game here. Be sure to make your picks in the picking context.
Sullla’s AI Survivor Season 8 continues Friday, August 16th on Sullla’s Twitch Channel at noon EST.
We welcome you to join the fun by discussing here
Civ 7 release date is in the first quarter of 2025 per quarterly report
Our moderator Eagle Pursuit has extracted from the quarterly fiscal report of Take2 that Civ7 is scheduled to be released in the first quarter of 2025, so January until March.
Please note that the report says Q4 2025, which refers to the fiscal year, and not to the calendar year. It does refer to the Q1 of the calendar year 2025.
For more information please check this thread.