Polygon: How Civilization 4’s Christopher Tin became the first game composer to win a Grammy

By | August 5, 2024
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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.

Play the new Civ4 “Game Of The Month” #277

By | August 5, 2024
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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 EU petition for Stop Killing Games is now open!

By | August 4, 2024
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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.

Play the new Civ5 “Hall Of Fame” gauntlets!

By | August 4, 2024
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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.

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.