Firaxis has released the next Civ6 Challenge of the Month! It is called King of the Wonder, but if you wonder if you need to build lots of wonders, then you might wonder wrongly! In this game you play as Theodore Roosevelt of America, and you must defend the Bermuda Triangle. The game has standard settings (besides the map, which is custom), and can be played on Prince of Emperor level. Check our thread here for the discussion.
We got another Civ7 game guide today from Firaxis, this time it is Ming China. The Ming are an economic and scientific civ with a starting bias for coast and silk. They get more gold in the capital, another version of the great wall also giving more gold, and their UU is a merchant which will, as you can guess, also give more gold. For more information about this civ, and if you want to know how Yongle is this time featured, check out this thread.
Amplitude, the studio behind Humankind, has announced last weekend that they will become an independent studio, not anymore affiliated with SEGA. The owners apparently bought the company back, and will probably be looking for another interesting project. Join us to discuss this here.
New developer From Chaos introduces the turned-based/real-time strategy game Liegecraft to Civfanatics. Former staff of well-known companies such as Paradox and CD Projekt comprise From Chaos.
Message From the Liegecraft team to Civfanatics:
“Hello Civfanatics, Tomek here – Game Director of Liegecraft!
I’m glad we are able to reach out to this superb community gathered around a series we also love here at From Chaos. Liegecraft is a medieval turn based sandbox strategy with deep role playing aspect. We are inspired a lot by the Civilization series. If you like the description above, then be sure you will find some nice similarities to Civilization in Liegecraft and it is definitely something interesting for you to check out!”
Please take a look at the first trailer below to experience the interesting gameplay and aesthetics of this game:
Liegecraft is currently in development with a scheduled Early Access release in 2025. Feel free to discuss this exciting new game here
The Humble Bundle has again the Sid Meier collection on sale.
This includes obviously our beloved Civ titles, from Civ3 to Civ6 (including DLCs and addons), with also Civ:BE (including Starships), followed by Sid Meier’s Pirates, Railroads, Ace Patrol and Pacific Sky.
To ge the whole bundle with all the titles you only need to pay 16.62, which is a steal for the time you get out of it. You can pay more (and it is encouraged to do so), and donate to Covenant House, which help homeless youth, or to the Michael J. Fox Foundation, to combat Parkinson.
If you are missing any of the titles, then you have the chance to get the bundle from now for another 19 days.
Click here to buy the bundle, and check here to discuss this offer with us.
Zephon is a turn-based 4X game, which it makes it interesting for us, although all similarities to Civ already end at this place. The setting is a post-apocalyptic, Warhammer-40k inspired world with monstrous abominations, where your faction is fighting for survival. It seems to have all the 4X traits you need, such as diplomacy, city management and tech trees. If you’re looking for some non-historic game until Civ7 is released, then this might be a good candidate. Zephon is available for 39.99 on Steam. If you want to discuss this game with us, then join us in our thread here.
Firaxis released today 4 more civ soundtracks, this time for Mongolia, Persia, the Abbasids and Spain! Check out our soundtrack thread here.
We got a dev diary today about the upcoming DLC, “Atomic Ambitions”. As obvious from the name, the DLC is going nuclear. The summary says that it “brings sweeping updates to Siege, adds Pollution, introduces nuclear power, puts nuclear weapons in your arsenal, and much more”, something which Civ players will certainly appreciate.
You can read the whole dev diary here, and discuss it with us here.