The official Civilization social media accounts have published a third video in the Civ retrospective series, this time looking at Civilization 3. They highlight it’s new culture mechanics, strategic resources, refined Civiliopedia and reactive borders. It’s also worth noting that over the years CivFanatics members have created some truly amazing total conversion mods for Civ3 based on Starwars, Fallout, Heroes of Might & Magic, Star Trek, Colonization and Master of Magic to name a few!
Prepare for a heated summer in this new Civ4 GOTM! You play Shaka of the Zulus on a flat standard size oasis map on Immortal level. You decide yourself how to win this game, you don’t have to do it the Shaka way ;). The deadline for submitting your game is August 5. For more information please check this thread.
Mohawk Games, the developers of Old World, have released the latest update for their game. With this update wonders have been rebalanced, five new crowning ambitions added, and new game options are available.
This article is already a month old, but just popped up on social media: Researchers have tried to tackle a question if a 3500 old armour from Mycenean Greece was used for ceremonial purposes or for real fighting. Apparently no descriptions about this armor have survived into modern times. The researchers therefore have made replicas of the armor, and recruited 13 volunteers from the Greek marines to test out the armor. It seemed that for both fighting and other practical purposes (just wearing it in the Greek heat), the armor seemed to do sufficiently well, and could have been used for combat purposes. No fighting exercises against tanks were reported though. You can read the news article here, and discuss it with us here.
AI Survivor is an annual competition of all Civilization IV AI Leaders by long-time Civilization enthusiast and streamer Sullla.
The Game 3 outcome this past Friday had to be one of the most shocking in Survivor history. Sitting Bull of the Native Americans won a cultural victory while Frederick of Germany placed a strong second. Historically, Sitting Bull and Frederick are two of the most inert leaders in AI Survivor, performing poorly regularly. The Alternate Histories should prove interesting for this matchup. Meanwhile, arguably the strongest leader in Huayna Capac of the Incans was eliminated from the competition. Everyone’s favorite warmonger Shaka will not move on as peaceful Freddie turned the tables and erased him from the map. Willem of the Netherlands did survive, but once again avoided Rifling tech until far too late.
Game 4 will feature another top-tier leader in Mansa Musa of Mali. Mansa has had tremendous success in the past, relying on his unmatched science and economic prowess. Mansa is always a threat regardless of land. We have a newly seeded leader in Alexander the Great of Greece. His traits don’t lend themselves well to Survivor, but he boosted his profile with success in recent seasons. Zara Yacob of Ethiopia and Saladin of Arabia are always contenders. Game 4 could prove the most well-rounded field yet this season. Don’t forget to make your prediction in the picking context.
The Civilization Twitter account has posted the second video in the Civ retrospective series, this time looking at Civilization 2. They highlight the isometric map, hitpoints, and a revolution in diplomacy (which shows the advisors). If you want to discuss this video with us, then join us here.
The Civ Twitter account has published a video about Civ1, when the first important features were created. This is supposedly the first video out of a series, where also the other titles will be featured, so we will also see Civ2-Civ6. If you want to discuss the video(s) with us, then join us here.
And we are now at the 19th dev diary for Ara: History Untold.This time the devs talk events. The events will be more important than in Civ4, and more comparable to Old World. They are used for role playing, and to show progression through history. There are also inter-related invents, which build upon each other, really telling a story.
Unrelated to this last dev diary, there was also another Q&A recently, and we know in the meantime all the leaders. For more info please check this thread.
