Sara also gave us today again good Civ7 news, by introducing us to the next civ which we’ll get via the “Tides Of Power” DLC, the long expected and wanted Ottomans! The are a militaristic and cultural civilization, which Firaxis has geared towards siege warfare and a big empire. The unique unit is obviously the Janissary, but we also get a barbary pirate unit. For more details check the thread here.
Civilization 4 & Civ4-Colonization Scenario/Mod Preservation Project
We recently posted about Blake’s new Civ3 preservation project continuing the work from his old Civ2 preservation project which went on to preserve several thousand lost Civ2 mods & scenarios. Now he’s kicked off a new Civilization 4 & Civ4-Colonization scenario/mods preservation project starting with 3 large collections totaling around 9 Gigabytes. If you’re a fan of Civ4 and its mods then we encourage you to grab copies for yourselves and if you happen to have your own large collection of Civ4 mods & scenarios you’d be willing to donate then please let us know here!
Civ7 First Look: Sayyida al Hurra
Sara came by today to give us some more info about the second part of the “Tides Of Power” DLC, and introduced to us the barbary pirate leader Sayyida al Hurra. She is a militaristic and diplomatic leader with a coastal starting bias, and both her special ability and agenda relate to naval units. Want to know more? Check the thread here.
Play the Civ7 “Game Of The Month” #12
The “Game Of The Month” is a community challenge, where we dare you to play game of Civ7, and show us that you are better than the rest of the civ-fanatics!
For December, we have gotten you another one of these challenges. The prepared savegame starts you as Lafayette of Rome. For the GOTM we require you also to take Spain for the exploration age, and Mexico for the modern age. You play this game on “Sovereign” level with light disaster intensity, with most of the other options being standard. You need to go for a Science victory, and after that, the minimum amount of total turns to finish will be used for scoring.
Are you good at achieving a science victory quickly? Then get your savegame here, and submit the winning game latest on January 1!
Ara: History Untold – Free on Steam until December 1, and 50% discount
It seems that Amplitude wants to make the Americans a gift to distract them from their family this weekend: Ara: History Untold is free this weekend on Steam until December 1. In case you then notice that you can’t get enough of it, then you can get it also with a 50% discount, for 24.99 instead of 49.99. Check it out here, and discuss with us here.
Old World update #141
Mohawk Games, the developers of Old World, have released the latest update for their game! This update includes that you cannot any longer hire Barbarian units, that civilian units defend cities, units with leader generals are immune to control effects, as well as a long range of smaller changes and bugfixes.
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.
Play the new Civ5 “Game Of The Month” #277
We start winter with another challenge for you. In this Civ5 “Game Of The Month” you play as Dido of Carthage on a small “large islands” map on Prince level. You must win via a domination victory, but all victories are enabled, meaning you must prevent other civs from e.g. winning a space or culture victory. The deadline for this game is December 15. Want to try your luck? Then check here for the savegame and instructions.
The Game Awards: Civ7 nominated for best strategy game
With each new year, we also get a new version of The Game Awards.
This year there will be awards given in 30 categories, and Civ7 has been nominated in the category “Best Sim/Strategy”.
The nominees are the following:
- The Alters
- FINAL FANTASY TACTICS – The Ivalice Chronicles
- Jurassic World Evolution 3
- Sid Meier’s Civilization VII
- Tempest Rising
- Two Point Museum
If you want to vote for Civ7, then please do that here, and join us for the discussion here.