Firaxis has today released a new short, talking about yields and improvements. Civ7 does not have anymore worker units, so you do not improve tiles as in previous civ games. Instead, if you work a tile, it automatically gets improved. If you want to change the yield of an improvement, then you need to build a building with an associated modifier. Want to discuss this? Then join us here.
Old World: Wrath Of Gods DLC announced
Mohawk Games has today revealed the next upcoming DLC for Old World, this time titled “Wrath Of Gods“.
This DLC will come with Aksum as a new civ, will introduce 9 different natural disasters to the game, a new scenario and more than 200 new events.
The expected release date is March 3 2025.
For more info please check the Steam page here, and discuss it with us here.
Civ7 news of the day: Prussia, Friedrich, Victories, DLC: Great Britain, Carthage and more
Firaxis has released too much information today, therefore only a short breakdown of what we have:
- There are many interesting details in the live stream thread, please check here
- We got a new Civ game guide for Prussia
- And a new first look at Friedrich of Prussia
- Parts of the DLC content were revealed, which includes Carthage, Great Britan, Bulgaria, Nepal, Ada Lovelace, Simon Bolivar, Bermuda triangle and some other minor details. See the thread here
- This was apparently leaked a bit early in a Polygon article, see here
- A new game guide about victories was released, see here
- It also seems we got a glance at the regional release times, but they might have been wrong. See the discussion here
GOG Dreamlist: Vote for Civ1 and Civ2!
GOG has today revelaed its “Dreamlist“, an official list where you can vote which games they should try to acquire and preserve! Our moderator blake00 has already a long time ago started a campaign to bring Civ1 and Civ2 back, and now there is a realistic chance via the Dreamlist!
The fight for the top spot is fierce! On first place we currently have “Black & White” with nearly 60.000 votes. Civ1 and Civ2 are somewhere on page 6 and 7, with 15.000 and nearly 14.000 votes respectively.
Vote here for Civ1, and here for Civ2, and discuss the voting for Civ1 here and for Civ2 here.
Ara: History Untold Patch 1.21 is now available!
The next patch for Ara: History Untold is now available. This is a small patch and mostly includes some balance changes and adjustments of the tech tree. You can discuss this update with us here.
New game guide for Meiji Japan, and first look for Himiko
Today we got a Japanese Civ7 update from Firaxis: More information about Meiji era Japan and a first look at Himiko as a leader.
Meiji era Japan is militaristic and scientific with a starting bias for coast and grassland. If you play Meiji, you get science boni from overbuilding old buildings, and a special naval unit which will respawn the first time it is destroyed. For more information please check here.
Himiko gets 2 personas, one from a DLC. The base game persona is diplomatic and scientific, whereas the DLC persona is diplomatic and cultural. Their agendas are the opposite of each other, depending on types of settlements. For more info please check here.
Play the new Civ6 “Game Of The Month” #190
We are a bit early this time, and the Civ6 “Game Of The Month” for February is already available. This time you’re tasked with playing Alexander of Macedonia on a hot standard size Terra map with high sea level. You get abundant resources and a legendary start, but you must tackle a domination or religious victory on Deity level. As usual you got (a bit more than) 1 month to finish this game (March 1). For more info please check the thread here.
Humankind: Free to play this weekend, Cultures of Latin America Pack for free, and new update!
As the title says: The Humankind base game is currently free to play, for the next 2 days (end of weekend, I assume). In case you then get some craving for it, you can also get it for 85% off until January 30, for only 7.49! Get it/play it here.
At the same time the Cultures of Latin America pack is completely free until January 30 as well. Get it here. Do you want to discuss this deal with us? Then discuss with us here.
At the same time Amplitude has also released today another update, only in beta form, not final yet, meaning you need to change your settings on Steam if you want to try it.
This update mostly addresses balancing issues with surrender and war support. You can check the list of changes here.