Sara came by today for again some news, and this time also the most exciting one: We can expect the update, and also the second part of the “Tides Of Power” DLC tomorrow! This all will come with another map type, Shattered Seas, better biome generation, some rebalancing and a lot more. Stay tuned for tomorrow, and check the discussion here.
Civ Video Series Ep 04 – Civilization 2 HD Tour With Mods & Scenarios
5 years ago for Civ1s 30th anniversary we posted Blake’s video here about how to play it in HD with the best mods & scenarios and now as we close in on Sid Meier’s Civilization II 30th anniversary the time has come to do the same for Civ2. In the intervening years Blake has painstakingly searched, rescued & preserved several thousand Civ2 scenarios made over the last 3 decades and is now showcasing many of the best total conversion ones in this video. There’s also previews on some crazy new mods of Blake’s that change nearly everything in Civ2 to look like Heroes of Might & Magic, Command & Conquer, Red Alert, Dune, and Alpha Centauri to name a few. Eventually he’ll be doing episodes on playing Colonization, Master of Magic, Alpha C, CtP and Civ3-4-etc in HD too but that’ll be a few more years work. Curious? Check more here.
Nova Roma – new historic city builder (with demo)
Nova Roma is a historic city builder set in ancient Rome.
You do your usual thing of collecting resources, building housing and infrastructure, manipulating the environment, and also pleasing the ancient gods.
Nova Roma is published by HoodedHorse, who have also published Old World.
The system requirements are rather moderate, and you can already try out a demo, before the game gets published in January.
Check out the details (incl. download) here on Steam, on GOG or Epic (Demo only on Steam right now though), and discuss with us here.
Play the new Civ5 “Game Of The Month” #278
Also for the “Game Of The Month” the year comes to an end, and we are still providing you a last challenge to play (for this year, new to come next year).
If you dare to, then you can play this time as Hiawatha of the Iroquois on a huge Arborea map on King level. You must win this game via a science victory, and prevent that any other civ achieves another victory. You can take this challenge until January 1. For all the details please check here.
New Civ7 Game Guide: Iceland
Sara also gave us today some more info about the upcoming second part of the “Tides Of Power” DLC, this time introducing Iceland as a civ. Iceland is a cultural and militaristic civ with a starting bias for coastal tiles as well as tundra and grassland. Their abilities and civic tree are geared towards an interesting combo of naval units and culture production. They can also get a range of unique units with interesting abilities. Have a look at the details here.
Geoff Knorr: “Thrilled to share the CivV soundtrack is now available (finally!) on streaming services worldwide”
Geoff Knorr, one of the creators of the Civ5 soundtrack, has announced today on Twitter that you can now find the whole Civ5 soundtrack online.
The more than 100 music pieces are now available on most likely one of your favourite streaming services, check them out here, and discuss with us here.
New Civ7 Game Guide: Ottomans
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!