Also for this “Game Of The Month” we give you a summer feeling with a nice beach scenario! You play as Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon on a standard size inland sea map on Deity level. You need to strive for a science victory, but at the same time you must prevent all other civs from reaching another victory. The deadline for your summer holidays is August 15.
For more information please check this thread.
The video game history foundation has posted an article, which is not about Civ1 or Civ2, but still in the current context very relevant. The article describes that 87% of historic video games (range 1960-2009) are currently not available at all. While many games can be bought on online platforms like Steam or GoG, the vast majority, nearly 9 out of 10, are actually not on these platforms. According to the study this is comparable to the survival of American silent-era movies (14%). This means for many old games the only possibility to preserve them right now is to preserve the legacy systems which run these games, and hope that the floppies or other media they are stored on don’t degrade.
These facts are very relevant for the Civ community. While the series from Civ3 to Civ6, and also including Alpha Centauri, is available on online platforms, the first 2 games of the series are still not legally downloadable.
Let’s hope that these classics will be preserved for the future.
A summary of the study, including further links, can be found here, and you can discuss this study with us here.
Mohawk Games, the developers of Old World, have released the latest update for their game. This update includes, among other things like bugfixes and performance improvements some changes to MP like allowing players to change midgame when loading a save, and tribes and AI nations can now also raze cities.
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 and Steam.
The Civ4 Hall Of Fame has again gotten an update! New players have been inaugurated in our everlasting Hall Of Civ Fame! You can find the whole overview in this thread!
14 games were accepted since the previous update.
Congratulations to jnebbe for the highest score of the update with a Huge, Normal, Emperor, Domination game for 406,949 points.
jnebbe was the most active player during this update, submitting 4 games.
Only one player was brave enough to take on Deity this update:
Firmlife – 1960 BC, Huge, Marathon, Deity, Conquest game for 171,207 points.​
Firmlife – 1280 AD, Huge, Normal, Deity, Diplomatic game for 92,363 points.​
New Number One Entries:
A number of players gained number one positions:​
​Firmlife with a 1960 BC, Huge, Marathon, Deity, Conquest game for 171,207 points.​
Firmlife with a 1280 AD, Huge, Normal, Deity, Diplomatic game for 92,363 points.​
​jnebbe with a 150 BC, Standard, Normal, Immortal, Domination game for 242,058 points.​​
jnebbe with a 1180 AD, Huge, Normal, Emperor, Domination game for 406,949 points.​​
jnebbe with a 50 BC, Large, Normal, Monarch, Domination game for 164,728 points.​​
Firmlife with a 520 AD, Huge, Normal, Prince, Religious game for 11,176 points.​
iggymnrr with a 1145 AD, Tiny, Marathon, Prince, Space Colony game for 363,944 points.​
nocho with a 1250 AD, Duel, Marathon, Prince, Space Colony game for 393,398 points.​
​Lcpl Jack Jones with a 2050 AD, Large, Quick, Settler, Time game for 5,630 points.​
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A number of players gained a composite table High Score (i.e. Any Condition):​
​jnebbe with a 1180 AD, Huge, Normal, Emperor, game for 406,949 points.
Gauntlet Updates
Congratulations to ZPV for winning G-Major 186 with a date of 1260 AD, iggymnrr was second on 1452AD, nocho 3rd in 1512AD and Cartesian Bear finished in 1914AD.
Techspot has published an interview with Christopher Tin about his work, how he got to designing the music of Civ4, and how this has kick-started his career. In the interview he mentions that Civ was his dream job, with the right combination of elements which interest him, and that there is probably no other game he’d have liked to compose the soundtrack more than Civ. They also talk about that more than 20 years ago video game music was just not of interest in music education, and that this has changed in the meantime. The interview is not short, but well worth reading.
An except:
Techspot: Is there a game or project whose soundtrack you admire that you wish you had the opportunity to take a crack at yourself?
Christopher Tin: I’ve often said that Civ is, in a way, my dream gig. I had a very strong background in classical and world music. Civ is the perfect palette for real life and a lot of musical ideas in that world. I don’t know that there are a lot of other franchises that I think to myself, “Oh, God, I wish I was scoring that.” I like scoring strategy games because, in a way, the music I get to write isn’t so action-driven, allowing me to write pieces that are a little more dynamic in terms of emotional rain.
You can read the whole interview here, discuss this article with us here, and also thanks to Christopher Tin, who brought this article to our attention via Twitter.
And for the June game of the Civ5 “Game Of The Month” we also get you a culture vacation. You play as Enrico Dandolo of Venice on a standard size pangaea map on Immortal level. You need to go for a culture victory, but all other victories are enabled, so you need to make sure that no AI beats you at another one. You have until July 31st to obtain all the great artworks!
For more information please see this thread.
The Steam Summer Sale is on! As most important title Civ6 is on sale, with a 90% discount, down to 5.99€, with also the Anthology and Platinum being discounted by 86% and 91%.
Obviously, besides the Civ games there is a lot more on sale, e.g. Old World is discounted, the Total War Franchise has various titles on sale, mostly 50% upwards, various Paradox games, as well as the Anno franchise.
Strategy and Wargaming .com also has an article with various interesting games here.
Also for Civ3 our team is dedicated to still give you a new “Game Of The Month”!
For the addon “Play The World” you start as Julius Caesar on a normal size pangaea map, and the game is obviously played on Emperor level. To give you an edge on the roaming barbarians you get a Celtic slave, which can only cut trees. You have until September 30 to make all roads lead to Rome. For more information please see here.
For the addon “Conquests” you get a game as the Inca, playing on a standard continents map on Demigod level. Your opponents are known, they are vicious, as well as the barbarians, but you get an additional scout as starting unit. You have until September 30 (so the whole summer) to spread the glory of the sun god! For more information please see this thread.