Civ7: Gameplay reveal & more coming this August!

By | August 1, 2024

The Civ community manager Sarah has today popped by at CivFanatics, to announce the details of the August showcase. There will be a 20+ minutes showcase, there will be a booth at this year’s Gamescom, and a dev panel at the PaxWest!

The most relevant details:

Gamescom Opening Night Live Civilization VIIGameplay Reveal Trailer – August 20 at Twitch.tv/gamescom at 11:00 AM PT / 8:00 PM CEST

Civilization VII Gameplay Showcase, featuring over 20+ minutes of gameplay details – August 20 at Twitch.tv/FiraxisGames at 1:30 PM PT / 10:30 PM CEST

Visit the Civilization VII booth at Gamescom in Hall 6 –August 21-25

Civilization VII Developer Panel w/ Kinda Funny Games’ Greg Miller at PAX West – August 31 at Twitch.tv/PAX at 11:00 AM PT / 8:00PM CEST

For more details and the discussion join us here.

Sullla’s AI Survivor Season Eight – Game 8

By | July 29, 2024

AI Survivor is an annual competition of all Civilization IV AI Leaders by long-time Civilization enthusiast and streamer Sullla.

Game 7 saw Elizabeth “Lizzy” of England pull out an extremely shocking Domination victory. While Lizzy is not prone to winning in Survivor she is certainly geared toward being a pacifist. However, Lizzy simply out-teched everyone else and when they attacked her she took advantage of her military tech superiority. Another surprise was that Sury of Khmer, the favorite, performed absolutely abominably in this game. Yet he did survive for the playoffs having been left with one ice city. Mehmed placed second in the match. What will Lizzy do in the Alternate Histories for this game?

Game 8 features an interesting matchup of primarily militaristic leaders. Favorite Julius Caesar of Rome is the top-seeded leader and will surely be a threat with his Praetorian units. Louis XIV of France is our second-ranked leader. Louie is renown for wonder-building and not being the most trustworthy leader. Of interest here is that we have quite a few imperialistic and charismatic leaders. Expansion will be fast and wars should be frequent. Lincoln of America is the only leader on the map that is truly peaceful. Will he survive? Be sure to make your picks in the picking context.

Sullla’s AI Survivor Season 8 continues Friday, August 2nd on Sullla’s Twitch Channel at noon EST.

We welcome you to join the fun by discussing here

Civilization: Full Map (2024 Edition)

By | July 26, 2024

Before we get to Civ7 and will be busy playing it, our master cartographer bite has released his latest project: The ultimate map. On this maps (maps per region), you will find every feature from the Civilization franchise. All civilizations which appeared in Civ1-6, all city states, world wonders and other map features. Are you curious which are has the most wonders and civs? Or you just like maps? Discuss with us here, and check out the maps here.

Old World update #126

By | July 25, 2024

Mohawk Games, the developers of Old World, have released the latest update for their game. With this update you get performance and memory optimizations, civilian units cannot defend cities anymore, and you will be able to play DLC civs in the game of the week, even if you do not own them.

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.

Ara: History Untold: Dev Diary, Ep. 21 – Government

By | July 22, 2024

The devs of Ara have released their 21st dev diary, in which they talk about the goverment systems in Ara.
As in the civ games, you start with a basic type of government, and you unlock new types in the research tree. While the government types have positive modifiers, it’s unclear from the video if they also have negative modifiers, but the devs said they had a look at the historical impact of the governments.
The leaders have some shared traits, similar to Civ3 and Civ4, and some of them will have synergies with some forms. The other details are a bit more vague, but have a look at the video yourself. And come discuss it with us here.