The Value Foundation, a foundation dealing with history, video games, and education, will with the start of the new academic year also start their streaming sessions again. Last year they focused on Civilization 2, but will this time tackle Civilization 6.
Their streams are on Tuesdays at 9PM CEST, starting today, Tuesday September 12, and can be found here on Twitch. To discuss the streams please join our thread here.
Amplitude has released the latest DLC for Humankind, the “Cultures of Oceania” DLC. The new DLC comes packed with interesting content. The description from the Steam page:
“The HUMANKIND™ Cultures of Oceania DLC includes:
– 6 New Cultures
– 6 New Wonders
– 7 Independent Peoples
– 15 Narrative Events
– New in-game themed music tracks composed by Arnaud Roy”
The DLC is currently discounted by 10%, to 8.09 instead of 8.99, and will be available with discount until September 21. You can find all information on the Steam page, and you can discuss the DLC with us here.
GamingOnLinux has published an article called “Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri gets an in-development open source remake“. This article is about an ongoing remake of Alpha Centauri, you can also follow its development here in our forum. The short article simply highlights that the project exists, and that many steps are still to be completed. Right now the game engine manages to show the interface and maps can be generated, but the project is not yet too close to being playable. If you read the thread you can see though that there has been constant development, and we are excited to see the future of this project!
Mohawk Games, the developers of Old World, have released the latest update for their game. This update allows the player to set the amount of city sites per map, provides more modding features and Ai improvements.
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.
And with the Civ5 GOTM we’re leaving the summery tracks, and are now moving the the lowlands. This time you play as William of the Netherlands, on a standard size continents map. You need to win with a science victory, and prevent all other civs from achieving another victory. You have until October 1 to grow the best tulips.
For all information please see this thread.
Soren Johnson, the lead designer of Civ4 and of OldWorld, just published a video, which was used to pitch Old World (at the time named 10 Crowns) in 2017.
Looks very different from today, have a look!
You can find the original source here, and discuss this video with us here.
The new Civ6 “Game Of The Month” is a total chaos! You play as Sejong of Korea on a unknown map of standard size on Prince level. You need to win via a science victory, but disaster intensity is set to 4 and all game mods are on (besides Zombies). We wish you all luck, may the best civ-fanatic survive!
The deadline for game submission is October 1, and all other details you can find here.
A part of the current Steam strategy fest is the indie game “Theocracy”. Theocracy is an old-school turnbased 4X game, heavily inspired by Civ1 and 2, but with a focus on religion and mysticism. So besides expanding your empire, you also need to spread your religion and convert pagans.
The game is currently on sale for 4.89€ instead of 6.99 until September 4. The developer is also a fellow civ-fanatic, and will answer any questions in the thread dedicated to the Theocracy here.