The demo of Millennia has been quite a success, and the devs have now published the first diary after the release. Well, not really a dev diary, but rather the list of recent changes, which should be meaningful for the players. The long list includes a bunch of graphical changes which are definitely visible in the new screenshots, and burried in the long list also some adjustments to the “Raiders”. Have a look at the long list here.
The Civilization IV Hall of Fame has been updated – 14 games were accepted since the previous update.
Congratulations to nocho for the highest score of the update with a Small, Epic, Noble, Space Colony game for 287,479 points.
nocho was the most active player during this update, submitting 3 games.
adityavs was the most active player during this update, submitting 3 games.
Only 2 players were brave enough to take on Deity this update:
fizbankovi – 1884 AD, Standard, Normal, Deity, Domination game for 178,044 points.
Lcpl Jack Jones – 2050 AD, Standard, Quick, Deity, Time game for 26,339 points.
New Number One Entries:
A number of players gained number one positions:
Lcpl Jack Jones with a 2050 AD, Standard, Quick, Deity, Time game for 26,339 points.
nocho with a 1040 AD, Tiny, Epic, Emperor, Diplomatic game for 240,108 points.
nocho with a 1400 AD, Small, Epic, Noble, Space Colony game for 287,479 points.
Lcpl Jack Jones with a 2050 AD, Huge, Quick, Settler, Time game for 9,307 points.
A number of players gained a composite table High Score (i.e. Any Condition):
nocho with a 1400 AD, Small, Epic, Noble, game for 287,479 points.
nocho with a 1040 AD, Tiny, Epic, Emperor, game for 240,108 points.
Gauntlet Updates
Congratulations to nocho for winning G-Minor 275 with a date of 1040AD.
New Gauntlet Starting
G-Minor 276 – Espionage, Noble, Ancient, Tiny, Epic, Oasis, (check thread for hte options)
Firaxis has announced that they will be running a live stream for the latest Civ6 Monthly Challenge, “The Head Of Cyrus”. The live stream will happen on March 8, 11 AM PT / 2 PM ET / 8 PM CET, and can be found on the Firaxis Youtube channel and Twitch channel.
And for March you very definitely also get a Civ5 GOTM! This time you play as Hiawatha on a small boreal map on Immortal level. You need to win via a domination victory, and prevent all other civs from achieving another victory too. You have until April 1 to finish this challenge. For more information please check this thread.
The Millennia demo has been available for quite a while, and many users here at CivFanatics have played it eagerly. Shortcomings have been clear, but it also has found many people who are interested in curious about the full game. The community has given us some short judgements, including (but not limited to) the following:
“A challenger appears!” – MrRadar
“An interesting game, which while it needs work in some areas, has a promising set of core mechanics.” – KayAu
“I will say this though: For all its flaws – I want another chance to play it.. so I look forward to either the release or next demo.” – The MarshmallowBear
For all comments and the whole discussioin please check here.
Also our March GOTM is a themed one: You play as Julius Caesar (obviously) on a standard size toroidial fantasy realm map on Immortal level. You get goody huts and events, and you are free to dominate the world in whatever way you like. This GOTM will run until April 8. For more information please check this thread.
A new post on the Chinese platform bilibili has given us some new screenshots as well as a video of the mobile Civ game, which is in development and might potentially only be available for the Chinese or a wider Asian market. The game was originally announced as “Civilization: Eras & Allies”, and is based on an already existing mobile game. The new screenshots and video strongly indicate that this mobile game will re-use lots of the content from Civ6.
Please have a look at this thread for more information.
The regular Civ streamer JumboPixel now has also published a short tutorial video for Millennia.
This video was done in collaboration with the devs.
