Civ6 Leader Pass – Leader Trailer: Saladin

By | November 19, 2022

Firaxis has released the new trailer for Saladin, who will come with the first pack of the Civ6 Leader Pass. You want to discuss this trailer? Come over here!

Civilization 6 Leader Pass – Leader Trailer: Abraham Lincoln

By | November 18, 2022

Firaxis has released a trailer for the upcoming first pack of the Leader Pass, featuring Abraham Lincoln. You feel like discussing the trailer? Head over here, and tell us!

Civilization 6 Leader Pass: With Julius Caesar, and more!

By | November 17, 2022

The live stream of the first Civ6 Leader Pass pack has yielded some interesting insights. The biggest one is that we’ll even get more leaders, Julius Caesar will be one of them. For all other news, please check the features overview, and discuss the details of any screenshots with us here.

Civ6 Leader Pass: Great Negotiators Livestream on November 17, 11 AM PT

By | November 16, 2022

The first of the DLC packs of the new Civ6 Leader Pass, the “Great Negotiators” pack, will be livestreamed, tomorrow November 17 on 11 AM Pacific Time (2 PM Eastern Time, 8 PM CET). The live stream will show this first pack with Abraham Lincoln, and will be hosted by our most beloved Mr. Kevin, dressed as Abraham Lincoln, together with Carl Harrison and Ed Beach.

You can watch the live stream here, and discuss with us here.

Old World’s Soundtrack nominated for a grammy, and another additional nomination for Christopher Tin

By | November 15, 2022

The Recording Company has published this year’s nominationy for the Grammy awards. This year is the first time that prices will be awarded in the new category of best video game soundtrack. So far, the only video game title to win a Grammy is Christopher Tin’s “Baba Yetu”, the Civ4 main theme, and the related album “Calling All Dawns”.

Maybe surprising, maybe not, the soundtrack for “Old World” is in this year’s nominee list (official announcement; article by IGN).

In addition to this, the new album by Christopher Tin, “The Lost Birds“, is nominated as best classical compendium.

We are very happy to hear these news, and would like to congratulate the team!

You can also congratulate them directly via Twitter, the announcements by Christopher Tin is here, by Soren Johnson here, and by The Recording Company here.

You can listen to a podcast about the soundtrack here, and find other information about the soundtrack, including videos and lists, here.

Please come over to our forum to celebrate this nomination.

Official Civ6 announcement tomorrow November 15

By | November 14, 2022

We have been discussing about the leaked upcoming DLC, and have now been waiting for somthing official. And it seems an official announcement will happen tomorrow. Stay tuned for more!

PolyCast 409: Submitted For Peer Review

By | November 13, 2022
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The four-hundred-and-ninth episode of PolyCast, “Submitted For Peer Review“ is now available for streaming on ThePolyCast.net. This episode features regular co-hosts CanusAlbinus, Stephanie “Makahlua”, Phil “TheMeInTeam”, and Jason “MegaBearsFan”. Topics for this episode include:

Intro
00h00m50s | Sulcata Tortoises and Swedish Patch Notes

News
00h05m30s | New Civilization Franchise Merchandise
00h11m30s | 2K Games Support Hacked
00h18m12s | Managerial Skills and Civilization Player Skill, Related Research Paper

Research Lab
00h34m02s | Should Elizabeth II Lead England in Civilization VII?

Outro
00h44m25s | Day of Defeat Multiplayer

NOTE: This Episode was recorded on September 24, 2022.

PolyCast is a bi-weekly audio production recording live every other Saturday at 12 Noon US Eastern Time throughout the year, in an ongoing effort to give the Civilization community an interactive voice.