For the Civ4 Christmas GOTM you play a slightly changed Bouddicca…er… Ms. Klaus, of the Celts. You play on a cylindrical Christmas Tree map against 8 AIs on deity level. You have until January 15 to bring presents or destruction to everyone. For more details, please check this thread.
And we are now at the 13th dev diary for Ara: History Untold.
In this episode the devs talk about the insider program of Ara, and explain what it is, which probably nobody here really surprises at the end ;). More interestingly in our thread there is now also a discussion about the civs and leaders in Ara, and some non-standard choices like the Abbasid caliphate over an Arab civ, or the Holy Roman Empire over a German civ.
Check it out, and discuss it with us here.
And from the Civ5 GOTM you also get a Christmas present! This time you play as Pedro II of Brazil on a standard size pangaea map on Immortal level. You need to win via culture victory, and prevent any other civ from achieving another victory. You have time until January 15 for this GOTM! Fore more info please check here.
Other than the occasional tinkering with the Apolyton Edition of Call To Power 2 there’s not many CTP fan projects still going these days. However long time Civ community member Kull has been working over the last year or so on making the popular Cradle 3+ mods compatible with the Apolyton Edition of CTP2 while also making a huge amount of bug fixes, new gameplay improvements and even new custom terrain/city/unit graphics & animations. Recently he’s been posting about adding new custom wonders that appear on the surrounding city map titles (Civ6 style). There’s no playable release yet but any lurking CTP fans can find more links, pictures & info here.
New (mid-)month, new Civ6 game, just in time for the Christmas holidays! This time you play as Gorgo of Greece on a standard size pangaea map with low sea level and low resources on Emperor level. You also get some disasters and corporations, and you need to win via a culture or diplomatic victory. You can take this challenge until January 15! For more information please check this thread.
Amplitude Studios have announced an upcoming update for their game Humankind.
This update will come with a lot of rebalancing, new modding tools, more map generation options, the possibility to have a culture more than once in a game, and many more things!
For the full information, please read the thread in the forum here.
Mohawk Games, the developers of Old World, have announced a new DLC, called “Wonders & Dynasties”. This DLC will add 30 new leaders, 8 new wonders, and probably a lot more things. The DLC is scheduled for January 11. Discuss this DLC with us here.
For the already regular players, a new update, #117, has been released. This update contains e.g. changes to the competitive mode and the loading screens. You can check the full update here.
Old World is currently available in the Epic Store, on GOG and Steam.
We got another developer diary from the new Paradox game Millennia!
This time the diary is about the ages in Millennia. The age system is somewhat comparable to Civ3, as there are defined ages, which can be unlocked by more things than only technologies. The first player entering a certain age will have the option to chose from a historical age, from an alternative timeline age (e.g. steam punk age), or they might trigger a crisis age (like probably the dark ages). If a player enters one of the first two, they will stay locked for everyone, but you can get out of a crisis age by triggering one of the others. After each alternative age you have to play a historical age though, to keep the timeline a bit on track.
For some more insights please check this thread.
