Anno 1800 is currently available to play for free in the Ubisoft store until May 19.
Anno 1800 is a real-time historic strategy builder, set in the year 1800, and well worth a look.
GreenManGaming and Ubisoft. At Ubisoft the main game is discounted to 19.80€ (and appropriate discounts for the gold and complete edition). At GreenManGaming the main game is slightly cheaper at 17.03€, and various DLCs are discounted too.
And it’s again time for the “Game Of The Month”, and it’s again time to see if you can pick up the challenge and play better than anyone else!
This time you play as Ramesses II of Egypt on a standard size archipelago map on Immortal level. There are no barbarians, but no goody huts either. You have until May15 to finish this game.
For all the remaining information and the savegame please check the thread for the “Game Of The Month” 233 here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/news-botm-233-ramesses-ii-starts-april-12-2022.676276/
FreeCiv 3.0 has been released in February, and recently also the patch 3.0.1.
As many of you know, FreeCiv is a free, open-source Civ game, inspired by Civilization 2. The recent change in version number has also changed the rules. The default rules are now closer to Civ3 than to Civ2, see https://freeciv.fandom.com/wiki/Civ2civ3 .
FreeCiv 3.0 can be downloaded free of charge here: http://freeciv.org/download.html
The current install should run on most modern operating systems and also all halfways modern computers.
Follow the FreeCiv Twitter account for more new.
Discuss FreeCiv in our forum here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/freeciv-new-version-3-0-and-updates.676319/
IGN has just put out the announcement trailer for Old World‘s new expansion “Heroes Of The Agean”! You can see the trailer above, and read some information about the new infos here: https://www.ign.com/videos/old-world-heroes-of-the-aegean-expansion-exclusive-announcement-trailer
The new expansion will include 6 new historical scenarios, and introduces more interesting personalities like Leonidas. Apparently Mohawak Games will make the expansion free for the first 2 weeks! So get Old World now, and enjoy the expansion as soon as possible!
This announcement comes together with the now finalized schedule for the release of Old World on Steam and GOG: Old World will come to both platforms on May 19 2022!
Wishlist Old World on GOG: https://www.gog.com/game/old_world
Wishlist Old World on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/597180/Old_World/
Buy it already in the Epic Store: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/old-world
Discuss the expansion here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/old-world-expansion-heroes-of-the-agean.676299/
Discuss the Steam and GOG release here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/ow-release-date-on-steam-and-gog-19th-of-may.676297/
The Humankind Twitter account has just announced a live streaming challenge with several streamers, including the well known Civ6 streamers @PotatoMcWhiskey , TheGameMechanic and JumboPixel.
Over these days they will try to trigger the pollution end-condition in the fastest way possible.
They will be playing this game on Elhoim’s World map.
You may wonder if this is in any way related to the real world…
The streams will happen on their respective Twitch channels:
Discuss thes streams in our forum here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/push-humankind-too-far-live-stream-april-11-17-with-great-streamers-on-elhoims-map.676288/
Kotaku has compiled another list about the best strategy games out there. The list is full of titles, which shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone, like Crusader King’s III, Total War: Shogun II and Age of Empires 2. And obviously a Civ title also made it on the list, here it is Civ5!
The Civ5 excerpt from the article:
“What more can I say? A titan in the field, it stands as not just the best Civilization game, but one of the best games ever released on the PC. Whatever your strategic cup of tea, be it war, diplomacy or exploration, Civilization V has you covered.
And yes, I know that Civilization VI is out and is very good, but I think its obsession with yields and its lesser AI means it can’t quite match the complete package of its predecessor.”
You can find the whole article here: https://kotaku.com/the-best-strategy-games-on-pc-1766534236
Discuss the article in our forum here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/kotaku-the-best-strategy-games-on-pc.676226/
Old World is currently on sale, 10% off in the Epic Games Store, 29.69€ instead of 32.99€ (sale is for 2 days).
If you take the chance to get it now, and want to dig deeper, then our user alcaras has made a new video about training in Old World. Have a look at it if you want to know how to better manage your troops, and leave any comments about it here https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/any-youtube-videos.675609/#post-16252711.
The “Game Of The Month” team has again prepared another interesting savegame for you, to challenge your Civ6 skills! This month you play as Mvemba a Nzinga of Kongo on as small map on King level, with apocalypse mode and only religious victory enabled. You have until May 1 to finish this game.
You can find all the details, including the savegame, in this thread: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/6otm132-announcement.676152/