XCOM2 is currently for 1 day free-to-play. In case this might give you the taste of the franchise, you can now also get it for cheap! Until February 24, you can get:
XCOM2: 1 day free-to-play, and discounts!
New indie game release: Roma Invicta
Since the last 1-2 years have been a bit low on Civilization-related news, we want to bring the CivFanatics also other news, which might be of interest. Therefore we are also covering other games, which fall in the categories of turn-based strategy, 4X, empire building, historical games, and similar.
We saw on Twitter a tweet about this lovely small indie game: Roma Invicta. This game features a turn-based campaign map, as well as real-time battles, just as in “Total War”. The game graphics are obviously not comparable, since this game seems to be developed by a one-person-studio. The price of currently 4.49€ probably makes up for it though. So if you want to bridge the waiting time to the next “Total War” release, this might be worth having a look at.
Discuss this game in our forum: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/new-indie-game-release-roma-invicta.675309/
Play the new Civ6 “Game Of The Month” #129
And it’s again time for you to show us your Civ6 skills! If you want to beat everyone else, then you need to take the challenge with the Cree this month. You’ll be playing as Poundmaker, going for a domination or religious victory on a standard size pangaea map. All the rest of the details you can find in the thread here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/6otm129-announcement.675237/
“Calling All Dawns” will be performed live in Perth
Christopher Tin’s Grammy-winning album “Calling All Dawns”, including the also Grammy-winning title “Baba Yetu”, will be performed next week, Saturday 19th, live in Perth. The whole concert features not only Christoper Tin’s work, but also world music from other artists. The concert also includes 12 performers who will sing in their native languages, to be named: Swahili, Japanese, Mandarin, Portuguese, French, Latin, Irish, Polish, Hebrew, Farsi, Sanskrit and Te Reo Māori.
More information: https://www.outinperth.com/koort-boodja-will-be-an-orchestral-celebration-of-western-australia/
Tickets: https://www.perthconcerthall.com.au/events/event/koort-boodja
Thread in our forum: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/%E2%80%9Ccalling-all-dawns%E2%80%9D-will-be-performed-live-in-perth.675249/
Play the new Civ4 “Game Of The Month” #230
And we start the new month again with a new game! Now is your chance to show us you’re best at Civ!
In this game you play the Vikings on a low sea level Archipelago map on Prince level. You have until March 7 to finish this game! You can find all the other details in the respective thread here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/news-botm-230-ragnar-prince-starts-5-feb.675178/
ShackNews Hall Of Fame 2021, including Sid Meier and Civilization
Shacknews has published their 2021 Hall of Fame, which includes games, companies, and also people. One of the most important ones, obviously, Sid Meier!
https://www.shacknews.com/article/128105/shacknews-hall-of-fame?page=8#detail-view
“Millions of players know Sid Meier as the father of the Sid Meier’s Civilization series of turn-based strategy games. That only makes sense: His name is in the title. But Meier started on a different path, programming flight simulators for his business partner and MicroProse co-founder William “Wild Bill” Stealey. After designing several flight sims, Meier needed a palette cleanser. He developed Sid Meier’s Pirates and Sid Meier’s Railroad Tycoon, both simulation games. His next game was Sid Meier’s Civilization, which he co-designed with Bruce Shelley. While Meier consulted and produced future installment in the Civ series, he was not involved as co-designer. He designed Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri and Sid Meier’s Colonization for MicroProse.
After leaving MicroProse, he co-founded Firaxis Games with fellow developers Jeff Briggs and Brian Reynolds, where he served as producer on games such as Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution, a console-, mobile-, and handheld-friendly version of Civ; and consulted on the 2012 reboot of XCOM. He continues to develop special projects such as a game engine and remains a powerful influence on the direction of strategy games.”
He is joined by other notable people, like Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto, John Romero, Lord Babbage and Lady Lovelace, Lord British, and others.
The list of games obviously also features Civilization,
https://www.shacknews.com/article/128105/shacknews-hall-of-fame?page=5#detail-view
“Before railroads and pirate ships, Sid Meier built a reputation as an ace flight sim programmer. His desire to explore history and what-if scenarios led him to the concept of a strategy game where players rewrite history, one turn at a time.
Players started with a settler and spent hundreds of years building grand cities full of wonders, military bases, scientific achievements, and financial institutions. Victory was achieved by sending a space shuttle to Alpha Centauri or conquering the other civilizations controlled by AI or human players. Either option demanded a head for tactics, navigation, and resource management.
Sid Meier’s Civilization was and still is one of the most influential strategy titles ever made, inspiring several sequels and defining the turn-based genre for decades. “
… and Civ2
“Civilization 2 (or “Civ 2” to diehard followers) emulates the advancement of human civilization, like its turn-based predecessor, but introduced more options and finely tuned balance.
Brian Reynolds headed the design team responsible for creating deeper combat and more expansive diplomatic and trade options during play. More options and better balance has made Sid Meier’s Civilization II one of the most popular entries in the long-running Civ franchise, a mainstay in any list of the best and most important strategy titles, and one of the best multiplayer games regardless of genre.”
Also here we are in good company, with games such as Command and Conquer, Diablo, Tomb Raider or Doom.
Have a look at the article, to read about more famous computer game items!
Discuss this article in our forum: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/shacknews-hall-of-fame-2021-including-sid-meier-and-civilization.675192/
Old World patch 83
Mohawk Games, the creators of Old World, have released the latest patch for their game. This update brings as most important addition the availability of a “Hall Of Fame”, similar as you know it from Civ and other games. Obviously this is not the only change. Have a read about the patch in our forum here, or read the patch notes here.
TurnBasedLovers: 10 Promising Turn-Based RPG & Strategy Indie Games of 2022
TurnBasedLovers have published an outlook for 2022, what they consider the most promising TBS games of the year.
Of special interest for the civ-loving audience is probably the game “Ozymandias“, and in the article we can see that the TurnBasedLovers are also big Civ fans, since they write:
“Okay, by a show of hands – how many of you immediately heard Leonard Nimoy saying, “My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings” in your head when you read that title? I can’t see you, but considering you’re here at TBL there’s a good chance you’ve played Civ 4 and have your hand up right now. Although it still has no firm release date, Ozymandias brings simultaneous turns and streamlined 4X gameplay to the Bronze Age.
Ancient history buffs will no doubt have a field day exploring what might have been with the game’s 52 playable empires. Its simple but eye-catching visuals make sure everything “pops” that needs to do so. No release date has been announced, but players can request playtest access from the game’s Steam page.”
Other titles of interest on this list are “The Ancients“, a stone-age survival strategy game, and “Circle Empire Tactics”, a fantasy strategy game in a comic look.
Read the whole article at TurnBasedLovers here.
Discuss this article and the games in it in our forum here.