We got another developer diary from the new Paradox game Millennia!This time the diary is about the economy in the game. The devs explain that many things are managed on a regional level, similar to the cities of civ, like food and health, whereas others are managed more on a global level. In total where will be 130… Read More »
The Civilization IV Hall of Fame has been updated – 29 games were accepted since the previous update. Congratulations to shulec for the highest score of the update with a Small, Epic, Monarch, Space Colony game for 193,742 points.ajw2255 was the most active player during this update, submitting 8 games. Only 2 players were brave enough to take… Read More »
And we are now at the 11th dev diary for Ara: History Untold.In this episode the devs talk about the game engine used in Ara, thatthis game studio actually started in a basement, that they saw the need for their own engine to better use the existing hardware (like multiple CPUs) so that more complex games could be… Read More »
The 81st installment of the FreeCiv Longturn game series set to start in a few days. Longturn is a 20 year old FreeCiv sub-community running one-turn-per-day games, where unlike a regular multiplayer game, their server is always running and players only need to log in once per day at their leisure. Usually the number of players is 10-30+… Read More »
Mohawk Games, the developers of Old World, have released the latest update for their game. This update makes the lower difficulty levels easier, including a new beginners difficulty level, balance changes, combat improvements, and Kush is now available on the middle eastern map too. Discuss this update with us here (and read the full list of changes too).… Read More »
Retro fans will be interested to read about this game: Mythical Conquests is a turn-based 4X in a fantasy setting, which according to its own description draws inspiration from Civ and Age of Wonders. The setting is in a fantasy world, but you do the usual 4X things of expanding your cities, researching new technologies, and fighting battles.… Read More »
And also for Civ4 we get a mid-month GOTM! In this case you play as Saladin of the Arabs on a rocky medium sea level fractal map on Prince level. The starting position is challenging, and you will not find any good huts within 8 tiles around it. You have until December 15 to master this challenge. For… Read More »
The developers of Millennia have run a Q&A on their official discord, and they are now reporting back the results. Some of the questions relate back to Civ, e.g. Question: Will the terrain change with ages? Like finding new ores in civ. And are they influenced by the kind of age? Like the age of plague making fresh… Read More »