The Civilization IV Hall of Fame has been updated – 17 games were accepted since the previous update. Congratulations to nocho for the highest score of the update with a Duel, Marathon, Warlord, Space Colony game for 292,373 points. Lcpl Jack Jones was the most active player during this update, submitting 11 games. No player was brave enough… Read More »
The third update for Millennia has been released. This update brings some convenient changes, like having a restart option in the game, custom game settings, including the strength of barbarians, a new map type, one new nation, and a raft of other things. For all the changes please check our thread here.
Today, Mohawk Games has released the latest DLC for Old World, “Behind The Throne”.This DLC brings new characters, 350 new events, new projects, and most interestlingly new gameplay mechanics. This includes characters who might be competing with you as a leader, a grand vizier who manages your cities better (or doesn’t he?), new political eras, civil wars, and… Read More »
AI Survivor is an annual competition of all Civilization IV AI Leaders by long-time Civilization enthusiast and streamer Sullla. Each AI leader is seeded based on past performances. The competition occurs over several weeks. Each AI competes in the early round phase with the top two finishers of each game (usually 6 leaders) advancing to the playoff round.… Read More »
It’s Sid Meier’s Colonization’s 30th anniversary and CivFanatics have put together a big tribute covering some of the best fan projects going on at the moment including Col fan mods & remakes, Col fan communities, Col scenarios for Civ, similar games to Col, and lots of other Col related stuff. Be warned it’s a big read, but a… Read More »
IGN has today published an article about a recent study, called “Gamers Are Becoming Less Interested in Games With Deep Strategy, Study Finds”.This study, which was performed by a market research institute, was focused on the motivation of gamers, and has recorded data over the last 9 years. This data is based on a 5 minute survey, which… Read More »
The mid-month Civ4 GOTM brings you messages from the far east: You play as Qin Shi Huang of China on a standard size Earth2 map with tropical climate and high sea level on Prince difficulty. The sea levels are rising on this planet, and you have until June 30 to escape it. For more information please check this… Read More »
As various outlets such as Polygon and GamingOnLinux have reported, the title “Endless Legend” is currently free on Steam until May 23. This includes the base game without DLC, which are currently discounted. Endless Legend is a turn-based 4X game, so definitely something for us, and was released in 2014. The setting is not historical, but in a… Read More »