As speculated last week, Paradox has this week announced Europa Universalis V.
This time the game will start in the year 1337, spanning 500 years.
The info is otherwise scarce, but you can have a look at this article at IGN and the associated screenshots, and discuss this announcement with us here.
Civ IV Hall of Fame Update
The Civilization IV Hall of Fame, our everlasting list of best civ players, has been updated – 11 games were accepted since the previous update.
Congratulations (and welcome back!) to The-Hawk for the highest score of the update with a Standard, Epic, Noble, Domination game for 487,986 points.
Lcpl Jack Jones was the most active player during this update, submitting 5 games.
No player was brave enough to take on Deity this update.
New Number One Entries:
A number of players gained number one positions:
Alexfin with a 560 AD, Standard, Normal, Prince, Diplomatic game for 124,530 points.
Alexfin with a 325 AD, Standard, Normal, Noble, Diplomatic game for 107,180 points.
nocho with a 770 AD, Duel, Marathon, Chieftain, Space Colony game for 314,614 points.
​
A number of players gained a composite table High Score (i.e. Any Condition):
The-Hawk with a 1635 AD, Standard, Epic, Noble, game for 487,986 points.
Please join us in this thread to congratulate the winners!
Stellaris and Crusader Kings 3 Dev Paradox Teases it’s Next Big Grand Strategy Game
IGN has published a new article, in which the probably next game from Paradox is discussed. It seems to be another historical grand strategy game (nobody is surprised), and has so far the codename “Caesar”.
Apparently the announcement video will be published on May 8 on the Europa Universalis youtube channel, so the community is expecting EU5.
You can read the whole article here, and discuss it with us here.
Play the new Civ5 “Game Of The Month” #268
For Civ5, we present you now the 268th “Game Of The Month”. This time we challenge you to play the following game: You are ruling as Suleiman of the Ottomans on a large “Inland Sea” map on Immortal level. You will need to win this game via a Domination victory, and you have until June 2 to do so. For more information, including the starting savegame, have a look at this thread here.
Stardock takes over Ara management, and new roadmap for Ara
Stardock has announced today that they’re taking over the management for Ara from Microsoft (Oxide is staying the developer). Brad Wardell has posted on Twitter an article about how Stardock was managing Ara and Old World before, but gave Ara away because there were some obvious conflicts with e.g. the target group.
At the same time Stardock has posted the new roadmap for Ara, which includes 2 updates in May and June, a new DLC in June, which apparently focuses on scenarios, and a major update for everything in summer this year.
It seems that the development will be interesting, and you can surely discuss that with us here.
Play the new Civ6 “Game Of The Month” #193
Also for May we got you something new to play if you need a new Civ6 challenge: In this “Game Of The Month” you play Tomyris of Scythia on a old, hot and arid small size Inland sea map with sparse resources. This game is played on Emperor level, and you get a disaster intensity of 1. Your challenge is also to win this with a Domination or Religious victory. You can try until June 1. For more information please check this thread.
Old World update #134
Mohawk Games, the developers of Old World, have released the latest update for their game! This update includes a map script for the Wraths Of God DLC, called rejuvenation (pictured), which gets greener over time, ships can enter defensive formations, lots of bug fixes, UI additions and balancing changes.
Discuss this update with us here (and read the full list of changes too).
Old World is currently available in the Epic Store, on GOG, Steam, and on Stove.
Civilization VII – Update 1.2.0 – Patch 1
Firaxis has released a small patch for the latest patch! This patch includes improved late-game performance, better stability, various UI issues and some smaller things. For the complete list please check here.