TechSpot has today published an article about the last 30 years of Civilization (which should be 32 years…).In this article, the author goes through the history of the Civilization franchise, how the first people playtested Civ1 for hours, the addition of modding in Civ2, Baba Yetu, and many other things. The author also doesn’t forget all the other… Read More »
The four-hundred-and-fifteenth episode of PolyCast, “We Lost the Game“ is now available for streaming on ThePolyCast.net. This episode features regular co-hosts CanusAlbinus. Stephanie “Makahlua”, Phil “TheMeInTeam”, and Jason “MegaBearsFan”. Topics for this episode include: News– 00h04m06s | Leader Pack 3: Rulers of China Release and Patch Notes– 00h22m25s | Aspyr Announces Mac and iOS Delays.– 00h25m26s | Small… Read More »
The four-hundred-and-fourteenth episode of PolyCast, “Nerve Staplers are NOT Still in Vogue“ is now available for streaming on ThePolyCast.net. This episode features regular co-hosts CanusAlbinus. Stephanie “Makahlua”, Phil “TheMeInTeam”, and Jason “MegaBearsFan”. Topics for this episode include: Intro– 00h01m47s | What Tech or Wonder Quotes Would You Like to See? News– 00h04m45s | Leader Pack 3: Rulers of China Announced for Jan 19.– 00h10m45s | Turn-Based Lovers Posts A New Review for… Read More »
Anyone who played Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri back in the day probably remembers the excitement they felt when they first landed on planet, not knowing anything about what laid beyond the shroud of darkness on this strange alien world, different to anything they’d seen before on Earth. While constructing your first base you ventured out into the darkness… Read More »
The “Game Of The Month” has a tradition in the Civ series, which even goes beyond it: Alpha Centauri once also had a “Game Of The Month” (GOTM)! Buster’s Uncle, the admin of AlphaCentauri2.info has been so kind to collect all of these savegames and their descriptions, and has uploaded them here to our Alpha Centauri scenario thread… Read More »
RockPaperShotgun has published an article about the 50 favourite strategy games of all time, as voted by the community. As a community vote, there was no collapsing of a series to a single title, so Civ made it into the list with 5 titles (1, 2, 4, 5, 6), as well as Alpha Centauri. We wonder though how… Read More »
We know, many people really, really want a new Alpha Centauri. Many people also would like to see Civilization II available. Now, what would happen if you made a cross-over of this? Our user Buster’s Uncle, the owner of AlphaCentauri2.info, has taken up the challenge to convert Alpha Centauri into a Civ2-like setting, with all its graphics, rules,… Read More »
The four-hundred-and-eleventh episode of PolyCast, “We Left the Ladder In, Right?“ is now available for streaming on ThePolyCast.net. This episode features regular co-hosts Stephanie “Makahlua”, Phil “TheMeInTeam”, and Jason “MegaBearsFan” with guest co-host TheChrisD. Topics for this episode include: News– 00h01m56s | Solium Infernum, A Turn-Based Strategy Game in Hell– 00h09m40s | From Alpha Centauri to Beyond EarthForum… Read More »