Category Archives: Civilization IV

Civ4 related news items

Watch the Civ4 BtS playthroughs by Henrik75 on Youtube

By | August 23, 2021

We still have a lot of thinks going on for all the Civilization titles. Our user Henrik75 does quite some playthroughs on Youtube for Civ4 BtS. On his youtube channel you can find various examples. His latest playthrough is an Immortal One City Challenge as Huayna Capac. Have a look at it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrM5d97S6zo . Follow this discussion… Read More »

New Civ4, Civ5 and Civ6 “Game of the Month”

By | August 18, 2021

And we have the next iteration of our monthly competition called “Game of the Month” (GotM). The GotM teams have prepared again new challenges for both Civ4 and Civ6, and you can compete to see if you’re the best CivFanatic to beat this game. For Civ4, you start as Lincoln of America on Emperor level with 5 AIs.… Read More »

Mashable: 8 great songs from video games that aren’t instrumentals

By | August 8, 2021

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra notifed Christoper Tin about this article on Mashable, about the best songs from video games, which aren’t instrumentals. Obviously our beloved Civ4 song “Baba Yetu” made it in the list. While we are not surprised, since it won as the first song from a computer game a Grammy, we are still happy that this… Read More »

Old mods still going strong!

By | August 8, 2021

The users of CFC are our best asset. Not only do we get great strategy guides, mods and overall discussions, but sometimes we also get some rare art pieces. A new user, AppTitan, has recently joined, and brought this picture (and some sketches) with him, for the Fall from Heaven II modmod of MagisterCultuum. Check the mod out… Read More »

Watch strategy legend Sulla beat the Civ4 AI… again!

By | August 6, 2021

Sulla, our renowned Civ4 master strategist, is currently fighting the finale of the 6th season of his AI survivor series. If you want to see how he’s doing right now, join him on Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/lcsullla . For more information about his AI survivor series, check out his home page https://sullla.com/civ4survivorindex.html Join this discussion on Twitter: https://twitter.com/civfanatics/status/1423721423403724805

Play the current Civ4 and Civ6 “Game Of the Month!”

By | August 6, 2021

The “Game Of The Month” is a traditional effort of the Civ community, to provide a new challenge each month. Our GOTM teams create each time a save game, for which you have the goal to outcompete everyone else at CFC in winning. Can you show us that you’re true civ-fanatic, and beat everyone else? Check out the… Read More »

Check out Venus!

By | August 5, 2021

The European Space Agency had 2 missions arrive in the recent days at Venus, Solar Orbiter and BepiColombo, together with a Japanese JAXA mission, Akatsuki, see ESA information here https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/ESA_gets_ready_for_double_Venus_flyby . But Civ-fans can already be far ahead, and explore Venus themself! We have maps for Civ3 and Civ4 of Venus, based on previous scans of the Venus… Read More »

Civ IV Hall of Fame Update Discussion

By | June 30, 2020

The Civilization IV Hall of Fame has been updated – 25 games were accepted since the previous update. Congratulations to [b]@bcool[/b] for the highest Firaxis score of the update with a Standard, Marathon, Monarch, Space Colony game for 565,237 points. [b]@NickTrofimuk[/b] was the most active player during this update, submitting 6 games. [b]@bcool[/b] was the most active player… Read More »