Polygon has released a new article today, in which they interview Ed Beach about some of the design choices in Civ7. He talks about the decision to split leaders and civs to allow more diverse/interesting choices, that they had 2 historians on the team and consulted with the Shawnee, that they considered the opposite with civs and leaders… Read More »
We also start the new year of 2025 with a new challenge for you to play! In this Civ6 GOTM you play Yongle of China on a standard size hot and wet Continents & Islands map with low sea level on Prince difficulty. You get a legendary start, Barbarian Clans, Monopolies & Corporations, and you need to use… Read More »
The Baltimore Banner, a news website dedicated to Baltimore, has just before Christmas ran a title called “How Baltimore County became a hidden world of video game companies“.As many of you know, Baltimore is the home to our most important gaming studio, Firaxis, but not only that. Its predecessor, Microprose, responsible for Civ1+2 was also situated in Baltimore,… Read More »
It’s sales times on Steam, and there is a great selection to choose from! From the civ franchise we got: Other interesting games are also on sale, and include: Save some money for Civ7 though ;).
Firaxis has released the new Civ6 challenge, this time called “Civpocalypse”. As the name says, it is a horrid setting, with Barbarian Clans, maximum disaster intensity and apocalypse game mode. You play as Tamar of Georgia on a tiny pangaea map with wet climate and high sea level on quick speed with sparse resources. You may pick between… Read More »
We are again back with the “Game Of The Month”, our monthly challenge for you to play the best Civ6 game ever. This time we have prepared you a game where you play as Tamar of Georgia on a small hot and arid Wetlands map with high sea level. You will play this game withh online speed on… Read More »
Today Firaxis gave us the official guide to the Songhai, the last exploration age civ. The Songhai are an economic and militaristic civ, with a starting bias for navigable rivers, plains, coast and desert. Most of their unique featurs such as improvements and units feature the water/rivers and give boni if on or adjacent to it. Curious? Check… Read More »
Civ6 streamer and history PhD student Paisley_Trees has together with a colleague interviewed Andrew Johnson during the CivGive charity stream last Sunday.They discuss how they pick the civs in combination with making an interesting and balanced game, that they read the forums here (although that we need to discuss things earlier; although we had the right timing with… Read More »