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Civ6 related news items

Live stream – The Head Of Cyrus monthly challenge

By | March 5, 2024

Firaxis has announced that they will be running a live stream for the latest Civ6 Monthly Challenge, “The Head Of Cyrus”. The live stream will happen on March 8, 11 AM PT / 2 PM ET / 8 PM CET, and can be found on the Firaxis Youtube channel and Twitch channel. Discuss the live stream with us… Read More »

More news on mobile Civ game (most likely China specific)

By | March 1, 2024

A new post on the Chinese platform bilibili has given us some new screenshots as well as a video of the mobile Civ game, which is in development and might potentially only be available for the Chinese or a wider Asian market. The game was originally announced as “Civilization: Eras & Allies”, and is based on an already… Read More »

PolyCast 430: Historical Anecdotes

By | February 29, 2024

The four-hundred-and-thirtieth episode of PolyCast, “Historical Anecdotes“ is now available for streaming on the PolyCast YouTube Channel. This episode features regular co-hosts CanusAlbinus, Stephanie “Makahlua”, Phil “TheMeInTeam”, and Jason “MegaBearsFan”. Topics for this episode include: News– 00h04m03s | February Challenge of the Month: The Head of Cyrus– 00h15m04s | Experiences with Paradox’s Millenia Demo– 00h40m42s | Alpha Centauri… Read More »

Play the new Civ6 “Game Of The Month” #178

By | February 26, 2024

And for March we get an early GOTM, and you might be eager to test this setup! You play as Mansa Musa of Mali, on a hot and wet standard-sized highlands map on Prince level. You get a disaster intensity of 2, but also a legendary start, and you play with Monopolies and Corporations. You need to win… Read More »

Civ6 Free to play (Feb 22-26 2024)

By | February 22, 2024

The Civ6 Twitter account has announced that Civ6 will be free to play until Monday!This seems to apply to the Platinum version including all addons, so go and try!If you get the taste for it, then you can also get it at a discount right now, the base game costing 5.99€, the Platinum version 15.09€ and the Anthology… Read More »

Play the new Civ6 “Game Of The Month” #177

By | February 18, 2024

And obviously this mid-month GOTM series would not be complete without Civ6! In this Civ6 GOTM you play as Lautaro of the Mapuche on a huge earth map with true starting positions. You fight against 9 civs on Immortal level, with Dramatic Ages and Monopolies and Corporations. You need to win via a domination victory, and prevent all… Read More »

Polycast episode 428: “Freedom?”

By | February 18, 2024

The four-hundred-and-twenty-eighth episode of PolyCast, “Freedom?” is now available on streaming on YouTube. This episode features regular co-hosts CanusAlbinus. Stephanie “Makahlua”, Phil “TheMeInTeam”, and Jason “MegaBearsFan”. Topics for this episode include: News– 00h01m54s | Ara History Untold game overview– 00h21m23s | Ara History Untold dev diary: “the 6Xs”– 00h34m54s | January 2024 Challenge of the Month: Robot Revolution… Read More »

New Civ6 monthly challenge: The Head Of Cyrus

By | February 13, 2024

For nearly Valentine’s Day Firaxis is giving us a new monthly challenge: The Head Of Cyrus. You play as Tomyris on a duel size hot and arid inland sea map. You get Barbarian clans, and you must win via Domination against an obvious foe. You have the option to play on Prince or Emperor level, and the challenge… Read More »