Category Archives: Civ:BE

Humble Bundle: Sid Meier’s Ultimate Collection – available again

By | October 21, 2023

The Humble Bundle has made again the Sid Meier Bundle (repeat from last year), containing a lot of our favourite games!If you pay at least 14.20€, you get As other minor games included are the early games of Sid, Sid Meier’s Pirates, Sid Meier’s Railroads, Covert Action and the remakes of Ace Patrol, Sid Meier’s Ace Control and… Read More »

TechSpot: 30 Years of Civilization – Over 51 Million Units Sold and a Billion Hours Played

By | June 12, 2023

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 »

PolyCast 411: We Left the Ladder In, Right?

By | February 1, 2023

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 »

Humble Bundle: Sid Meier’s Ultimate Collection – available again

By | December 16, 2022

The Humble Bundle has made again the Sid Meier Bundle (repeat from February), containing a lot of our favourite games!If you pay at least 14.20€, you get The original Colonization Civ3 complete Civ4 complete Civ5 complete Civ: Beyond Earth – The Collection Sid Meier’s Starships Civ6 and all addons and DLC (besides the NFP) As other minor games… Read More »

PCGamer – Civilization: From Alpha Centauri To Beyond Earth

By | September 26, 2022

PCGamer has published a new article, called “Civilization: From Alpha Centauri To Beyond Earth“. In this article the author talks about how the story made Alpha Centauri memorable, and how the extensive lore behind Beyond Earth does not give you the same feeling of story in the game. An excerpt: Story is a core part of the experience,… Read More »

PolyCast 406: It’s A Lot Better Than Watergate

By | September 5, 2022

The four-hundred-and-sixth episode of PolyCast, “It’s A Lot Better Than Watergate“ is now available for streaming on ThePolyCast.net. This episode features regular co-hosts CanusAlbinus, Phil “TheMeInTeam”, and Jason “MegaBearsFan”. Topics for this episode include: News00h02m25s | Twitter Post Sparks Beyond Earth 2 Rumors00h12m39s | xBox Patch for Civilization VI Released00h16m04s | Vote for Civilization 1 and 2 for… Read More »

PolyCast 400: All’s Fair In Love and Civilization

By | August 15, 2022

The four-hundredth episode of PolyCast, “All’s Fair In Love and Civilization“ is now available for streaming on https://thepolycast.net. This episode features regular co-hosts CanusAlbinus, Stephanie “Makahlua”, Phil “TheMeInTeam”, and Jason “MegaBearsFan”. Topics for this episode include: Community 00h01m55s | PolyCast’s 400th Show Retrospective News 00h29m01s | Soren Johnson Talks About Diplomacy in Civilization III  Forum Talk 00h41m03s | Is Civilization VI Worth Playing in 2022?00h46m40s | Is Civilization V Worth… Read More »

Steam summer sale: Civ6 and more

By | June 23, 2022

Picture originally from Twitter. Current sales of the Civ franchise and related titles: Civilization 6: 85% down, from 59.99 to 8.99 This includes the Anthology edition, 86% down, from 209.85 to 29.22 and also the Platinum edition, 91% down, from 167.91 to 15 Civ6 Gathering Storm: 75% down, from 39.99 to 9.99 Civ6 Rise and Fall: 67% down,… Read More »