Category Archives: other games for Civ-fans

King’s Bounty: The Legend – Free giveaway on GOG (until Monday Sept 4)

By | September 2, 2023

King’s Bounty: The Legend is currently freely available on GOG.com.This is a temporary deal, and valid until Monday September 4. The game will stay in your library afterwards though. King’s Bounty is a game series, which has a similar style to Heroes Of Might and Magic: You are a hero, travelling through a fantasy landscape with an army,… Read More »

Elaborate Lands – free demo for a Civ6 inspired city builder

By | August 28, 2023

Alex Flegler, creative lead of Age Of Empires I+II definitive edition, has been working on his own game, Elaborate Lands.The game is a self-described Civ6-inspired city builder, and therefore of interest for us.You build cities, research technologies, and might also have to build up a military to fight of foes.Curious? Check out the demo here, and discuss the… Read More »

Steam Strategy Fest Starts Monday (updated)!

By | August 27, 2023

As the title already says, on Monday August 28 the Steam strategy fest will start, with tons of discounts and new demos. The big series are on sales, that includes: The other series we love is on sale: Smaller games and series, which are on sale, and are interesting in one way or another for the population of… Read More »

Humankind now available on consoles

By | August 24, 2023

Humankind has now been released on Xbox One, Xbox Series S/X, and Playstation 4/5, and is also included in the XBox Game Pass. The official announcement: How do you feel about making history from the comfort of your own sofa? Do you want to build a great empire while chilling in front of your TV? Or maybe you’d… Read More »

Ara: History Untold – first gamplay trailer

By | August 23, 2023

Today, the developers of Ara: History Untold have released their first gameplay trailer during the Gamescom, and the gameplay looks definitely interesting. For people who might be undecided about the game, you can try it in 2024 also with the PC Game Pass. Discuss Ara: History Untold with us here.

Hexarchy playtest now live!

By | August 20, 2023

Hexarchy has now started a playtest.If you join it, then you are free to play it over the weekend until August 22, also in multiplayer, if you like! Discuss Hexarchy with us in the forum here.

Europa Universalis IV (EUIV) for free at the Epic Store until August 17

By | August 10, 2023

Paradox has made has made Europa Universalis IV free at the Epic Games store for one week for it’s 10 year birthday, until August 17. As with other free games it will stay in your library after the date is over and you will be able to play it in the future. Download it here.A range of DLCs… Read More »

Age Of Empires III (definitive edition) free trial!

By | August 4, 2023

As we just saw on Mastodon, it seems that Steam is giving us another free goodie: A part oft the definitive edition of Age Of Empires III is free to play on Steam. You also get one of the small DLCs for free, the cosmetic Lizzie pack. This trial does not contain the full game, but only 3… Read More »