We all know that our famous master Kael was working after FfH2 with Stardock, having had some great impact on GalCiv IV.
A while ago, Brad Wardell, CEO of Stardock, made a post on Reddit, which just recently surfaced again. The overlooked information in Brad’s post was that Kael apparently has moved on now to Amplitude. Given that Amplitude has with Humankind a civ competitor, and is for sure also working on new projects… this could mean many things! Join us for speculations here.
A few days ago we reported about a version of Baba Yetu by the National Theater of Korea (link). They have in the meantime released a concert with many of the Civ6 songs! The concert contains the title song “Sogno Di Volare”, and 19 civ themes. Watch it, it is amazing, and join us for the discussion here.
We start the new year with some new challenges for you, giving you the option to get a spot in our Civ5’s eternal “Hall Of Fame”.
To get a spot, we provide you right now with 2 challenges:
G-Major CXL
This challenge requires you to play as Shaka on a standard size arborea map on Emperor level, and you need to win, very un-Shaka-like, with a Diplomacy victory. For more information please check here.
G-Minor CCXIII
This challenge requires you to play as Washington on a small “Tiny Islands” map on King level, on epic speed, and you need to win via Domination. For more information please check here.
Both challenges run until January 31.
We got notified about some more Civ fans developing a historical 4X game: Kings & Emperors. This time it is a real time multiplayer game, with a focus on the medieval period. The game is currently not accessible, but the devs have regular playtests. If you are curious, then check the discussion on Facebook here, or join us in the forum here.
In the first GOTM of the year 2024 you get a tough challenge: You play as Cyrus on a standard size Pangaea map on Prince level. The resources are sparse, the climate is hot and arid with a low sea level, and disaster intensity is set to 2. You need to also win via a Domination or Religious victory. You have until February 1 to dominate the desert. For more information please see this thread.
The Civilization IV Hall of Fame has been updated – 14 games were accepted since the previous update.
Congratulations to TokuTurtle for the highest score of the update with a Standard, Epic, Immortal, Domination game for 173,559 points.
TokuTurtle and adityavs were the most active player during this update, submitting 4 games each.
New Number One Entries:
A number of players gained number one positions:
donsig with a 2050 AD, Tiny, Normal, Noble, Time game for 12,186 points.
Lcpl Jack Jones with a 2050 AD, Large, Quick, Settler, Time game for 13,599 points.
New Gauntlets Starting
G-Minor 274 – Space Colony, Warlord, Ancient, Duel, Normal, Terra, England (check options)
G-Major 189 – Cultural, Prince, Ancient, Large, Epic, Medium and Small, India (check options)
You can discuss this new update with us here.
We got another developer diary from the new Paradox game Millennia!
This time the diary is about how you are able to shape your nation. The dev diary describes multiple ways, in which you can influence your civ, in many ways similar to the government options, but also split over other domains like exploration and warfare, and that how you lead your civ, will give it more bonuses at the end.
For some more insights on how this works please check this thread.
