Fortnightly 4X and Tactix News Roundup: Jun 14 – Jun 28, 2020
A Fortnight in News Interstellar Space: Genesis v1.1.3 Released: Quite frankly, a gigantic list of quality of life updates, fixes, updates, and more. Of note, the research tree got a very nice aesthetic overhaul, with new icons, better spacing, and the like. IS:G is really shaping up to meet its full potential. Now if we […]
Fortnightly 4X Gaming News Roundup: May 17 – May 31, 2020
A Fortnight in News Revival: Recolonization Announced: Does the idea of a post-apocalyptic 4X game sound cool to you? Would it make you even more interested to know that it’s taking cues from Alpha Centauri and other genre giants? Well, you should definitely take a look at this one and we’ll be doing our best […]
Fortnightly 4X Gaming News Roundup: May 3 – May 17, 2020
A Fortnight in News Civilization 6 Gets “Season Pass”: Through six premium add-on packs over the next year, the Civilization VI – New Frontier Pass offers eight new civilizations, nine new leaders, and a variety of new gameplay content, including six new game modes. These add-on packs will release on a bimonthly basis from May […]
Episode #264: Humankind and Elon Musk
Join Rob and Nate as they discuss Humankind, At the Gates, Civilization 6, Dominions 5, the great news about Star Dynasties, and much more! Show Outline: Humankind update Civilization 6 update At the Gates update Dominions 5 update Age of Wonders: Planetfall update Star Dynasties update Astra Exodus update Stellaris update Stellar Monarch update Battletech […]
Episode #256: What the Eff is 4X?
Join Rob, Nate and a special guest as they discuss the news on Civilization 6, Birth of Civilization, Stellaris, Dominus Galaxia, and then try to tackle the whole “What is a 4X Game” question. Notes: Civilization 6 update – 01:24 Birth of Civilization update – 03:12 Stellaris Dev Diary – 05:17 Astra Exodus Dev Diary […]
Episode #254: The Calm Before the Storm
Join Rob and Nate as they discuss updates to Thea 2, Dominions 5, Civilization 6 and the changes coming to both the website and the Weekly eXchange podcast! Music by Mangadrive for eXplorminate Thea 2 update – Pangea is Coming – 01:13 Thea: The Awakening Steam page Dominions 5 update – 03:33 Ascendancy page Warlords III: Reign […]
Civilization VI September Update
Firaxis has done an admirable job of supporting the sixth iteration of Civilization and just announced today that we’ll be seeing a new patch sometime in the month of September. Watch below for more details: Frankly, Civilization VI is becoming incredibly solid and we’re hopeful that we’ll see more content – and possibly even another […]
Episode #248: Planetfall!
Join Nate and Troy as they bring you all the important information on all of your favorite 4X and strategy games! This week they talk about Civilization 6, Thea 2: the Shattering, Age of Wonders: Planetfall, Astra Exodus, Pax Nova, Interstellar Space: Genesis, Stellar Monarch, Galactic Civilizations 3 and much much more. As well as continued coverage […]
Civilization 6: Gathering Storm's Audible eXtension
Join Nate, Troy, Joshua and Dallin as they discuss the Civilization 6: Gathering Storm review. We discuss what was left on the cutting-room floor and where this game is headed. Come and listen to what we think about this latest outing for Civilization 6. Music for eXplorminate by Mangadrive Show Notes: Sid Meier’s Civilization VI: […]
Survey Suggests More Content Coming to Civ 6
Making its rounds on the internet is a Firaxis-sanctioned survey that asks players about their wishes and desires regarding future content. It certainly seems to be a matter of “what” and not a matter of “if” any future content is planned at this point. I’ve linked the poll below, which only takes about five minutes, […]