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Shaping the Destiny of Mankind from Your Desktop: A Love Letter to Civilization II

Release Date: March 1996 Developer: MicroProse There was a distinct magic to the mid-1990s PC gaming scene, a period where pixelated sprites and CD-ROM audio combined to create worlds that…

Chris June 11, 2026

Gaming News

Firaxis Overhauls Civ 7: Single-Civ Play and Reworked Victories are Finally Here

When Sid Meier’s Civilization VII launched back in February 2025, it was undeniably a gorgeous, technically impressive powerhouse of a strategy game. However, it also came with a few design…

Chris May 20, 2026

Retro-Games

Beyond Earth: Why Alpha Centauri Still Rules the Stars

Release Date: February 9, 1999 Developer: Firaxis Games Get It On: GOG When people talk about the "Golden Age" of strategy games, they usually point toward the late nineties. It…

Chris January 22, 2026

Retro-Games

The Dawn of the Digital Empire: A Retrospective on Sid Meier’s Civilization

Release Date: September 1991 Developer: MicroProse In the early 1990s, the landscape of strategy gaming was dominated by flight simulators and hex-based wargames that focused on specific battles or skirmishes.…

Chris January 6, 2026