Ga1Friday
2K Community Manager
Hello Civ Fanatics!
Today Community 2K hosted another Brave New World livestream.
I was joined by the always awesome Ed Beach and Dennis Shirk. Here is an overview of what we covered:
We spoke about the in depth article that was pulished today via Polygon. You can check it out right here.
We took a look at another Firaxis title, XCOM iOS. Learn more about that right over this way.
Then we started talking about those confirmed civs: Venice and Shoshone! A screenshot from Shoshone was shown, and you can view it over on the Civ Facebook page. Both Dennis and Ed went into detail regarding the new civs.
I began playing through the Civil War scenario and floundered
I was getting the hang of it by the end of the stream and really enjoyed how intuitive the gameplay was-- I was making mistakes but they were mistakes that I could learn from. After the stream Ed and Dennis talked to me more about it and noted that making the scenarios challenging is part of the fun. I can't wait to give it another go, this time with a better plan and more attention to detail 
We took questions throughout the Civil War gameplay and talked about:
Benefits of Tourism beyond Cultural Victory
What happens when you conquer a city with a wonder connected to a specific ideology
Improvements being made to multiplayer
and of course:
What are. The changes. To existing. Civilizations?
We also spoke about the recent Kotaku article that gave an in-depth look at Sid and Civ entitled "The Father of Civilization."
I was lucky enough to run into MadJinn at E3, and we aired that interview today. MadJinn is totally awesome and was very polite even though I was exhausted from running around the E3 floor all day. He had been running around the E3 floor as well and we made it a point to catch up. Super cool guy
We talked a bit about other games that Dennis and Ed play, and it may come as no surprise that many Firaxis folks can be spotted playing XCOM iOS around the office. What are the consequences to that much gameplay around the office?
As we were signing off we showed a community exlusive image of Venice showcasing Trade Routes. You can get a close look over on the Civ FB page.
Of course you can view the entire thing in the videos section at Twitch.TV/2K
Please join the conversation on our Facebook page and let me know what you thought of the stream and what you would like to see more of in the future.
Thanks!
-Kate
@Ga1Friay
Today Community 2K hosted another Brave New World livestream.
I was joined by the always awesome Ed Beach and Dennis Shirk. Here is an overview of what we covered:
We spoke about the in depth article that was pulished today via Polygon. You can check it out right here.
We took a look at another Firaxis title, XCOM iOS. Learn more about that right over this way.
Then we started talking about those confirmed civs: Venice and Shoshone! A screenshot from Shoshone was shown, and you can view it over on the Civ Facebook page. Both Dennis and Ed went into detail regarding the new civs.
I began playing through the Civil War scenario and floundered
I was getting the hang of it by the end of the stream and really enjoyed how intuitive the gameplay was-- I was making mistakes but they were mistakes that I could learn from. After the stream Ed and Dennis talked to me more about it and noted that making the scenarios challenging is part of the fun. I can't wait to give it another go, this time with a better plan and more attention to detail We took questions throughout the Civil War gameplay and talked about:
Benefits of Tourism beyond Cultural Victory
What happens when you conquer a city with a wonder connected to a specific ideology
Improvements being made to multiplayer
and of course:
What are. The changes. To existing. Civilizations?
We also spoke about the recent Kotaku article that gave an in-depth look at Sid and Civ entitled "The Father of Civilization."
I was lucky enough to run into MadJinn at E3, and we aired that interview today. MadJinn is totally awesome and was very polite even though I was exhausted from running around the E3 floor all day. He had been running around the E3 floor as well and we made it a point to catch up. Super cool guy
We talked a bit about other games that Dennis and Ed play, and it may come as no surprise that many Firaxis folks can be spotted playing XCOM iOS around the office. What are the consequences to that much gameplay around the office?
As we were signing off we showed a community exlusive image of Venice showcasing Trade Routes. You can get a close look over on the Civ FB page.
Of course you can view the entire thing in the videos section at Twitch.TV/2K
Please join the conversation on our Facebook page and let me know what you thought of the stream and what you would like to see more of in the future.
Thanks!
-Kate
@Ga1Friay
