Archive for February, 2012

Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion – Video Preview and Beta Starting News By Adam Solo on February 29th, 2012 at 5:31 pm Stardock has released a video preview just now showing off Sins' graphical update, the new factions, Titans and new capital ships. Category: News & Announcements, Videos 20 comments

Faster Than Light Kickstarter and a Sci-Fi Social Experiment By Adam Solo on February 29th, 2012 at 12:06 pm Kickstarter is becoming very popular these days. Two projects that caught my eye were FTL and Techpocalypse. Category: Games Under Development, Kickstart, News & Announcements 4 comments

Starbase Orion Gets a Major Update By Adam Solo on February 28th, 2012 at 7:57 am On October 2011 Chimera Software released a 4X space title for the iOS family of devices. Now, Starbase Orion get's a big update (v1.1), already available in the App Store. Category: Game Patches, News & Announcements 0 comments

Star Prospector Now on GamersGate, First Patch Released and Free DLC in March By Adam Solo on February 24th, 2012 at 2:54 pm Cryptstone Games announced that Star Prospector is now available on GamersGate. Cryptstone also announced a free DLC for March 2012. Category: News & Announcements 2 comments

Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion Screens [Updated] By Adam Solo on February 21st, 2012 at 10:00 am Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion screenshots                                                                     Category: Images 22 comments

What Makes A Good Game – Challenge By dayrinni on February 19th, 2012 at 10:53 am I want to take the time to talk about challenge in games, which I feel is a vital part of the core of a good game. Category: Game Design, Ideas & Concepts 5 comments

Interview with Bohemia Interactive on Carrier Command: Gaea Mission By Adam Solo on February 17th, 2012 at 1:34 pm Carrier Command: Gaea Mission is a new sci-fi action game that also offers some strategic elements on its gameplay. This is an interview we did with Jan Kunt, Carrier Command's Executive Producer. Category: Game Previews, Interviews 2 comments

Legends of Pegasus: New Trailer, Release Info and Pre-Order Details By Adam Solo on February 16th, 2012 at 11:38 am Legends of Pegasus has a cool new website and today Kalypso Media has released a new trailer to show off their new sci-fi strategy title. Category: News & Announcements, Videos 4 comments

Sid Meier’s Civilization V: Gods & Kings Announced By Adam Solo on February 16th, 2012 at 9:11 am Big news people. 2K Games have just announced the first expansion to Civ 5, named Sid Meier's Civilization V: Gods & Kings. Category: News & Announcements 13 comments

Mass Effect 3 Demo Now Available for PC, XBox 360 and PS3 By Adam Solo on February 15th, 2012 at 9:23 am BioWare has just released a demo for all the platforms the game will be available on, which are the PC, XBox 360 and Playstation 3. Category: News & Announcements 13 comments

Star Hammer Tactics Now Available for PC By Adam Solo on February 14th, 2012 at 8:30 am Paul Turbett from indie studio Black Lab Games, have sent word that his game is now available for the Windows PC on Desura and IndieCity. Category: News & Announcements 0 comments

Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion – First Trailer (Cinematic), Pre-Order Discount and Release Date “News” By Adam Solo on February 13th, 2012 at 4:20 pm Stardock has released the first (teaser) trailer of Sins Rebellion today. There were also news about the pre-order and the release date. Category: News & Announcements, Videos 6 comments

Blue Libra Review By Adam Solo on February 10th, 2012 at 11:01 am Blue Libra is a small, yet fun, and very addicting space game, that can give you some hours of good spacey entertainment. Category: Game Reviews 6 comments

SOL Exodus: Demo Now Available and Update Coming Soon By Adam Solo on February 9th, 2012 at 6:53 pm Folks at Seamless Entertainment have just sent word that a demo of their SOL: Exodus game is now available on Steam. An update (v1.12) was also announced for the coming weeks. Category: News & Announcements 5 comments

Interview with Novacore Studios on Legends of Pegasus By Adam Solo on February 7th, 2012 at 11:13 am I got in touch with the developers at Novacore Studios in order to know more about their upcoming 4X space title Legends of Pegasus. Here is what Andre Overhagen (Novacore's CEO) had to say about their game. Category: Game Previews, Interviews 34 comments

StarDrive Alpha Preview By Adam Solo on February 2nd, 2012 at 8:49 am StarDrive is a real-time 4X space strategy game with a bit more action to it than usual in 4X games. This is a preview made after playing with the latest alpha build Category: Game Previews 27 comments

Star Prospector – First Impressions By Adam Solo on February 1st, 2012 at 8:55 am Star Prospector has launched a week ago. Intrigued by this new sci-fi RTS I decided to take Star Prospector for a spin. Not for a full-blown review but to get a taste of the game and to let you guys know my impressions of it. Category: Game First Impressions, Game Previews 10 comments