Archive for December, 2012

AI Design in 4X Games – An Approach By Daniel DiCicco on December 28th, 2012 at 2:03 pm This article is an overview of the general approach we have taken with StarDrive’s AI and is meant to provide some insight into the process of designing an AI for games of this genre. Category: Game Design, Ideas & Concepts 30 comments

Space Sector’s Bargain List: GameStop Year End Sale By Adam Solo on December 28th, 2012 at 12:56 pm And now it's GameStop's turn. After GOG, Steam and GamersGate, it's now time for GameStop's Holiday sale. Category: News & Announcements 1 comment

Space Sector’s Bargain List: GamersGate End of Year Sales By Adam Solo on December 27th, 2012 at 8:01 pm After GOG and Steam, it's now time for GamersGate and its Holiday sale. As usual, find sales for space-based, science fiction themed and great strategy games sales. Category: News & Announcements 15 comments

Hegemonic: A New Space 4X Board Game [Kickstarter] By Adam Solo on December 27th, 2012 at 11:22 am Minion Games is currently on Kickstarter for Hegemonic, a space 4X board game of "galactic exploration, empire building, conflict and cunning". Category: Kickstart, News & Announcements 16 comments

Interview with Brain and Nerd on Predestination [Kickstarter] By Adam Solo on December 25th, 2012 at 6:21 pm If you missed this space 4X project, here's a chance to know about it on an interview we did with Brain and Nerd CEO, Brendan Drain. Category: Interviews, Kickstart 24 comments

Sword of the Stars 2: Enhanced Edition Review By Adam Solo on December 21st, 2012 at 3:58 pm Roughly one year after probably one of the worst strategy gaming releases of recent history, Kerberos Productions and Paradox Interactive re-release Sword of the Stars 2: Enhanced Edition. Category: Game Reviews 111 comments

Space Sector’s Bargain List: Steam Holiday/Winter Sales By Adam Solo on December 20th, 2012 at 4:38 pm Well, you know the drill by now. Steam has started yet another sale. Now, it's their Holiday/Winter sale. Category: News & Announcements 30 comments

Endless Space: 3rd Free Add-on On Steam Today By Adam Solo on December 19th, 2012 at 11:00 am Amplitude Studios releases their third, and last, of their planned free content add-ons for Endless Space today, available later on the day on Steam. Category: Game Patches, News & Announcements 54 comments

Interview with Iceberg Interactive on StarDrive, Steam, DRM, Consoles and more By Adam Solo on December 18th, 2012 at 12:04 pm I sit down with Erik Schreuder, Iceberg Interactive's CEO, for a chat about StarDrive, Steam, DRM and more. Category: Interviews 32 comments

Sidius Nova: A New Space Strategy Game Out Now for iOS By Adam Solo on December 14th, 2012 at 10:13 am Sidius Nova is a new space strategy game that made it on Kickstarter, and that is now available on the Apple's store for the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch iOS devices. Category: News & Announcements 13 comments

Space Sector’s Bargain List: GOG’s DRM-Free Holiday Sale By Adam Solo on December 13th, 2012 at 2:05 pm After others have done their sales, it's time for GOG and its collection of DRM-free games to have a go. Category: News & Announcements 32 comments

Space 4X SpaceWard Ho! Now Available for the iPhone/iPod By Adam Solo on December 12th, 2012 at 2:37 pm Already available for the iPad, Spaceward Ho! is now also available for the iPhone and iPod Touch iOS devices. Category: News & Announcements 22 comments

How to Tackle Build Micromanagement Tedium in 4X Games? By Adam Solo on December 11th, 2012 at 8:35 am How to deal with excessive micromanagement in 4X games? Especially when dealing with developing cities, planets or star systems? Category: Game Design, Ideas & Concepts 96 comments

Predestination Gets Funded and Now Heads to Stretch Goals By Adam Solo on December 10th, 2012 at 8:52 am The turn-based space 4X game Predestination achieved its funding goal at Kickstarter and now heads to stretch goals. Category: Kickstart, News & Announcements 13 comments

Making a Space 4X Game: Setting the Stage By dayrinni on December 7th, 2012 at 1:10 pm I thought it'd be fun to see what goes on behind the scenes and some of the obstacles that I have encountered while making my 4X Game, whose name will remain hidden for now! Category: Game Design, Ideas & Concepts 57 comments

Colonia: A Single Star System Space 4X/RTS [Kickstarter] By Adam Solo on December 6th, 2012 at 11:44 am Richard Orr is on Kickstarter for Colonia, a real-time space 4X game set in a single star system worth of planets and moons. Category: Kickstart, News & Announcements 17 comments

XCOM: Enemy Unknown Slingshot Content Pack DLC Released By Adam Solo on December 4th, 2012 at 2:25 pm 2K Games and Firaxis Games have just released Slingshot, the first of two planned content add-ons for XCOM: Enemy Unknown. Category: News & Announcements 40 comments