Archive for May, 2013

Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes Review By Keith Turner on May 31st, 2013 at 8:53 am Legendary Heroes, the recently released standalone expansion for Fallen Enchantress, is the definitive way to experience the fantasy world of Elemental. Category: Game Reviews 32 comments

Hardware: Shipbreakers First Gameplay Trailer By Adam Solo on May 30th, 2013 at 9:50 am Blackbird Interactive released the first gameplay footage of Hardware: Shipbreakers, their sci-fi RTS, whose development started in 2010. Category: News & Announcements, Videos 17 comments

Endless Space Expansion Pack Disharmony This Summer By Adam Solo on May 28th, 2013 at 12:00 pm Today, publisher Iceberg Interactive announced that the expansion, Endless Space: Disharmony, "will be coming to Steam this summer for $9,99/€9,99". Category: News & Announcements 30 comments

Distant Worlds Giveaway Contest! [CLOSED] By Adam Solo on May 27th, 2013 at 12:56 pm So, I thought it would be fun to host a giveaway contest to celebrate the release of Distant Worlds' third expansion pack, Distant Worlds: Shadows. Category: Contests 264 comments

Distant Worlds: Shadows is Out Now By Adam Solo on May 23rd, 2013 at 10:17 am CodeForce, Matrix Games and Slitherine have just released Distant Worlds: Shadows, the third expansion pack to their real-time space 4X strategy game, Distant Worlds. Category: News & Announcements 67 comments

Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes Officially Out Today By Adam Solo on May 22nd, 2013 at 1:44 pm Legendary Heroes is a standalone expansion to the turn-based fantasy 4X strategy game Fallen Enchantress. It was in beta for the last two months, and, today, it was officially released. Category: News & Announcements 39 comments

Artifact Red-X: Kinda Like X-COM But With Reversed Roles? By Adam Solo on May 17th, 2013 at 3:13 pm Tier2 Games propose Artifact Red-X, a hybrid between real-time strategy, turn-based squad tactical combat, RPG systems and possibly 4X elements. Category: Kickstart, News & Announcements 23 comments

Space Sector’s Bargain List: Directly from the Indie Devs By Adam Solo on May 14th, 2013 at 8:20 am Cliff Harris is hosting the showmethegames.com 2013 sales right now, up until the 18th of May. There you will find some space, sci-fi and strategy indie goodness. Category: News & Announcements 3 comments

Distant Worlds: Shadows Preview By Adam Solo on May 10th, 2013 at 7:02 am I've been playing around with a Distant Worlds: Shadows beta preview build, and feel I have a good idea of what CodeForce and Matrix Games have been cooking for us with their third Distant Worlds expansion. Category: Game Previews 55 comments

Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion DLC “Forbidden Worlds” By Adam Solo on May 9th, 2013 at 2:45 pm Stardock will release a DLC for Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion. It's called "Forbidden Worlds" and will add new planet types, planet specialization, techs, planetary bonuses and Steam achievements. Category: News & Announcements 24 comments

UFO Online: Fight for Earth – Open Beta Begins By Adam Solo on May 8th, 2013 at 12:44 pm UFO Online: Fight for Earth, a sci-fi tactical browser-based MMO developed by Gamigo, where you're supposed to develop a base, do research and fight an alien invasion in a turn-based tactical fashion. Category: Free online games, News & Announcements 8 comments

Making a Space 4X Game: A Living Galaxy By dayrinni on May 3rd, 2013 at 9:43 am I'm going to start writing about the systems in the game now. This will be a series of many articles. We start with my vision of what makes a galaxy feel alive and full of discovery. Category: Game Design, Ideas & Concepts 51 comments