Archive for November, 2013

Space Sector’s Bargain List: GameStop Black Friday Deals By Adam Solo on November 29th, 2013 at 11:23 am There's gaming deals basically everywhere at the moment. The occasion is the celebration of Autumn, Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Holidays start, you name it. Here's what I could dig up at GameStop. Category: News & Announcements 5 comments

Space Sector’s Bargain List: Matrix Games 2013 Holiday Sale By Adam Solo on November 25th, 2013 at 2:10 pm Matrix Games' usual end of the year sale has started and will be up until January 14th, 2014. Here's a chance to get the great real-time space 4X series, Distant Worlds, at reduced price. Category: News & Announcements 30 comments

Star Lords Alpha on Steam in Dec 2013 and First Trailer By Adam Solo on November 22nd, 2013 at 11:21 am There are some new developments on Star Lords. The game (alpha build) will be on Steam Early Access in December 2013. It will cost $19.99 and the publisher confirmed that all past pre-orderers will receive an early access key. And, there's a first teaser trailer. Category: News & Announcements, Videos 16 comments

Buzz Aldrin’s Space Program Manager – Beta First Impressions By Chris Salt on November 20th, 2013 at 11:24 am What I have been waiting for a long time has finally come, since they are making a sequel, in body if not in name of Buzz Aldrin's Race into Space, called Buzz Aldrin's: Space Program Manager Category: Game First Impressions, Game Previews 15 comments

Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes – The Dead World Impressions By Keith Turner on November 19th, 2013 at 9:44 am A couple of weeks ago, Stardock released a new DLC for Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes called The Dead World. I've now spent a few hours with it and am ready to share some impressions. Category: Game First Impressions 14 comments

Pandora: First Contact – First Impressions By Adam Solo on November 15th, 2013 at 2:33 pm Pandora: First Contact is a new turn-based sci-fi 4X strategy game which is highly inspired by Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri. I played two games in the last few days, including a full playthrough. So, I'm ready to tell you my first impressions. Category: Game First Impressions, Game Previews 31 comments

XCOM: Enemy Within Released By Adam Solo on November 15th, 2013 at 1:01 pm XCOM: Enemy Within, Firaxis' expansion pack to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, is now available. Are you ready to get back to command Earth's best known Extraterrestrial Combat Unit (aka XCOM)? Category: News & Announcements 14 comments

X Rebirth Launched and New Trailer By Adam Solo on November 15th, 2013 at 10:50 am After six or so years of development, Egosoft has finally released X Rebirth. This means that this is a big day for all X fans, and I guess for almost everybody into space sims for that matter. Category: News & Announcements 74 comments

Pandora: First Contact is Out Now By Adam Solo on November 14th, 2013 at 11:00 am Proxy Studios, Matrix Games and Slitherine have just released Pandora: First Contact, their new turn-based sci-fi 4X strategy game. Category: News & Announcements 26 comments

Endless Space: The Search for Auriga Free Add-on By Keith Turner on November 14th, 2013 at 9:37 am Developer Amplitude Studios has announced the release of "The Search for Auriga", the 5th free add-on for their 4X space game, Endless Space. Category: News & Announcements 15 comments

Checking up on Predestination: About 1 Year After Kickstarter By Adam Solo on November 12th, 2013 at 9:43 am "How's the Kickstarted turn-based space 4X game Predestination doing?", you may be asking at this point. That's been in my mind for a while now. So, I reached for Brain and Nerd for an update. Category: Interviews, Kickstart 21 comments

Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion New DLC Stellar Phenomena By Adam Solo on November 8th, 2013 at 9:13 am Stardock released "Stellar Phenomena", a new DLC - which you can see as a micro expansion - for Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion for $4,99. Category: News & Announcements 24 comments

Europa Universalis IV: Conquest of Paradise Expansion Pack By Chris Salt on November 7th, 2013 at 9:40 am Paradox Interactive announced the first expansion pack to Europa Universalis IV, Conquest of Paradise, and I swear, they were reading my mind on some of these features. Category: News & Announcements 4 comments

Soren Johnson Forms Indie Studio and First Game is “Mars” By Adam Solo on November 6th, 2013 at 11:28 am Soren Johnson announced the creation of his own independent studio, subsidized by Stardock, called Mohawk Games, "dedicated to making innovative, core strategy games". Category: News & Announcements 8 comments

Kickstarted Battle Worlds: Kronos is Out Now By Adam Solo on November 5th, 2013 at 11:12 am You may remember Battle Worlds: Kronos, a sci-fi turn-based strategy game that made it on Kickstarter about 6 months ago? Well, it's out today. Category: News & Announcements 12 comments

Europa Universalis IV Review By Chris Salt on November 1st, 2013 at 10:38 am Europa Universalis IV is a grand strategy game. While it might not call itself one, it most certainly is a 4X game, though it has shifted eXterminate to first in the order of Xs. So, but, is it a worthy successor to EU III? Category: Game Reviews 13 comments