Archive for 2013

Beyond Beyaan: A Space 4X Game Engine [Kickstarter] By Adam Solo on January 28th, 2013 at 1:07 pm Indie dev Brent Patterson is on Kickstarter looking for support to fund his space 4X game's art assets. Category: Kickstart, News & Announcements 10 comments

Terminus: The Difficulty of Colonizing Another Planet By Adam Solo on January 28th, 2013 at 10:01 am Indie dev Ryan Czech and his team propose a real-time construction simulator entirely devoted to space colonization simulation. Category: Kickstart 9 comments

SaveHomeworld.com: A Cause for the Homeworld Franchise By Adam Solo on January 25th, 2013 at 10:51 am Indie game development company teamPixel is on IndieGoGo looking for funds to go after the Homeworld franchise IP. Category: Kickstart 20 comments

Aliens: Colonial Marines – New Trailer and Pre-Order Info By Adam Solo on January 24th, 2013 at 12:55 pm Sega and Gearbox have released a new trailer for Aliens: Colonial Marines. After watching one gets the feeling that this is Aliens alright. Category: News & Announcements, Videos 14 comments

Strike Suit Zero: Space Combat Action Sim Released By Adam Solo on January 23rd, 2013 at 1:23 pm Strike Suit Zero is a new fast-paced space combat game by Born Ready Games. It succeeded on Kickstarter and is now available for purchase. Category: News & Announcements 7 comments

Skyjacker: Starship Constructor – Three’s a Charm? By Adam Solo on January 23rd, 2013 at 11:25 am Digitilus is on Kickstarter for the third time in the hope to help fund their Skyjacker game project. Category: Kickstart 5 comments

StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm – Opening Cinematic By Adam Solo on January 22nd, 2013 at 12:12 pm Blizzard has revealed the opening cinematic for StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm. Category: News & Announcements, Videos 12 comments

Paradox Interactive’s Webshop, Sales and EU3 Gift to Fans By Adam Solo on January 21st, 2013 at 10:08 am Paradox Interactive offered the Europa Universalis III game to all the forum members. Also launched their own webshop and launched a sales campaign. Category: News & Announcements 16 comments

Star Lords: Alpha 2.1 Released and New Screenshots By Adam Solo on January 18th, 2013 at 7:27 pm Today, Neogen2 released their new Star Lords Alpha build (v2.1). Among many fixes and further polishing, it includes also some important changes. Category: News & Announcements 14 comments

StarDrive Beta Giveaway Contest – 5 Steam Keys! [RESULTS] By Adam Solo on January 18th, 2013 at 4:52 pm And the winners of the StarDrive Beta giveaway contest are: Category: Contests 18 comments

Bundle Stars: Indie Sci-Fi Gaming for All Tastes By Adam Solo on January 17th, 2013 at 2:30 pm BundleStars launched Indie Jam, a new Indie Games Bundle. What's especially interesting about this one is that it includes several sci-fi themed games. Category: News & Announcements 7 comments

Gratuitous Space Battles “The Outcasts” Expansion Released By Adam Solo on January 16th, 2013 at 1:47 pm Cliff Harris from Positech Games has released "The Outcasts", the seventh DLC/expansion pack for Gratuitous Space Battles. Category: News & Announcements 7 comments

Eador: Masters of the Broken World Beta Preview By Keith Turner on January 15th, 2013 at 9:37 am Eador: Masters of the Broken World is an upcoming strategy game from Snowbird Games. Here's some insight into just what this game is all about. Category: Game Previews 33 comments

A List of Sci-Fi/Space Games You Can’t Miss In 2013 By Adam Solo on January 11th, 2013 at 3:41 pm A new year, and a new list of interesting science fiction and space games to look for is in order. Category: Game Lists 68 comments

Making a Space 4X Game: An Overview on Graphics Libraries By dayrinni on January 9th, 2013 at 2:50 pm This article gives a brief overview on some of the Graphic and GUI libraries that I know and have used before to develop my games. Category: Game Design, Ideas & Concepts 38 comments

Ur-Quan Masters HD – An HD Remake of Star Control 2 By Adam Solo on January 8th, 2013 at 11:33 am Damon Czanik and his team have completed an HD conversion of the acclaimed space adventure game Star Control 2. Category: Games Under Development, Mods, News & Announcements 9 comments

XCOM: Enemy Unknown Slingshot DLC – Impressions By Adam Solo on January 7th, 2013 at 2:27 pm I've played the Slingshot content pack for XCOM: Enemy Unknown in the Classic difficulty level. Here are my impressions. Category: Game First Impressions 16 comments