Archive for 2013

What Are You Playing Now, And Most Looking Forward To? By Adam Solo on September 13th, 2013 at 11:16 am What are you playing at the moment? And, what games are you most looking forward to in the near future? Category: Reader Inquiry 74 comments

Space Engineers Announced By Adam Solo on September 10th, 2013 at 12:37 pm Keen Software House, the developers behind the space shooter Miner Wars 2081, have just announced their second title, Space Engineers. They've reached alpha and plan to release on Steam Early Access soon. Category: News & Announcements 20 comments

Starpoint Gemini 2 – Alpha Available on Steam By Adam Solo on September 9th, 2013 at 1:28 pm Starpoint Gemini 2, a space simulation game with RPG elements has reached Alpha and is now available on Steam's Early Access. Category: News & Announcements 23 comments

Sid Meier’s Civilization 5: Brave New World Review By Adam Solo on September 6th, 2013 at 5:57 pm Roughly one year after Civ5:G&K's release, comes Brave New World, the second expansion pack to Civilization 5 with the promise to improve the "late-game" experience, where usually all past Civ games fell short Category: Game Reviews 29 comments

Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes New DLC – Loot Pack By Adam Solo on September 5th, 2013 at 9:45 am Stardock released a new DLC for Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes. It's called Loot Pack, and comes with new weapons, armor, rings and consumables. Category: News & Announcements 11 comments

Hardware: Shipbreakers Is Now Homeworld: Shipbreakers By Adam Solo on September 3rd, 2013 at 10:44 am Hardware: Shipbreakers becomes Homeworld: Shipbreakers and is now an official Homeworld game. The deal was signed by Blackbird Interactive and Gearbox Software at the PAX event. Category: News & Announcements 18 comments

XCOM: Enemy Within Trailer – War Machines and Seeker Unit By Adam Solo on September 2nd, 2013 at 10:42 am No big reveals at PAX Prime for Enemy Within, but a new alien stealth unit has been announced. And, there's a new trailer. Category: News & Announcements, Videos 27 comments

Ground Pounders: Hex TBS in the Sword of the Stars Universe By Adam Solo on August 30th, 2013 at 12:19 pm The creators of the space 4X games Sword of the Stars I and II are now on Kickstarter for Ground Pounders, a hex-based sci-fi strategy game set in the Sword of the Stars' universe. Category: Kickstart, News & Announcements 39 comments

Worlds of Magic Alpha Gameplay Teaser By Adam Solo on August 28th, 2013 at 1:06 pm Four months after succeeding on Kickstarter, Wastelands Interactive released a new video showing off some footage on Worlds of Magic's gameplay. Category: News & Announcements, Videos 10 comments

Interview with Conifer Games on At the Gates By Keith Turner on August 27th, 2013 at 12:36 pm Earlier this year, developer Conifer Games was able to successfully kickstart a new strategy title called At the Gates. This game caught my eye because of its unique features. I had questions though. Here's our interview with designer Jon Shafer. Category: Interviews 3 comments

Space Hulk Review By Keith Turner on August 23rd, 2013 at 4:46 am If you liked the Space Hulk board-game, have friends with computers, and want a computer version of it to play with them, I think you'll probably enjoy Space Hulk. Category: Game Reviews 15 comments

Endless Legend – New 4X Fantasy Game Announced By Keith Turner on August 22nd, 2013 at 3:39 pm Publisher Iceberg Interactive and developer Amplitude Studios are set to enter the 4X realm once again, only this time, they plan to enter the realm of fantasy. Category: News & Announcements 20 comments

Distant Worlds Interview Part 2: Further Work and Sequel By Adam Solo on August 22nd, 2013 at 10:20 am In this second and last part of our talk with Erik Rutins on Distant Worlds, Matrix Games' Director of Product Development talks about the real-time space 4X strategy game's future. Category: Interviews 28 comments

XCOM: Enemy Within Expansion 12th Nov for PC and Consoles By Adam Solo on August 21st, 2013 at 6:36 am 2K and Firaxis announced their new expansion pack to XCOM: Enemy Unknown called Enemy Within. It comes later this year and it's packed with new weapons, improvements, maps, customization and enemies. Category: News & Announcements 17 comments

Total War: Rome 2 – And Now the Battles, Over Land and Sea By Adam Solo on August 20th, 2013 at 9:42 am Sega and Creative Assembly continue their Total War: Rome 2 showcase. This time they present the battles, on both land and sea. Category: News & Announcements, Videos 8 comments

Distant Worlds Interview Part 1: From Dawn to Shadows By Adam Solo on August 16th, 2013 at 2:09 pm I had the opportunity to talk with Erik Rutins, Matrix Games' Director of Product Development about Distant Worlds' past, present and future. This is the first part of the interview. Category: Interviews 37 comments

Space Hulk is Out Now By Keith Turner on August 15th, 2013 at 1:43 pm Space Hulk, a new turn-based tactical strategy game set in the Warhammer 40k universe from developer Full Control, has now been released for PC and Mac. Category: News & Announcements 19 comments