Archive for 2013

Black Talons: A Military Sci-Fi Real-Time Tactics Proposal By Adam Solo on August 13th, 2013 at 6:43 pm Camel 101, the indie developers behind the space strategy game Gemini Wars, are currently on Kickstarter for their latest game project, Black Talons. Category: Kickstart, News & Announcements 5 comments

Star Lords in Q4 2013 Published by Iceberg Interactive By Adam Solo on August 12th, 2013 at 10:14 am Iceberg Interactive plans to release Star Lords, an upcoming turn-based space 4X strategy game for the PC, in Q4 2013. Category: News & Announcements 29 comments

Eador: Masters of the Broken World Review By Keith Turner on August 9th, 2013 at 1:14 pm Eador: Masters of the Broken World is an innovative fantasy turn-based strategy game by Snowbird Games. I've played a lot of strategy games over the years, but I've never played one quite like Eador. Category: Game Reviews 23 comments

X Rebirth Looks Amazing! Two New Videos and Release Date By Adam Solo on August 8th, 2013 at 3:10 pm Egosoft, the developer of the X games series, released two videos on their latest X game project for the PC, X Rebirth. The game will be released in November 2013. Category: News & Announcements, Videos 50 comments

Europa Universalis IV Demo Now Available on Steam By Adam Solo on August 8th, 2013 at 11:40 am A Europa Universalis IV playable demo is now up on Steam, just a few days before the game's official release. Category: News & Announcements 19 comments

Star Ruler 2 Announced By Adam Solo on August 7th, 2013 at 11:14 am Blind Mind Studios, the indie developers behind the real-time space 4X strategy game Star Ruler, announced that they're currently working on Star Ruler 2. Category: News & Announcements 21 comments

Total War: Rome 2 – Campaign “Let’s Play” Trailer By Adam Solo on August 5th, 2013 at 6:43 am Creative Assembly released a new Total War: Rome 2 trailer showing large portions of the campaign map. The video mentions the different victory conditions, playable factions and a few glimpses on diplomacy. Category: News & Announcements, Videos 19 comments

Gearbox To Re-Release Homeworld 1 & 2 and HD Remakes By Adam Solo on July 31st, 2013 at 10:56 am Gearbox Software announced that they'll be releasing the original Homeworld and Homeworld 2 games, and that they'll be available digitally for the PC. They also plan to release HD remakes for each title. Category: News & Announcements 16 comments

Interview with Slitherine on Forthcoming Sci-Fi Titles, 4X Games, Publishing and More By Adam Solo on July 29th, 2013 at 10:36 am I talked with Iain McNeil, Slitherine's development director, about the group's forthcoming science fiction strategy titles. We also talked about 4X games, publishing duties and other interesting things. Category: Interviews, News & Announcements 13 comments

Satellite Reign – Spiritual Successor to Syndicate Wars Funded By Andy Kannberg on July 26th, 2013 at 6:39 pm 5 Lives Studios, a small indie developer from Brisbane, Australia propose Satellite Reign, a "real-time, class-based strategy game, set in an open world cyberpunk city". Category: Kickstart, News & Announcements 5 comments

Void of Darkness: A Little Ship Exploring a Big Universe By Adam Solo on July 26th, 2013 at 9:34 am Justin Sampson, a brave indie dev soul from Barbados island, decided to form a one man studio named Tropical Games to develop a sci-fi action-RPG inspired by Starflight games called Void of Darkness. Category: Kickstart, News & Announcements 9 comments

Stardock Announces New Star Control Game for the PC By Adam Solo on July 24th, 2013 at 12:41 pm Stardock announced that it has secured the rights to the Star Control franchise with the intent to develop a new Star Control game. Development will start this year. Category: News & Announcements 24 comments

Wargaming Takes Master of Orion, Stardock Gets Star Control By Adam Solo on July 23rd, 2013 at 10:03 am In a recent auction for Atari assets, Wargaming.net took the Master of Orion and Total Annihilation franchises while Stardock got Star Control. Category: News & Announcements 69 comments

Buzz Aldrin’s Race Into Space Review By Chris Salt on July 19th, 2013 at 9:01 pm Buzz Aldrin's Race into Space is a space program simulator and strategy game. It was developed for the PC and was released in 1993. While that was a pretty long time ago, I feel that this overlooked gem can still bring some things to the table, Category: Game Reviews 15 comments

Buzz Aldrin’s Space Program Manager Screens [Updated] By Adam Solo on July 17th, 2013 at 5:49 pm Buzz Aldrin's Space Program Manager screenshots.                                                              Category: Images 5 comments

Space Sector’s Bargain List: Steam 2013 Summer Sale By Adam Solo on July 15th, 2013 at 2:41 pm Steam has started its 2013 summer sale. As usual, find sales for space-based, science fiction themed and great strategy games that are currently available on Steam. Category: News & Announcements 16 comments

Civilization 5: Brave New World Expansion Now Available By Adam Solo on July 12th, 2013 at 1:06 pm Part of the world was already playing it since last Tuesday but it was only today that Sid Meier's Civilization 5: Brave New World, Civ5's second expansion, was made available to the general public. Category: News & Announcements 32 comments