Archive for 2013

Endless Space: Disharmony and Re-Review By Keith Turner on July 9th, 2013 at 8:16 pm Endless Space: Disharmony is the first expansion of Endless Space. We felt this would be a good time to take a fresh look at Endless Space's entire package: all the addons and the Disharmony expansion. Category: Game Reviews 56 comments

Horizon: Alpha First Look Preview By Adam Solo on July 5th, 2013 at 6:38 pm Couple of days ago, dev studio L3O and publisher Iceberg Interactive have opened "instant access" pre-orders for Horizon on Steam. Here's our first look preview. Category: Game First Impressions, Game Previews 24 comments

Horizon Alpha Access Now Available By Adam Solo on July 3rd, 2013 at 1:04 pm Horizon, a turn-based space 4X strategy game by L3O Interactive and Iceberg Interactive, reached Alpha and is now available for pre-purchase on Steam. Category: News & Announcements 17 comments

Colonisation: Moonbase – A City-Building Game on the Moon By Adam Solo on July 2nd, 2013 at 11:38 am Indie dev Scott Jones went to Kickstarter for Colonisation: Moonbase, a construction and management simulation game for Android devices. He didn't make. Now he's back on Kickstarter, this time for the PC. Category: Kickstart, News & Announcements 13 comments

Void Destroyer Goal Achieved, Final Stretch for new Factions By Adam Solo on July 1st, 2013 at 11:07 am Void Destroyer is a Homeworld inspired real-time strategy space sim hybrid from indie developer Paul Zakrzewski. He achieved his main goal and now heads to stretch goals. Category: Kickstart, News & Announcements, Videos 3 comments

Making a Space 4X Game: Technology By dayrinni on June 28th, 2013 at 10:45 am For this article I'm going to discuss technology in the game. On my previous article, A Living Galaxy, technology became a hot topic in the comment section so it only makes sense I write about it next. Category: Game Design, Ideas & Concepts 38 comments

Race To Mars: From a Space Company Startup To a Mars Base By Adam Solo on June 27th, 2013 at 2:17 pm Indie dev game studio Intermarum, lead by Szymon Janus, has just launched a Kickstarter campaign to help fund their newest project, a turn-based space management simulation game called Race to Mars. Category: Kickstart, News & Announcements 9 comments

Endless Space Disharmony Expansion Now Available on Steam By Adam Solo on June 26th, 2013 at 2:07 pm Amplitude Studios and publisher Iceberg Interactive have just released Disharmony, the first expansion pack to Endless Space, their turn-based space 4X strategy game. Category: News & Announcements 26 comments

Stellar Indie Venture: Worlds Collide By Adam Solo on June 25th, 2013 at 10:41 am Time for another entry on our galactic quest for brave new indie devs and their space 4X strategy gaming adventurers. This time the indie adventurer is Paul Hickey and his space 4X game, Worlds Collide. Category: Stellar Indie Venture 18 comments

Space Sector’s Bargain List: GOG’s 2013 Summer Sale is Up By Adam Solo on June 21st, 2013 at 11:01 am And here we go again. GOG's DRM-free summer sales are up and will be so until July 5, 2013. Here's what GOG has to offer on space-based, science-fiction themed and great strategy gaming. Category: News & Announcements 11 comments

XCOM: Enemy Unknown Now Available for iOS By Adam Solo on June 20th, 2013 at 10:43 am 2K and Firaxis Games have just released XCOM: Enemy Unknown for the iOS, namely for Apple's iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch devices. Category: News & Announcements 12 comments

Xenonauts Hands-On Beta Impressions By Adam Solo on June 17th, 2013 at 12:33 pm I played for about 10 hours of Xenonauts Beta. In that time I progressed for about one month and a half, in-game time. I did plenty of missions, between UFO interceptions and crash site engagements. Here''s my impressions. Category: Game First Impressions, Game Previews 18 comments

Indie Gala June – Star Ruler and Sword of the Stars Complete By Adam Solo on June 14th, 2013 at 1:04 pm The Indie Gala is selling an indie bundle which includes Star Ruler and Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection along with 12 other indie games. Category: News & Announcements 23 comments

Planetary Annihilation Alpha Access Now Available on Steam By Adam Solo on June 13th, 2013 at 1:59 pm Uber Entertainment started sending Alpha access to its backers a week ago, and this Alpha build is now also available on Steam as of today, through their "Early Access" program. Category: News & Announcements, Videos 30 comments

Distant Worlds: Shadows Review By Adam Solo on June 8th, 2013 at 1:25 pm Distant Worlds: Shadows is the third expansion to Distant Worlds, a real-time (pausable) space 4X strategy game for the PC developed by CodeForce and published by Matrix Games and Slitherine. Category: Game Reviews 56 comments

Interview with Triumph Studios on Age of Wonders 3 By Keith Turner on June 5th, 2013 at 2:19 pm Keith, our fantasy Hero, asked Triumph Studios some questions about their new turn-based fantasy strategy game, Age of Wonders 3. Category: Interviews 13 comments

Void Destroyer: When Space Sim Meets Real-Time Strategy By Adam Solo on June 4th, 2013 at 10:08 am Void Destroyer has been Paul Zakrzewski's labor of love for the past 4 years. It combines space sim and real-time strategy elements and is now on Kickstarter. Category: Kickstart, News & Announcements 18 comments