Archive for 2013

Gearbox Software Acquires Homeworld IP in THQ Auction By Adam Solo on April 23rd, 2013 at 5:21 am And the highest bidder for the sci-fi real-time strategy Homeworld IP is... Gearbox Software. To be available digitally soon and future plans for the franchise. Category: News & Announcements 13 comments

Eador: Masters of the Broken World Released By Adam Solo on April 19th, 2013 at 4:01 pm Eador: Masters of the Broken World is a turn-based fantasy strategy game from Snowbird Game Studios, and a remake to Eador: Genesis. Category: News & Announcements 54 comments

Civ5: Brave New World “Is for Builders” and New Civs Reveal By Adam Solo on April 15th, 2013 at 10:42 am Civilization 5 producer Dennis Shirk answered a few questions about Civilization 5: Brave New World on a Q&A session hosted by 2K Games. Category: News & Announcements 19 comments

Full Control Announces a “Fresh” but “True” Jagged Alliance By Adam Solo on April 11th, 2013 at 7:38 am Indie studio Full Control announced a licensing deal with bitComposer Games to develop and publish a new "multiplatform title in the Jagged Alliance franchise". Category: News & Announcements 10 comments

Infinite Space 3: Sea of Stars – A 3D Sci-Fi Roguelike Proposal By Adam Solo on April 9th, 2013 at 12:20 pm Indie studio Digital Eel is on Kickstarter for Infinite Space 3: Sea of Stars, a 3D sequel to their classic space roguelikes, Strange Adventures and Weird Worlds. Category: Kickstart 10 comments

LucasArts: Thanks for a Great and Unforgettable Ride By Adam Solo on April 5th, 2013 at 11:40 am I have very fond memories about many titles produced by LucasArts, as I spent a good deal of my childhood playing their games. What about you? Category: Game Design 11 comments

Disney Closes LucasArts: Current Projects At Risk and Layoffs By Adam Solo on April 4th, 2013 at 12:39 pm Disney has shut down the video game developer and publisher LucasArts. LucasArts to continue as licensing entity under Lucasfilm. Category: News & Announcements 20 comments

X-COM vs XCOM: The Learner Meets the Master and Hero By Adam Solo on April 3rd, 2013 at 5:25 am Julian Gollop and Jake Solomon exchange opinions about X-COM: UFO Defense and XCOM: Enemy Unknown in a friendly and relaxed way. Category: Videos 5 comments

Worlds of Magic: Master of Magic Spiritual Successor Aspirant By Adam Solo on April 2nd, 2013 at 11:26 am Wastelands Interactive and Lucid Dreamers propose Worlds of Magic, a fantasy turn-based 4X strategy game meant to become a spiritual successor to Master of Magic. Category: Kickstart, News & Announcements 15 comments

Interview with Digital Reality on New “Imperium Galactica” By Adam Solo on March 29th, 2013 at 9:25 am We reached Digital Reality for more details on their new "Imperium Galactica" game, which was recently announced. Here's what Digital Reality CEO, Andras Peller, had to say. Category: Interviews, News & Announcements 54 comments

Julian Gollop’s X-COM: UFO Defense Postmortem at GDC By Adam Solo on March 29th, 2013 at 5:55 am Yesterday, Julian Gollop gave a talk at GDC about X-COM: UFO Defense, where he talks about what went wrong and what went right about X-COM's development. Category: Game Design, Videos 6 comments

Age of Wonders 3: Pre-Alpha Gameplay Demo Footage By Adam Solo on March 27th, 2013 at 8:18 am Triumph Studios released a pre-alpha gameplay video on the scope of GDC (Game Developers Conference) of their new fantasy turn-based 4X strategy game Age of Wonders 3. Category: News & Announcements, Videos 34 comments

PAX East – XCOM:Enemy Unknown and Civ5:Brave New World By Adam Solo on March 25th, 2013 at 9:57 am I watched 2K’s PAX East live feed this weekend for Civilization 5: Brave New World and XCOM: Enemy Unknown news. Here's a summary of what happened. Category: News & Announcements 45 comments

Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes Beta Now Available By Adam Solo on March 22nd, 2013 at 11:11 am Today, Stardock has opened access to the Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes beta. Legendary Heroes is Stardock's standalone expansion to the fantasy turn-based 4X game Fallen Enchantress. Category: News & Announcements 29 comments

Battle Worlds: Kronos – Battle Isle Inspired Sci-Fi TBS By Adam Solo on March 21st, 2013 at 12:06 pm KING Art Games is currently on Kickstarter with a proposal for Battle Worlds: Kronos, a sci-fi turn-based strategy game with an emphasis on tactical combat. Category: Kickstart 30 comments

L3O Interactive Signed with Iceberg Interactive for Horizon By Adam Solo on March 19th, 2013 at 11:23 am L3O Interactive has struck a publishing deal with Iceberg Interactive for Horizon, their turn-based space 4X strategy game for the PC. Category: News & Announcements 45 comments

Making a Space 4X Game: Modding By dayrinni on March 15th, 2013 at 3:44 pm For my next article I'm going to explain how I implemented modding. Please be aware that this is a more technically focused article. Category: Game Design, Ideas & Concepts 24 comments