Archive for 2015

XCOM 2: Launch in February, 3 DLC Bundle Info, New Trailer By Adam Solo on December 14th, 2015 at 11:43 am 2K Games announced that XCOM 2 will release on February 5th. They've also revealed that they'll release 3 DLC packs at a later stage. Pre-orders are open and there's a new trailer. Category: News & Announcements, Videos 15 comments

Thea: The Awakening Review By Keith Turner on December 3rd, 2015 at 10:30 am Thea: The Awakening from indie developer MuHa Games, is a turn-based fantasy strategy game with RPG and roguelike elements with an emphasis on storytelling. Here's our review. Category: Game Reviews 12 comments

Civilization: Beyond Earth – Rising Tide Review By Edward Varfalvy on November 26th, 2015 at 1:49 pm Rising Tide is the first expansion pack to Firaxis and 2K's sci-fi 4X strategy game Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth. Here's our review. Category: Game Reviews 7 comments

Thea: The Awakening – Release Soon and First Impressions By Keith Turner on November 17th, 2015 at 10:39 am Thea: The Awakening is an upcoming turn-based fantasy strategy game by MuHa Games that is refreshingly unique in many ways. Here's our first impressions. Category: Game First Impressions 13 comments

TLF: The Lost Technologies Expansion – Impressions By Edward Varfalvy on November 13th, 2015 at 1:19 pm Arcen Games released The Last Technologies, the second expansion to The Last Federation. The main content are new racial techs and a new game mode called "Tech Race". Here's our impressions. Category: Game First Impressions, News & Announcements 4 comments

Ashes of the Singularity – Early Access First Impressions By Edward Varfalvy on November 10th, 2015 at 2:33 pm Ashes of the Singularity is a new sci-fi RTS game by Oxide Games and Stardock that is currently in Early Access. It focuses on macro-scale play and is heavily influenced by Supreme Commander. Category: Early Access, Game First Impressions, Game Previews 10 comments

That Which Sleeps: First Turns and New Map Video By Keith Turner on November 6th, 2015 at 2:10 pm That Which Sleeps is a fantasy turn-based strategy game by King Dinosaur Games. It's quite a unique game that was funded through Kickstarter last year. Here's a gameplay video of the first turns. Category: News & Announcements, Videos 12 comments

Polaris Sector Announced and Beta Sign Ups Begin By Keith Turner on October 30th, 2015 at 10:56 am Slitherine has announced Polaris Sector, an upcoming real-time space 4X game from developer SoftWarWare. Beta sign ups have begun. Category: News & Announcements 57 comments

Satellite Reign Review By Keith Turner on October 15th, 2015 at 11:33 am 5 Lives Studios brings us Satellite Reign, a cyberpunk real-time strategy game set in a dystopian future aiming to be a spiritual successor to the Syndicate PC game from the 90's. Here's our review. Category: Game Reviews 9 comments

Master of Orion: Conquer the Stars – First Look Video By Edward Varfalvy on October 6th, 2015 at 10:17 am Wargaming.net released a first look video for Master of Orion: Conquer the Stars containing some gameplay footage. The video shows the basics of colony development, but not much on space combat yet. Category: News & Announcements, Videos 41 comments

Sorcerer King Review By Keith Turner on September 10th, 2015 at 11:03 am Sorcerer King is Stardock's new entry in the fantasy 4X genre, after Fallen Enchantress and Legendary Heroes, also by the same developer. Here's our review. Category: Game Reviews 15 comments

Servo – Early Access First Impressions By Edward Varfalvy on September 4th, 2015 at 11:43 am Servo is a sci-fi real-time strategy game currently under development by BonusXP and Stardock Entertainment. It's currently in Early Access in Alpha state. Here's our first impressions. Category: Early Access, Game First Impressions, Game Previews 8 comments

Galactic Inheritors Review By Edward Varfalvy on August 14th, 2015 at 6:58 pm Galactic Inheritors is a turn-based space 4X game by Crispon Games and Argonauts Interactive. It tries to innovate on dealing with other races and on military production. Here's our review. Category: Game Reviews 23 comments

Stellaris Announced By Edward Varfalvy on August 7th, 2015 at 9:23 am Paradox Interactive and Paradox Development Studio announced Stellaris, at Gamescom 2015. This is Paradox’s attempt to break away from history and push grand strategy into space. Category: News & Announcements 62 comments

Endless Space 2 Announced By Adam Solo on July 31st, 2015 at 1:28 pm Amplitude Studios announced Endless Space 2. The official website was revealed with a couple teaser trailers. More details expected to be released on Gamescom (6-9 August). Category: News & Announcements 52 comments

Galactic Civilizations III Review By Edward Varfalvy on July 14th, 2015 at 1:23 pm Galactic Civilizations III, the new turn-based space 4X strategy game by Stardock Entertainment. So, what stayed the same? What was improved? And, what's new? Here's our review. Category: Game Reviews 56 comments

XCOM 2 – E3 2015 First Gameplay Trailer By Adam Solo on June 26th, 2015 at 10:56 am So, here's the first video showing off the gameplay of XCOM 2, the recently announced sequel to Firaxis Games' turn-based sci-fi strategy game, XCOM: Enemy Unknown. Category: News & Announcements, Videos 18 comments