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Distant Worlds Giveaway Contest! [CLOSED] By Adam Solo on May 27th, 2013 at 12:56 pm So, I thought it would be fun to host a giveaway contest to celebrate the release of Distant Worlds' third expansion pack, Distant Worlds: Shadows. Category: Contests 264 comments

Distant Worlds: Shadows is Out Now By Adam Solo on May 23rd, 2013 at 10:17 am CodeForce, Matrix Games and Slitherine have just released Distant Worlds: Shadows, the third expansion pack to their real-time space 4X strategy game, Distant Worlds. Category: News & Announcements 67 comments

Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes Officially Out Today By Adam Solo on May 22nd, 2013 at 1:44 pm Legendary Heroes is a standalone expansion to the turn-based fantasy 4X strategy game Fallen Enchantress. It was in beta for the last two months, and, today, it was officially released. Category: News & Announcements 39 comments

Artifact Red-X: Kinda Like X-COM But With Reversed Roles? By Adam Solo on May 17th, 2013 at 3:13 pm Tier2 Games propose Artifact Red-X, a hybrid between real-time strategy, turn-based squad tactical combat, RPG systems and possibly 4X elements. Category: Kickstart, News & Announcements 23 comments

Space Sector’s Bargain List: Directly from the Indie Devs By Adam Solo on May 14th, 2013 at 8:20 am Cliff Harris is hosting the showmethegames.com 2013 sales right now, up until the 18th of May. There you will find some space, sci-fi and strategy indie goodness. Category: News & Announcements 3 comments

Distant Worlds: Shadows Preview By Adam Solo on May 10th, 2013 at 7:02 am I've been playing around with a Distant Worlds: Shadows beta preview build, and feel I have a good idea of what CodeForce and Matrix Games have been cooking for us with their third Distant Worlds expansion. Category: Game Previews 55 comments

Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion DLC “Forbidden Worlds” By Adam Solo on May 9th, 2013 at 2:45 pm Stardock will release a DLC for Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion. It's called "Forbidden Worlds" and will add new planet types, planet specialization, techs, planetary bonuses and Steam achievements. Category: News & Announcements 24 comments

UFO Online: Fight for Earth – Open Beta Begins By Adam Solo on May 8th, 2013 at 12:44 pm UFO Online: Fight for Earth, a sci-fi tactical browser-based MMO developed by Gamigo, where you're supposed to develop a base, do research and fight an alien invasion in a turn-based tactical fashion. Category: Free online games, News & Announcements 8 comments

Kickstarters Update: Who Made It and… Who Didn’t – Part IV By Adam Solo on April 29th, 2013 at 10:58 am Time for another Kickstarters update (Feb-Apr 2013). On the winners side, there's military sci-fi, cyberpunk strategy, fantasy 4X, space 4X and space roguelike to look for. Others weren't so lucky. Category: Kickstart 15 comments

StarDrive: New Space 4X RTS Officially Out By Adam Solo on April 26th, 2013 at 4:04 pm After being in beta on Steam for about six weeks, StarDrive is now officially out and available for purchase on Steam. Apr 29th in other major digital portals. May 24th boxed on Europe. Category: News & Announcements 150 comments

Jagged Alliance: Flashback Kickstarter is Up By Adam Solo on April 24th, 2013 at 9:53 am Full Control launches a Kickstarter campaign for Jagged Alliance: Flashback, their "fresh" but "true" take on the Jagged Alliance franchise. Category: Kickstart, News & Announcements 22 comments

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