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Space Sector’s Bargain List: GOG’s DRM-Free Holiday Sale By Adam Solo on December 13th, 2012 at 2:05 pm After others have done their sales, it's time for GOG and its collection of DRM-free games to have a go. Category: News & Announcements 32 comments

Space 4X SpaceWard Ho! Now Available for the iPhone/iPod By Adam Solo on December 12th, 2012 at 2:37 pm Already available for the iPad, Spaceward Ho! is now also available for the iPhone and iPod Touch iOS devices. Category: News & Announcements 22 comments

How to Tackle Build Micromanagement Tedium in 4X Games? By Adam Solo on December 11th, 2012 at 8:35 am How to deal with excessive micromanagement in 4X games? Especially when dealing with developing cities, planets or star systems? Category: Game Design, Ideas & Concepts 96 comments

Predestination Gets Funded and Now Heads to Stretch Goals By Adam Solo on December 10th, 2012 at 8:52 am The turn-based space 4X game Predestination achieved its funding goal at Kickstarter and now heads to stretch goals. Category: Kickstart, News & Announcements 13 comments

Colonia: A Single Star System Space 4X/RTS [Kickstarter] By Adam Solo on December 6th, 2012 at 11:44 am Richard Orr is on Kickstarter for Colonia, a real-time space 4X game set in a single star system worth of planets and moons. Category: Kickstart, News & Announcements 17 comments

XCOM: Enemy Unknown Slingshot Content Pack DLC Released By Adam Solo on December 4th, 2012 at 2:25 pm 2K Games and Firaxis Games have just released Slingshot, the first of two planned content add-ons for XCOM: Enemy Unknown. Category: News & Announcements 40 comments

Kickstarters Update: Who Made It and… Who Didn’t – Part II By Adam Solo on December 3rd, 2012 at 2:40 pm It's time for another Kickstarters update on sci-fi and space games. Who made it, and who didn't - Part II. Category: Kickstart 15 comments

Sword of the Stars 2: Enhanced Edition Released By Adam Solo on November 30th, 2012 at 4:32 pm Paradox Interactive and Kerberos Productions released Sword of the Stars 2: Enhanced Edition, which includes Sword of the Stars 2: Lords of Winter with all the patches plus the new End of Flesh expansion. Category: News & Announcements 176 comments

Drox Operative Officially Released – Demo Available By Adam Solo on November 29th, 2012 at 2:11 pm Soldak Entertainment, a small indie studio, announced today that Drox Operative, their space action-RPG game, is now officially out and available for purchase on their website for Windows and Mac. Category: News & Announcements 13 comments

Space Shooter Miner Wars 2081 Released Today on Steam By Adam Solo on November 28th, 2012 at 4:55 pm Fans of space-shooters and space simulation will be pleased to know that Miner Wars 2081 has just been released for the PC, and is now on Steam with 20% off until December 12nd 2012. Category: News & Announcements 12 comments

Endless Space: 2nd Free Add-on And Steam Free Weekend By Adam Solo on November 28th, 2012 at 10:30 am Amplitude Studios releases their second free add-on for Endless Space later on the day on Steam. Category: Game Patches, News & Announcements 57 comments

Maia: A Dark Space Colony Management Sim [Kickstarter] By Adam Solo on November 27th, 2012 at 2:05 pm Simon Roth is now on Kickstarter for Maia, a space colony management simulation, or God game, that he's been working on full time. Category: Kickstart, News & Announcements 11 comments

Limit Theory: An Open Boundless Space Sim [Kickstarter] By Adam Solo on November 26th, 2012 at 2:19 pm Another space simulation game hits Kickstarter, now it's Limit Theory, a sandbox space combat and exploration game set in a limitless and procedural universe. Category: Kickstart, News & Announcements 78 comments

Interview with Daniel DiCicco on StarDrive, Kickstarter and Indie Game Development By Adam Solo on November 23rd, 2012 at 5:04 pm Daniel DiCicco talks about StarDrive, the Kickstarter process and gives some tips to people who are thinking in developing their own game. Category: Interviews 48 comments

Predestination: A New Space 4X Game Hits Kickstarter! By Adam Solo on November 21st, 2012 at 8:04 pm Predestination is the third attempt to succeed on Kickstarter with a space 4X game. So far everybody made it. Category: Kickstart, News & Announcements 16 comments

Space Sector’s Bargain List: Steam Mega Autumn Sales By Adam Solo on November 21st, 2012 at 6:25 pm Steam Autumn sales for space-based, science fiction themed and great strategy games. Category: News & Announcements 22 comments

Pandora: First Contact Looking for Beta Testers By Adam Solo on November 21st, 2012 at 9:10 am Slitherine, Matrix Games ad Proxy Studios have reached beta for their turn-based 4X strategy game Pandora: First Contact, and are now calling for beta testers. Category: News & Announcements 17 comments