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Starbase Orion: Teaser Trailer and Ship Combat First Look By Adam Solo on July 26th, 2011 at 3:28 pm Starbase Orion is a 4X turn-based space strategy game being developed by Chimera Software for the iOS device family (iPad, IPhone, iPod Touch). Category: News & Announcements, Videos 0 comments

FreeOrion 0.3.16 Released By Adam Solo on July 20th, 2011 at 5:24 pm FreeOrion is an open-source project with the goal to build a turn-based 4x space strategy game that although inspired in the Master of Orion series. Category: News & Announcements 6 comments

Star Ruler – New Demo (v1.0.8.0) and Box Release Date Set By Adam Solo on July 6th, 2011 at 1:25 pm Star Ruler will be available in retail stores throughout Europe, Australia, South-East Asia and various other territories on 16 September 2011. Category: News & Announcements 3 comments

Gemini Wars – New Gameplay Trailer By Adam Solo on July 4th, 2011 at 3:27 pm Camel 101 has released a new trailer for Gemini Wars. This time it is a space combat gameplay sneak peak. Category: News & Announcements, Videos 0 comments

10 Min Space Strategy Review By Adam Solo on June 18th, 2011 at 6:25 pm In Goblin Lunatics' own words 10 Min Space Strategy is a free "compact, quick turn-based 4x (space) strategy" PC game. Their intention was to make a not so complex space strategy game that still requires the player to decide a great deal of strategy. Category: Game Reviews 22 comments

Gemini Wars – New Ships Unraveled – Alliance Carrier and Battleship By Adam Solo on June 11th, 2011 at 9:55 am Camel 101 unraveled two more Gemini Wars’ Alliance ships in their development blog. They are the Alliance Carrier and the Alliance Battleship. Category: News & Announcements 0 comments

Astriarch – Ruler of the Stars: New Indie Space TBS Gold 1.0 Released – First Impressions By Adam Solo on May 19th, 2011 at 9:50 pm Astriarch is probably one of the simplest space strategy games I've ever played and its brilliance is only surpassed by how strikingly simple it is to play. Category: Game First Impressions, Game Previews, News & Announcements 5 comments

Gemini Wars Update: Alliance Destroyer and Battlecruiser By Adam Solo on May 17th, 2011 at 12:15 pm Camel 101 announced two more Gemini Wars' ships. They are the Alliance Destroyer codenamed "Liberty" and the Alliance Battlecruiser codenamed "Vindicator". Category: News & Announcements 0 comments

Space Pirates and Zombies: Beta Released By Adam Solo on May 12th, 2011 at 3:45 pm Space Pirates and Zombies is a space combat game developed by MinMax Games. The game tagline is “Build and manage… Read the rest Category: News & Announcements 0 comments

Game Jobs Recruiting – New SpaceSector.com Forum By Adam Solo on May 9th, 2011 at 9:53 am Lately, I’ve been in touch with many fellow Sci-fi gamers that are launching their own sci-fi game projects right now. Some of them have… Read the rest Category: Game Design, News & Announcements 0 comments

Battlestar Galactica Online: Hands On First Impressions By Adam Solo on May 8th, 2011 at 5:26 pm Galactica Online is a Browser-Based MMORPG set on the Battlestar Galactica Universe. BSG Online succeeds completely in capturing and recreating the re-imagined BSG TV series atmosphere. Can you believe that this game is played in a web-browser? Amazing! And it's free. Category: Game First Impressions, Game Previews 2 comments

Gemini Wars: Alliance Assault and Missile Frigates By Adam Solo on May 5th, 2011 at 8:18 am The latest news about Gemini Wars introduce two Alliance spaceships. These are the Alliance Assault Frigate and Missile Frigate. The Gemini Wars developers promised to announce more spaceships in the coming weeks. Category: News & Announcements 0 comments

Distant Star: The First 4X Space Game Built Specifically for iOS By Adam Solo on April 29th, 2011 at 8:58 pm I’m pleasantly surprised to see so many 4x space games already available, or currently under development, for the iOS (iPhone, iPad and iPod… Read the rest Category: News & Announcements 0 comments

Starbase Orion: Master of Orion 2 with Better Multiplayer for iOS By Adam Solo on April 19th, 2011 at 7:38 pm According to Chimera's Vision statement, Starbase Orion will "retain the classic turn-based gameplay of Master of Orion 2 while embracing the simplicity and multiplayer experience of Warcraft III". Category: Game Previews, News & Announcements 22 comments

Armada 2526 Expansion Supernova Released! By Adam Solo on April 14th, 2011 at 9:17 pm Armada 2526 Supernova has been released! You can buy Supernova at Iceberg Interactive (boxed version). If… Read the rest Category: News & Announcements 12 comments

Gemini Wars Update: Fighter Squadrons and Planetary Bases By Adam Solo on April 10th, 2011 at 1:52 pm Gemini Wars is a Sci-fi real-time strategy game currently being developed by Camel 101, an independent and self funded game development studio. Category: Games Under Development, News & Announcements 8 comments

Distant Worlds: Return of the Shakturi Gets a Major Update By Adam Solo on April 6th, 2011 at 11:49 pm Matrix Games and CodeForce have announced today the release of a major new update for Distant Worlds – Return of the Shakturi, the… Read the rest Category: Game Patches, News & Announcements 0 comments