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Distant Worlds: Universe Launched and First Impressions By Adam Solo on May 23rd, 2014 at 8:47 am Distant Worlds: Universe, the all-in-one package for Distant Worlds, a real-time (pausable) space 4X strategy game by CodeForce, Slitherine and Matrix Games, is now available. Category: Game First Impressions, News & Announcements 97 comments

Slitherine Space, Sci-Fi and Fantasy Games: What to Look For By Adam Solo on May 21st, 2014 at 1:12 pm Slitherine held its annual press conference on Castle of Pavone Canavese (Italy). Among the games presented were some sci-fi and fantasy titles. Here's what we can expect. Category: Game Previews, News & Announcements 14 comments

Distant Worlds: Universe – Release Date, Price and More By Adam Solo on May 16th, 2014 at 9:25 am Slitherine and Matrix Games have announced the release details for Distant Worlds: Universe, the all-in-on standalone package for their real-time space 4X game series, Distant Worlds. Category: News & Announcements 76 comments

The Last Federation Giveaway Contest! – 10 Keys [RESULTS] By Adam Solo on May 6th, 2014 at 2:56 pm And the winners of The Last Federation giveaway contest are...                           Category: Contests 12 comments

The Last Federation Giveaway Contest – 10 Keys! [CLOSED] By Adam Solo on April 29th, 2014 at 9:36 am We have 10 copies of The Last Federation to offer to the fine SpaceSector readers, courtesy of Arcen Games. Category: Contests 183 comments

Horizon Gets a Big Patch, Also On Sale This Weekend By Adam Solo on April 18th, 2014 at 12:37 pm Horizon, the turn-based space 4X strategy game by L3O Interactive and Iceberg Interactive gets a big patch and is on sale through the weekend. Category: Game Patches, News & Announcements 32 comments

Chaos Reborn: The Battle of Wizards Classic is Back By Adam Solo on April 10th, 2014 at 11:22 am Julian Gollop is on Kickstarter for Chaos Reborn, a remake of his classic fantasy turn-based tactics game for the ZX Spectrum, Chaos: The Battle of Wizards. Category: Kickstart, News & Announcements 21 comments

Galactic Civilizations 3 Enters Alpha, Release “A Year Away” By Adam Solo on March 28th, 2014 at 2:23 pm Stardock announced that Galactic Civilizations 3 has entered Alpha, and Early access was made available on the Stardock store and Steam. The game is slated to release somewhere around March/April 2015. Category: News & Announcements, Videos 120 comments

Distant Worlds: Universe to Launch in May 2014 By Adam Solo on March 13th, 2014 at 1:46 pm Slitherine and Matrix Games have just announced that Distant Worlds: Universe, the 4th and possibly last expansion pack to Distant Worlds, will be released in May of this year. Category: News & Announcements 28 comments

Galaxial, an Indie 2D Space 4X Strategy Game – New Video By Adam Solo on March 11th, 2014 at 12:30 pm Different, beautiful, innovative. On the surface, Galaxial looks like a very promising space 4X strategy game. Here's the dev's latest video showing off his progress with the game. Category: News & Announcements, Videos 27 comments

Project Aura: Lead a Colony of Climate Disaster Survivors By Adam Solo on March 5th, 2014 at 12:20 pm Developed by indie studio Pixel Quality Games, Project Aura is a sci-fi strategy/simulation gaming project for the PC set in a post-apocalyptic world, where the environment is no longer hospitable to Humans. Category: News & Announcements 45 comments

Europa Universalis IV Giveaway Contest! [RESULTS] By Adam Solo on February 28th, 2014 at 9:16 pm And the winners of the Europa Universalis IV giveaway contest are...                           Category: Contests 10 comments

Europa Universalis IV Giveaway Contest! [CLOSED] By Adam Solo on February 21st, 2014 at 10:49 am We have 3 copies of Europa Universalis IV: Digital Extreme Edition to offer to the fine SpaceSector readers, courtesy of Paradox Interactive and Paradox Development Studio. Category: Contests 189 comments

Horizon Review By Adam Solo on February 18th, 2014 at 11:29 am Horizon is a new space 4X strategy game by L3O Interactive and Iceberg Interactive. Looks good on the surface with some nice new twists to the 4X formula, but how good is the gameplay? Category: Game Reviews 94 comments

Pay What You Want for the Humble Sid Meier Bundle By Adam Solo on February 5th, 2014 at 7:07 am Pay what you want for Civilization 3: Complete, Civilization 4: The Complete Edition, Sid Meier's Ace Patrol, Ace Patrol: Pacific Skies and Sid Meier's Railroads! starting at $1 and a bit more for Civilization 5 Complete. Category: News & Announcements 27 comments

Star Ruler 2 – Alpha Gameplay Footage With the Devs By Adam Solo on January 31st, 2014 at 12:01 pm The developers of Star Ruler 2 present their progress in a long livestream video. Star Ruler 2 is currently in Alpha stage and is expected to release "sometime late 2014" for Windows and Linux. Category: News & Announcements, Videos 27 comments

Wayward Terran Frontier: Kind of an MMO Space ARPG By Adam Solo on January 29th, 2014 at 2:48 pm Wayward Terran Frontier is a free roam action-RPG where you design your ships, manage your crew and do your fight battles looking for loot. And, if you played Escape Velocity or Star Control you may find something of interest here. Category: Kickstart, News & Announcements 8 comments