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StarDrive 2: New Video Shows Strategic and Tactical Layers By Keith Turner on March 19th, 2014 at 2:22 pm Daniel DiCicco, the developer of StarDrive, and now of its sequel StarDrive 2, has put up a new development log video showing off some of the major parts of the game. Category: News & Announcements, Videos 60 comments

Worlds of Magic Community Interview – Part 2 By Keith Turner on March 14th, 2014 at 11:02 am The second and last part of our community interview with the team behind Worlds of Magic, an upcoming fantasy 4X strategy game that aims at being a true spiritual successor to Master of Magic. Category: Interviews 11 comments

Worlds of Magic Community Interview – Part 1 By Keith Turner on March 7th, 2014 at 10:51 am We asked you to help us assemble some questions to send to the Worlds of Magic's devs. Well, welcome to part one of our two part community interview with the Worlds of Magic team. Category: Interviews 14 comments

Age of Wonders 3 Preview By Keith Turner on March 3rd, 2014 at 12:59 pm It's been over 10 years since the release of the last Age of Wonders game, and now, the wait is nearly over. We've spent some time with a preview build of Age of Wonders 3. Here's an overview. Category: Game Previews 40 comments

StarDrive 2 Officially Announced By Keith Turner on February 26th, 2014 at 9:01 am Previously known as StarDrive Unity, Zero Sum Games' new title was now officially announced as StarDrive 2. The developer teams again with Iceberg Interactive for the release of its new space 4X game. Category: News & Announcements 92 comments

Ask the Devs a Question: Worlds of Magic By Keith Turner on February 14th, 2014 at 9:11 am Of all the upcoming fantasy strategy games, the closest in both spirit and form to Master of Magic seems to be Wastelands' Interactive Worlds of Magic. Well, curious gamers, if you have some questions now is your time to shine. Category: Interviews 31 comments

Unclaimed World: Extended Alpha Footage, Open Alpha Soon By Keith Turner on February 11th, 2014 at 9:23 am After a long period of nearly complete hibernation, it appears that Unclaimed World is waking up in a big way. Here's a new video that has been released with over ten minutes of unedited alpha footage. Category: News & Announcements, Videos 17 comments

Unclaimed World: “The Lost Explorers” Alpha Trailer By Keith Turner on January 24th, 2014 at 9:24 am Refactored Games released the first gameplay trailer for Unclaimed World, their sci-fi colony simulation game about mankind's first interstellar colonization attempts. Category: News & Announcements, Videos 12 comments

Warlock 2: The Exiled – New Screenshots and Information By Keith Turner on January 20th, 2014 at 9:35 am You showed interest in this series and we listened. Warlock 2: The Exiled is the upcoming follow-up to Ino'co/Paradox Interactive's 2012 strategy game Warlock: Master of the Arcane. Here's a few shots and some bits of info. Category: News & Announcements 15 comments

Maia Available on Steam Early Access And First Impressions By Keith Turner on December 5th, 2013 at 8:27 am It has been just over a year since Maia reached not only its funding goal, but also a few of its stretch goals. On Tuesday, Maia was made available on Steam as an early access title. Here's my first impressions. Category: Game First Impressions, Kickstart, News & Announcements 15 comments

Endless Legend – First Design Documents By Keith Turner on December 3rd, 2013 at 10:04 am Amplitude Studios has recently released a series of design documents for their upcoming 4X fantasy title, Endless Legend. As of now, four documents have been released covering the following topics. Category: Game Design, News & Announcements 16 comments

Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes – The Dead World Impressions By Keith Turner on November 19th, 2013 at 9:44 am A couple of weeks ago, Stardock released a new DLC for Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes called The Dead World. I've now spent a few hours with it and am ready to share some impressions. Category: Game First Impressions 14 comments

Endless Space: The Search for Auriga Free Add-on By Keith Turner on November 14th, 2013 at 9:37 am Developer Amplitude Studios has announced the release of "The Search for Auriga", the 5th free add-on for their 4X space game, Endless Space. Category: News & Announcements 15 comments

Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes – The Dead World DLC By Keith Turner on October 31st, 2013 at 1:44 pm Just in time for Halloween, Stardock has announced the release of "The Dead World", their latest DLC for Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes. Category: News & Announcements 24 comments

Worlds of Magic – New Demo Battle Scenarios By Keith Turner on October 31st, 2013 at 6:00 am As their 2nd kickstarter campaign winds closer to a successful close, Wastelands Interactive has released an updated free demo for Worlds of Magic featuring a few new battle scenarios. Category: Kickstart 5 comments

RimWorld: A Pre-Alpha Story – Part 2 By Keith Turner on October 17th, 2013 at 9:56 am And now, the conclusion of Keith's story playing the pre-alpha build of RimWorld. Category: After Action Report, Game Previews 14 comments

RimWorld: A Pre-Alpha Story – Part 1 By Keith Turner on October 15th, 2013 at 9:17 am I think RimWorld has set a nice example for other indie developers. If you want your Kickstarter campaign to do exceptionally well, and you aren't a big name in the industry, this is the quality bar you want to reach for. Category: After Action Report, Game Previews 7 comments