Archive for the ‘News & Announcements’ Category

Thinking in Buying XCOM: Enemy Unknown? Check This! By Adam Solo on February 20th, 2013 at 2:41 pm GreeManGaming is having a 24h sale for XCOM: Enemy Unknown for 60% off. Category: News & Announcements 21 comments

Rogue System: A Hardcore Space Trading and Combat Sim By Adam Solo on February 15th, 2013 at 10:28 am Heads up space sim enthusiasts. There's a new Kickstarter game project that I think you'll be interested to know about: Rogue System, an hardcore space combat simulation game. Category: Kickstart, News & Announcements 29 comments

Jon Shafer’s Civ5 Lessons Learned, Mea Culpa & At the Gates By Adam Solo on February 14th, 2013 at 11:39 am Jon Shafer succeeded on Kickstarter with At the Gates and in a recent Kickstarter update he talks about Civ5's design,lessons learned and his new vision for At the Gates. Category: Game Design, News & Announcements 40 comments

Digital Reality Announce Imperium Galactica New Game By Adam Solo on February 13th, 2013 at 12:21 pm The creators of the space 4X game series Imperium Galactica, Digital Reality, announced that they are working on a new game set in the Imperium Galactica universe. Category: News & Announcements 51 comments

Aliens: Colonial Marines Launched By Adam Solo on February 13th, 2013 at 10:24 am Sega and Gearbox Software released their new sci-fi first-person shooter Aliens: Colonial Marines. Category: News & Announcements 8 comments

Galaxy on Fire: Alliances Announced for iOS – Android Later By Adam Solo on February 11th, 2013 at 8:37 am Best known by its space action games series Galaxy on Fire, Fishlabs is now heading towards the next chapter with Galaxy on Fire: Alliances. Category: News & Announcements 4 comments

Buzz Aldrin’s Space Program Manager: “Good to Go” in June By Adam Solo on February 8th, 2013 at 6:33 am Matrix Games announced that its space game, Buzz Aldrin's Space Program Manager, will be coming in June 2013 for PC, Mac and iPad. Category: News & Announcements 20 comments

Civ5 Designer Jon Shafer on Kickstarter for 4X At the Gates By Adam Solo on February 6th, 2013 at 12:54 pm Jon Shafer is on Kickstarter for At the Gates, a historical turn-based 4X strategy game. Category: Kickstart, News & Announcements 37 comments

Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes Expansion Announced By Keith Turner on February 6th, 2013 at 11:06 am Stardock has announced they are working on a new standalone expansion for Fallen Enchantress, called Legendary Heroes. Category: News & Announcements 26 comments

Starbase Orion Hits Kickstarter for PC, Android and Mac Ports By Adam Solo on February 5th, 2013 at 5:29 am Chimera Software is on Kickstarter to port their iOS space 4X strategy game, Starbase Orion, to the PC, Mac and Android. Category: Kickstart, News & Announcements 23 comments

Pandora: First Contact End of Spring 2013 – Beta Still Open By Adam Solo on February 1st, 2013 at 9:48 am Slitherine and Matrix Games have set the release date for their sci-fi 4X turn-based strategy game, Pandora: First Contact, for "the end of spring". Category: News & Announcements 17 comments

Aliens: Colonial Marines – Tactical Multiplayer Trailer By Adam Solo on January 31st, 2013 at 11:39 am Sega has released a new trailer for their new first-person shooter, Aliens: Colonial Marines showing off the game's multiplayer side. Category: News & Announcements, Videos 4 comments

Unclaimed World: Realistic Simulation in an Alien Ecosystem By Adam Solo on January 30th, 2013 at 11:23 am Two brothers from Denmark are developing Unclaimed World, a sci-fi game for the PC that combines city-building and simulation aspects. Category: News & Announcements 23 comments

Beyond Beyaan: A Space 4X Game Engine [Kickstarter] By Adam Solo on January 28th, 2013 at 1:07 pm Indie dev Brent Patterson is on Kickstarter looking for support to fund his space 4X game's art assets. Category: Kickstart, News & Announcements 10 comments

Aliens: Colonial Marines – New Trailer and Pre-Order Info By Adam Solo on January 24th, 2013 at 12:55 pm Sega and Gearbox have released a new trailer for Aliens: Colonial Marines. After watching one gets the feeling that this is Aliens alright. Category: News & Announcements, Videos 14 comments

Strike Suit Zero: Space Combat Action Sim Released By Adam Solo on January 23rd, 2013 at 1:23 pm Strike Suit Zero is a new fast-paced space combat game by Born Ready Games. It succeeded on Kickstarter and is now available for purchase. Category: News & Announcements 7 comments

StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm – Opening Cinematic By Adam Solo on January 22nd, 2013 at 12:12 pm Blizzard has revealed the opening cinematic for StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm. Category: News & Announcements, Videos 12 comments