Archive for the ‘News & Announcements’ Category

StarDrive 2: Jammers, Androids, Base Assaults in New Video By Keith Turner on August 6th, 2014 at 9:16 am As has been customary with StarDrive 2 videos, we once again get a peek under the hood at multiple facets of gameplay. The recent changes include Jammers, Androids and a new look at ground combat. Category: News & Announcements, Videos 119 comments

Buzz Aldrin’s Space Program Manager to Launch in October By Adam Solo on July 29th, 2014 at 9:40 am Slitherine and developer Polar Motion announced that Buzz Aldrin's Space Program Manager will be released officially on the end of October 2014. Category: News & Announcements 11 comments

Star Ruler 2 Hits Steam Early Access – Beta First Impressions By Edward Varfalvy on July 22nd, 2014 at 10:59 am Star Ruler 2 by Blind Mind Studios has gone live on Steam Early Access on July 18, 2014. Here's our first impressions of the beta. Category: Game First Impressions, Game Previews, News & Announcements 45 comments

Sovereignty: Crown of Kings Beta Sign Ups Begin By Keith Turner on July 14th, 2014 at 10:38 am Matrix Games has announced that they are now accepting beta sign ups for their upcoming turn-based fantasy strategy game, Sovereignty: Crown of Kings. Category: News & Announcements 20 comments

Deep Space Settlement Pre-Orders, First Playable in 6 Months By Adam Solo on July 10th, 2014 at 11:13 am After three years in development, Deep Space Settlement, a 4X RTS game by Escape Velocity Studios, has opened pre-orders for anyone willing to support the indie game's development. Category: News & Announcements 57 comments

Civilization: Beyond Earth Update and Release Date Reveal By Edward Varfalvy on July 7th, 2014 at 10:40 am Firaxis Games published two videos on Civilization: Beyond Earth, including some gameplay footage. They also revealed the release date. Category: News & Announcements, Videos 60 comments

Endless Legend Beta Launched By Keith Turner on July 4th, 2014 at 9:54 am With two new factions added to the game, Endless Legend's beta now includes 6 of the eventual 8 factions. Release should not be far away at this point. Category: News & Announcements 34 comments

Xenonauts Leaves Early Access, Officially Released By Adam Solo on June 19th, 2014 at 9:29 am Goldhawk Interactive announced that Xenonauts, a spiritual successor to the X-COM series, has left Early Access and was officially released after five years of development. Category: News & Announcements 40 comments

Space Sector’s Bargain List: GOG’s 2014 Summer Sale is Up By Adam Solo on June 13th, 2014 at 3:35 pm GOG's 2014 DRM-free summer sale is up and will be so in the next couple of weeks. Here's what GOG has to offer on space-based, science-fiction themed and great strategy gaming. Category: News & Announcements 11 comments

Contact Vector: A “Fight With What You Have” Space RTS By Adam Solo on June 10th, 2014 at 9:41 am Contact Vector is a space RTS currently on Kickstarter where "how you use your units is more important than how fast you can produce them". Category: Kickstart, News & Announcements 24 comments

StarDrive 2: Range, Slavery and Diplomacy in New Dev Video By Keith Turner on June 2nd, 2014 at 8:55 am In his latest dev log video, StarDrive2's dev reveals several new features and modifications he's made to the game, and one of the most notable is certainly the slavery system. Category: News & Announcements, Videos 66 comments

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

Lords of the Black Sun (Former Star Lords) – Beta Impressions By Edward Varfalvy on May 8th, 2014 at 12:42 pm Star Lords has been in Alpha for a while now. Meanwhile, the dev studio changed name, the game itself has changed name to Lords of the Black Sun, and has transitioned from Alpha to Beta. Here's our impressions of the Beta. Category: Game First Impressions, News & Announcements 42 comments

Eador: Masters of the Broken World – Free DLC and Sale By Keith Turner on May 1st, 2014 at 11:32 am Snowbird Games has announced the release of "Sacred Gift", a free DLC add-on and patch for their 2013 release, Eador: Masters of the Broken World. Category: News & Announcements 16 comments

Endless Legend: Early Access Available and Brief Impressions By Keith Turner on April 25th, 2014 at 8:48 am Endless Legend, the new turn-based fantasy 4X strategy game from Amplitude Studios and Iceberg Interactive, is now available on Steam Early Access. Category: Game First Impressions, News & Announcements 57 comments