LucasArts: Thanks for a Great and Unforgettable Ride By Adam Solo on April 5th, 2013 at 11:40 am I have very fond memories about many titles produced by LucasArts, as I spent a good deal of my childhood playing their games. What about you? Category: Game Design 11 comments

Disney Closes LucasArts: Current Projects At Risk and Layoffs By Adam Solo on April 4th, 2013 at 12:39 pm Disney has shut down the video game developer and publisher LucasArts. LucasArts to continue as licensing entity under Lucasfilm. Category: News & Announcements 20 comments

X-COM vs XCOM: The Learner Meets the Master and Hero By Adam Solo on April 3rd, 2013 at 5:25 am Julian Gollop and Jake Solomon exchange opinions about X-COM: UFO Defense and XCOM: Enemy Unknown in a friendly and relaxed way. Category: Videos 5 comments

Worlds of Magic: Master of Magic Spiritual Successor Aspirant By Adam Solo on April 2nd, 2013 at 11:26 am Wastelands Interactive and Lucid Dreamers propose Worlds of Magic, a fantasy turn-based 4X strategy game meant to become a spiritual successor to Master of Magic. Category: Kickstart, News & Announcements 15 comments

Interview with Digital Reality on New “Imperium Galactica” By Adam Solo on March 29th, 2013 at 9:25 am We reached Digital Reality for more details on their new "Imperium Galactica" game, which was recently announced. Here's what Digital Reality CEO, Andras Peller, had to say. Category: Interviews, News & Announcements 54 comments

Julian Gollop’s X-COM: UFO Defense Postmortem at GDC By Adam Solo on March 29th, 2013 at 5:55 am Yesterday, Julian Gollop gave a talk at GDC about X-COM: UFO Defense, where he talks about what went wrong and what went right about X-COM's development. Category: Game Design, Videos 6 comments

Age of Wonders 3: Pre-Alpha Gameplay Demo Footage By Adam Solo on March 27th, 2013 at 8:18 am Triumph Studios released a pre-alpha gameplay video on the scope of GDC (Game Developers Conference) of their new fantasy turn-based 4X strategy game Age of Wonders 3. Category: News & Announcements, Videos 34 comments

PAX East – XCOM:Enemy Unknown and Civ5:Brave New World By Adam Solo on March 25th, 2013 at 9:57 am I watched 2K’s PAX East live feed this weekend for Civilization 5: Brave New World and XCOM: Enemy Unknown news. Here's a summary of what happened. Category: News & Announcements 45 comments

Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes Beta Now Available By Adam Solo on March 22nd, 2013 at 11:11 am Today, Stardock has opened access to the Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes beta. Legendary Heroes is Stardock's standalone expansion to the fantasy turn-based 4X game Fallen Enchantress. Category: News & Announcements 29 comments

Battle Worlds: Kronos – Battle Isle Inspired Sci-Fi TBS By Adam Solo on March 21st, 2013 at 12:06 pm KING Art Games is currently on Kickstarter with a proposal for Battle Worlds: Kronos, a sci-fi turn-based strategy game with an emphasis on tactical combat. Category: Kickstart 30 comments

L3O Interactive Signed with Iceberg Interactive for Horizon By Adam Solo on March 19th, 2013 at 11:23 am L3O Interactive has struck a publishing deal with Iceberg Interactive for Horizon, their turn-based space 4X strategy game for the PC. Category: News & Announcements 45 comments

Making a Space 4X Game: Modding By dayrinni on March 15th, 2013 at 3:44 pm For my next article I'm going to explain how I implemented modding. Please be aware that this is a more technically focused article. Category: Game Design, Ideas & Concepts 24 comments

Sid Meier’s Civilization 5: Brave New World Announced By Adam Solo on March 15th, 2013 at 11:37 am Sid Meier's Civilization 5's second expansion was announced. Its name is "Brave New World", and it should release in the summer of 2013 for the PC and Mac. Category: News & Announcements 18 comments

Pandora: First Contact Beta Preview Video By Adam Solo on March 14th, 2013 at 11:01 am Matrix Games, Slitherine and Proxy Studios have published a preview video of their upcoming science fiction turn-based 4X strategy game, Pandora: First Contact. Category: News & Announcements, Videos 22 comments

StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm Released By Adam Solo on March 12th, 2013 at 2:05 pm StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm, the first expansion to Blizzard's sci-fi RTS StarCraft 2, is now available for the PC and Mac. Category: News & Announcements 33 comments

Endless Space: 4th Free Add-on Released And 50% Sale By Adam Solo on March 12th, 2013 at 10:29 am Amplitude Studios released Virtual Awakening, their fourth free add-on for Endless Space. Category: Game Patches, News & Announcements 20 comments

StarDrive Open Beta Preview By Keith Turner on March 11th, 2013 at 11:34 am In my last preview, I had some very optimistic thoughts about StarDrive. I am happy to report that I still do today. Category: Game Previews 95 comments

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