Posts Tagged ‘4X game’
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Zarksoft Games Announces Empire of the Eclipse – MMO Strategy Game for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPadBy Adam Solo on January 5th, 2011 at 5:15 pmToday Zarksoft Games announced Empire of the Eclipse, a 4x online real-time strategy game that can be played anywhere at any time ... but it is not a web browser game. In an unprecedented move Zarksoft Game designed Empire of the Eclipse for Apple's iOS family of devices (iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad) which is a clear market bet. And the stakes are very high. In a press release made today Lee Dotson, Zarksoft Games President, said the following Category: Games Under Development, News & Announcements 3 comments |
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Star Ruler ReviewBy Adam Solo on September 7th, 2010 at 6:37 pmStar Ruler provides all the ingredients for a fair 4x space strategy game but fails in many ways in providing solid, interesting and fun features. But if you're a hardcore fan of the genre probably you'll want to give it a try. Category: Game Reviews |
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Interview with Horizon Designer and Producer Raffi ParsekhianBy Adam Solo on August 28th, 2010 at 1:47 pmI asked Raffi for an Horizon interview for SpaceSector.com, which he kindly accepted. Here is the interview. Enjoy! Category: Interviews |
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Horizon – A New Turn-Based Space Strategy Game Under DevelopmentBy Adam Solo on August 14th, 2010 at 10:44 amCame across another space strategy game under development the other day, it is called Horizon. It will be a turn-based space strategy game set in the future where humans have just begun exploring outer space. The story is about humanity coming into contact with other life forms and civilizations and the decisions they will have to make after that. Category: Games Under Development |
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Star Ruler – A new 4x/RTS Hybrid by Blind Mind StudiosBy Adam Solo on July 27th, 2010 at 12:25 pmIn Blind Mind Studios' Staff words: "It's slightly more RTS than 4X; it is most certainly way more 4X than SoaSE (Sins of a Solar Empire)." I agree with the former. |
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Sword of the Stars 2 UpdateBy Adam Solo on June 29th, 2010 at 11:04 pmTargeted for release on Q1 2011 SotS2 promises to take the series to a new level at the same time keeping some essential features and gameplay mechanics of the original title. |
Star Legacy – New 4X Sci-Fi Game Announced by Shrapnel GamesBy Adam Solo on May 31st, 2010 at 1:49 pmShrapnel Games announces the next great epic science-fiction strategy game, Star Legacy! This game is being developed by the Star Legacy Development Group, and scheduled for release on late 2011. Star Legacy is promised to be a feature-rich 4x game being designed from scratch. The game is targeted to answer the simple question: "what would the ultimate sci-fi 4X game include?" Turn-Based with Multiplayer Star Legacy will be an open-ended turn-based game. As in all good 4X (eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, eXterminate) titles it promises to offer |
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Distant Worlds: 4x RTS Space Strategy Game ReleasedBy Adam Solo on March 26th, 2010 at 6:10 pmDistant Worlds, a 4x RTS space strategy game developed by CodeForce and published by Matrix Games has been released yesterday: 25th of March 2010. Category: News & Announcements |
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Armada 2526 ReviewBy Adam Solo on March 7th, 2010 at 6:07 pmArmada 2526 follows on the footsteps of games like Master of Orion 2, the Space Empires series, Galactic Civilizations series, StarTrek: BotF and many other sci-fi TBS titles. In this sense Armada 2526 provides the traditional 4x TBS space strategy gaming experience. Category: Game Reviews |
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Sins of a Solar Empire – Trinity – ReviewBy Adam Solo on February 21st, 2010 at 6:44 pmSins Trinity is a very nicely done game. It excels on providing a rich gaming experience that will entertain you for many hours. Ironclad and Stardock deserve an applause for having created a game that successfully mixes the RTS mechanic with the 4x genre in fantastic way. Category: Game Reviews |
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Interview with Mike Strobel | Star Trek Supremacy Lead DeveloperBy Adam Solo on February 6th, 2010 at 10:41 pmStar Trek Supremacy is a new 4x space strategy game being developed by Mike Strobel. I've been in contacted Mike for an interview, which he kindly accepted. Category: Interviews |
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Sword of the Stars 2 AnnouncedBy Adam Solo on January 31st, 2010 at 2:06 pmLast week Kerberos Productions and Paradox Interactive announced Sword of the Stars 2. This will be the sequel to the Kerbero's franchise 4x game title Sword of the Stars (SotS). Without revealing much about the sequel they said that the game will bring back the original six races and introduce a new race: the Suul'ka which is an ancient race in the SotS universe that will be central to the title main story plot. The developer and the publisher were already teamed up on the first SotS game, but not since the beginning where the former publisher was Lightouse Interactice. Category: News & Announcements |
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Distant Worlds – A new Real-time, 4X Space Strategy GameBy Adam Solo on January 27th, 2010 at 8:25 pmDistant Worlds is a new real-time 4x space strategy game being developed by CodeForce and to be published by Matrix Games. The game beta phase is now almost finished and although the official game release date is not yet announced the game is expected to be released in the first quarter of 2010. Category: News & Announcements |
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Armada 2526 – New 4x space strategy game – First ImpressionsBy Adam Solo on December 24th, 2009 at 1:41 amArmada 2526 is successful on delivering the goods to be recognized as a respectable member of the 4x space strategy games genre. If it can overshadow the Master of Orion and Galactic Civilizations legacy it's still a bit early to tell. |
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Interview with Brad Ottoson | Aphelion: Phoenix Rising main DeveloperBy Adam Solo on November 16th, 2009 at 11:28 pmI decided to invite Brad for an interview which he kindly accepted. Here is the interview we did. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have. Category: Interviews |
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Aphelion Phoenix Rising: A new 4x Space Strategy Game under DevelopmentBy Adam Solo on September 26th, 2009 at 5:32 pmAphelion: Phoenix Rising is a new 4x space strategy game currently being developed by the Wyvern Studios a game development company founded by Brad Ottoson and Jared O'Connor. I became in contact with Brad Ottoson some days ago when we were discussing my blog article: Master of Orion 2: The Formula behind the Success. We briefly discussed about Aphelion: Phoenix Rising, a new 4x space strategy game that is being developed by Brad and Jared. Brad told me that “[Aphelion] is inspired by various 4x space strategy games like MOO2 and Birth of the Federation”. Saying that I immediately decided to investigate the game progress and write an article about it. Category: Games Under Development |
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Master of Orion 2: The Formula behind the SuccessBy Adam Solo on August 31st, 2009 at 2:26 amFrom time to time a game appears that revolutionalizes and makes itself the standard for a gaming genre. Released in 1996 by Microprose, Master of Orion 2 Battle at Antares is undoubtedly considered the reference for 4x space strategy games. Category: Game Reviews |
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