Posts Tagged ‘PC game’

Sword of the Stars 2 Update

Sword of the Stars 2 Update

By on June 29th, 2010 at 11:04 pm
Targeted 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 Games

By on May 31st, 2010 at 1:49 pm
Shrapnel 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
Distant Worlds: 4x RTS Space Strategy Game Released

Distant Worlds: 4x RTS Space Strategy Game Released

By on March 26th, 2010 at 6:10 pm
Distant Worlds, a 4x RTS space strategy game developed by CodeForce and published by Matrix Games has been released yesterday: 25th of March 2010.
Supremacy will go to Las Vegas for Official Star Trek Convention

Supremacy will go to Las Vegas for Official Star Trek Convention

By on March 16th, 2010 at 6:00 pm

Mike Strobel, the creator of Star Trek: Supremacy, will be attending the Las Vegas Star Trek convention in August 5 - 8th 2010. He will talk about Birth of the Federation and the development of Star Trek: Supremacy.

In preparation for this Star Trek event, Mike will release a game update in August 2010 that will improve the multiplayer experience and game performance. The update will also include improvements to Diplomacy and the Intelligence features.
StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty Preview

StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty Preview

By on March 14th, 2010 at 6:21 pm
StarCraft 2 is a real-time strategy game developed by Blizzard, sequel of the successful: StarCraft. Starcraft2 features three distinct races: the Zerg, the Terrans and the Protoss. Each has its own distinct units, some of them returning from the original title, others completely new.
Sid Meier’s Civilization V Preview

Sid Meier’s Civilization V Preview

By on March 12th, 2010 at 7:00 pm
The Civilization series is probably one of the best that PC Gaming has ever known. When I read the Firaxis announcement that they were developing Civilization 5 my heart started to beat faster and my emotions started to rise just to think how wonderful it will be to explore the Civilization world once again.
Armada 2526 Review

Armada 2526 Review

By on March 7th, 2010 at 6:07 pm
Armada 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.
Interview with Brad Ottoson | Aphelion: Phoenix Rising main Developer

Interview with Brad Ottoson | Aphelion: Phoenix Rising main Developer

By on November 16th, 2009 at 11:28 pm
I 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.
Can MMO games be the future of 4x space strategy?

Can MMO games be the future of 4x space strategy?

By on October 12th, 2009 at 1:06 am
Normally when we think of a typical space strategy game we imagine it to be PC turn-based single player, especially if we’re talking about 4x games. Will Massively Multiplayer games change all that?
Aphelion Phoenix Rising: A new 4x Space Strategy Game under Development

Aphelion Phoenix Rising: A new 4x Space Strategy Game under Development

By on September 26th, 2009 at 5:32 pm
Aphelion: 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.
Space Strategy Games: What’s next?

Space Strategy Games: What’s next?

By on July 9th, 2009 at 2:00 am
Since the beginning that humans face the stars ask themselves what’s out there and how wonderful and exciting it would be to discover new places and meet new races. This profound sense of wonder and insatiable curiosity drives many of us to fantasize that possibility.