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Distant Worlds: Shadows is Out Now May 23rd, 2013 at 10:17 am by Adam Solo

CodeForce, Matrix Games and Slitherine have just released Distant Worlds: Shadows, the third expansion pack to their real-time space 4X strategy game, Distant Worlds. The Distant Worlds series has come a long way since its debut on March, 2010. Starting out as a mediocre experience, it was later enhanced with Return of the Shakturi (the first expansion pack), and, finally, CodeForce’s work and willingness to… Read the rest Category: News & Announcements 27 comments

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Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes Officially Out Today May 22nd, 2013 at 1:44 pm by Adam Solo Legendary Heroes is a standalone expansion to the turn-based fantasy 4X strategy game Fallen Enchantress. It was in beta for the last two months, and, today, it was officially released. Category: News & Announcements 33 comments

Artifact Red-X: Kinda Like X-COM But With Reversed Roles? May 17th, 2013 at 3:13 pm by Adam Solo Tier2 Games propose Artifact Red-X, a hybrid between real-time strategy, turn-based squad tactical combat, RPG systems and possibly 4X elements. Category: Kickstart, News & Announcements 22 comments

Space Sector’s Bargain List: Directly from the Indie Devs May 14th, 2013 at 8:20 am by Adam Solo Cliff Harris is hosting the showmethegames.com 2013 sales right now, up until the 18th of May. There you will find some space, sci-fi and strategy indie goodness. Category: News & Announcements 3 comments

Distant Worlds: Shadows Preview May 10th, 2013 at 7:02 am by Adam Solo I've been playing around with a Distant Worlds: Shadows beta preview build, and feel I have a good idea of what CodeForce and Matrix Games have been cooking for us with their third Distant Worlds expansion. Category: Game Previews 53 comments

Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion DLC “Forbidden Worlds” May 9th, 2013 at 2:45 pm by Adam Solo Stardock will release a DLC for Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion. It's called "Forbidden Worlds" and will add new planet types, planet specialization, techs, planetary bonuses and Steam achievements. Category: News & Announcements 24 comments

UFO Online: Fight for Earth – Open Beta Begins May 8th, 2013 at 12:44 pm by Adam Solo UFO Online: Fight for Earth, a sci-fi tactical browser-based MMO developed by Gamigo, where you're supposed to develop a base, do research and fight an alien invasion in a turn-based tactical fashion. Category: Free online games, News & Announcements 8 comments

Making a Space 4X Game: A Living Galaxy May 3rd, 2013 at 9:43 am by dayrinni I'm going to start writing about the systems in the game now. This will be a series of many articles. We start with my vision of what makes a galaxy feel alive and full of discovery. Category: Game Design, Ideas & Concepts 51 comments

StarDrive Review April 30th, 2013 at 12:04 pm by Keith Turner If you're looking for Civilization in space, you're in the wrong place. If you're looking for epic battles with lots of ships with lasers, cannons and fighters, then StarDrive has exactly what you are looking for. Category: Game Reviews 92 comments

Kickstarters Update: Who Made It and… Who Didn’t – Part IV April 29th, 2013 at 10:58 am by Adam Solo Time for another Kickstarters update (Feb-Apr 2013). On the winners side, there's military sci-fi, cyberpunk strategy, fantasy 4X, space 4X and space roguelike to look for. Others weren't so lucky. Category: Kickstart 15 comments

StarDrive: New Space 4X RTS Officially Out April 26th, 2013 at 4:04 pm by Adam Solo After being in beta on Steam for about six weeks, StarDrive is now officially out and available for purchase on Steam. Apr 29th in other major digital portals. May 24th boxed on Europe. Category: News & Announcements 150 comments

Jagged Alliance: Flashback Kickstarter is Up April 24th, 2013 at 9:53 am by Adam Solo Full Control launches a Kickstarter campaign for Jagged Alliance: Flashback, their "fresh" but "true" take on the Jagged Alliance franchise. Category: Kickstart, News & Announcements 22 comments

Gearbox Software Acquires Homeworld IP in THQ Auction April 23rd, 2013 at 5:21 am by Adam Solo And the highest bidder for the sci-fi real-time strategy Homeworld IP is... Gearbox Software. To be available digitally soon and future plans for the franchise. Category: News & Announcements 13 comments

Eador: Masters of the Broken World Released April 19th, 2013 at 4:01 pm by Adam Solo Eador: Masters of the Broken World is a turn-based fantasy strategy game from Snowbird Game Studios, and a remake to Eador: Genesis. Category: News & Announcements 54 comments

Civ5: Brave New World “Is for Builders” and New Civs Reveal April 15th, 2013 at 10:42 am by Adam Solo Civilization 5 producer Dennis Shirk answered a few questions about Civilization 5: Brave New World on a Q&A session hosted by 2K Games. Category: News & Announcements 18 comments

Full Control Announces a “Fresh” but “True” Jagged Alliance April 11th, 2013 at 7:38 am by Adam Solo Indie studio Full Control announced a licensing deal with bitComposer Games to develop and publish a new "multiplatform title in the Jagged Alliance franchise". Category: News & Announcements 10 comments

Infinite Space 3: Sea of Stars – A 3D Sci-Fi Roguelike Proposal April 9th, 2013 at 12:20 pm by Adam Solo Indie studio Digital Eel is on Kickstarter for Infinite Space 3: Sea of Stars, a 3D sequel to their classic space roguelikes, Strange Adventures and Weird Worlds. Category: Kickstart 10 comments

LucasArts: Thanks for a Great and Unforgettable Ride April 5th, 2013 at 11:40 am by Adam Solo 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 April 4th, 2013 at 12:39 pm by Adam Solo 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 April 3rd, 2013 at 5:25 am by Adam Solo 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

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