Archive for 2010

Sid Meier’s Civilization 5 Review December 28th, 2010 by Adam Solo Civilization 5 is the latest installment of the Civilization series and while the matrix of the series remains intact this sequel promises to innovate in one important aspect of the game, the combat system. Category: Game Reviews 19 comments

Sword of the Stars II – Developer Diary #1 – Re-Inventing the Future December 27th, 2010 by Adam Solo Paradox Interactive and Kerberos Productions announced on the 21st of December 2010 the launch of the first developer diary for Sword of the Stars II: Lords of Winter. This will be a first in a series of articles made by the game developers, it outlines core differences between the original game and the sequel. Category: News & Announcements 0 comments

The Lacuna Expanse: A New Free MMO Space Strategy Game December 8th, 2010 by Adam Solo The Lacuna Expanse is a free Massively Multiplayer Online Game (or free MMOG for short). It offers a different perspective on how to prevail and win putting more emphasis on espionage than direct warfare Category: Free online games, Game First Impressions, Game Previews, News & Announcements 1 comment

Sword of the Stars 2: Engine Teaser Trailer September 28th, 2010 by Adam Solo Paradox Interactive released a new trailer of Sword of the Stars 2. This time it shows off the game engine. Very nice! Category: News & Announcements, Videos 0 comments

Star Ruler: New Patch (v1.0.1.0) and Trailer September 19th, 2010 by Adam Solo Blind Mind Studios has also released a new Star Ruler Trailer (the Official Release Trailer). This is a good source to take a look at the game an witness it's massive scale. Category: Game Patches, News & Announcements, Videos 0 comments

Civilization 5: Interview with Sid Meier September 12th, 2010 by Adam Solo Civilization 5 will be released on the 21st of September 2010. In the meantime I thought you would like to ear about the game from the master architect of the civ series in person. Enjoy! Category: News & Announcements 0 comments

Sword of the Stars 2: Lords of Winter are Coming… September 10th, 2010 by Adam Solo Kerberos Productions and Paradox Interactive have unveiled the name of the game. It will be titled Sword of the Stars 2: Lords of Winter. The developers and the producers have distributed one more trailer of the game. Enjoy! Category: News & Announcements, Videos 1 comment

Star Ruler Review September 7th, 2010 by Adam Solo Star 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 12 comments

Interview with Horizon Designer and Producer Raffi Parsekhian August 28th, 2010 by Adam Solo A couple of weeks ago I made a post about Horizon, a space strategy game under development by L3O Interactive, an Indie developer being lead by Raffi Parsekhian. I asked Raffi for an interview for SpaceSector.com which he kindly accepted. Here is the interview. Enjoy! Category: Interviews 1 comment

Elemental: War of Magic Released August 25th, 2010 by Adam Solo Sometimes I'll be posting about non-Sci-Fi strategy games if I found them of interest to the strategy gaming community of SpaceSector.com. Elemental: War of Magic is one of such titles. Elemental is developed and published by Stardock, it was released yesterday 24th of August 2010. It is a fantasy strategy game set on a world of magic and Category: News & Announcements 0 comments

Real-time Strategy (RTS) vs Turn-based Strategy (TBS). Who wins? August 16th, 2010 by Adam Solo In what respects to space strategy games there is one gameplay element that mostly decides the style of the game, its pace mechanic:… Read the rest Category: Game Design, Ideas & Concepts 14 comments

Horizon – A New Turn-Based Space Strategy Game Under Development August 14th, 2010 by Adam Solo Came 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 5 comments

Star Ruler – A new 4x/RTS Hybrid by Blind Mind Studios July 27th, 2010 by Adam Solo In 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. Category: Game First Impressions, Game Previews, Games Under Development, News & Announcements 2 comments

Gratuitous Space Battles Review July 22nd, 2010 by Adam Solo Gratuitous Space Battles is a strategy and simulation game that does not contain all the traditional elements of a 4x space strategy game but rather concentrates in ship design and space battles. Category: Game Reviews 5 comments

Sword of the Stars 2 Update June 29th, 2010 by Adam Solo 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. Category: Games Under Development, Interviews, News & Announcements, Videos 0 comments

Star Legacy – New 4X Sci-Fi Game Announced by Shrapnel Games May 31st, 2010 by Adam Solo 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 Category: Games Under Development, News & Announcements 5 comments

Distant Worlds Patches v1.0.2 and v1.0.3 Released April 10th, 2010 by Adam Solo Since its release in 25th of March Matrix Games has already released 2 patches for Distant Worlds. In 28th of March Matrix Games released v1.0.2, in April 8th released v1.0.3 that among other things fixes the following major issues. Category: Game Patches, News & Announcements 4 comments

Distant Worlds: 4x RTS Space Strategy Game Released March 26th, 2010 by Adam Solo Distant 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 0 comments

Supremacy will go to Las Vegas for Official Star Trek Convention March 16th, 2010 by Adam Solo 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. Category: Games Under Development, News & Announcements 5 comments

StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty Preview March 14th, 2010 by Adam Solo 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. Category: Game Previews, Games Under Development, News & Announcements 10 comments