Archive for November, 2011

Beyond Beyaan: Alpha Footage Video & Progress Status November 30th, 2011 by Adam Solo Brent "Zeraan" has been doing fantastic progress in Beyond Beyaan lately. After a period of perceived uncertainty Brent seems now to be committed on bringing BB to life more than ever. Category: Games Under Development 9 comments

What Makes A Good Game – Story November 28th, 2011 by dayrinni A story in a game is an important tool for the developer. It gives the developer the means to create emotion, a way to share the lore of their game universe and a way to present a point. Category: Game Design, Ideas & Concepts 26 comments

Renations Open Beta Begins November 24th, 2011 by Adam Solo Today Pikaia Games has open up Renations to the public. This means that Renations is now officially in open beta status. Category: Free online games, News & Announcements 1 comment

Star Hammer Tactics Released for the iPad November 24th, 2011 by Adam Solo Black Lab Games, an Australian game development studio has just released Star Hammer Tactics, a new space turn-based tactics game for the iPad today. Category: News & Announcements 0 comments

Distant Worlds Legends Released November 23rd, 2011 by Adam Solo Distant Worlds Legends, the second expansion of Distant Worlds has been released today and is now available for download at the Matrix Games store. Category: News & Announcements 14 comments

Renations: First Impressions and Exclusive Invitations Offered November 22nd, 2011 by Adam Solo Pikaia Games has offered Space Sector, and 50 of its loyal readers, a chance for a first hand preview of Renations, Pikaia's new sci-fi browser-based real-time strategy MMO. Category: Free online games, Game First Impressions, Game Previews 1 comment

Anno 2070 Released November 18th, 2011 by Adam Solo Anno 2070, a Sci-Fi real-time strategy game developed by Ubisoft, was released today. Category: News & Announcements 2 comments

Distant Worlds Legends: New Gameplay and Features Preview Video November 17th, 2011 by Adam Solo Matrix Games, Slitherine and Code Force have released an extended gameplay and features preview video for Distant Worlds: Legends. Category: News & Announcements, Videos 15 comments

Sword of the Stars 2: Lords of Winter – First Impressions November 15th, 2011 by Adam Solo Ok folks it's worse than I thought, Sword of the Stars 2 is currently unplayable. There's plenty of good and even great stuff on SotS2 but there's also plenty of horrible stuff as well. Category: Game First Impressions, Game Previews 36 comments

Gratuitous Tank Battles: Alpha Battle Footage November 11th, 2011 by Adam Solo Positech Games, or UK Indie pc-developer Cliff Harris, released a new video showing off the battles, the tower-defense side of the game. Category: News & Announcements, Videos 2 comments

Anno 2070 Demo Now Available November 7th, 2011 by Adam Solo Anno 2070 is the new game of the Anno series that takes place in an Earth's near-future where the sea's rising level has destroyed the coastal cities. The player will need to gather resources and engage in diplomacy in order to build a new society. Category: Game Previews, News & Announcements, Videos 11 comments

Starbase Orion Review November 5th, 2011 by Kyle Rees Starbase Orion has undeniably achieved its goals of providing an experience similar to Master of Orion with better Multiplayer. This is great news for 4x gamers on the iOS as this genre is still rare on the Apple App store. Category: Game Reviews 20 comments

Star Supremacy – A New Free Sci-Fi MMORTS goes Open Beta soon November 4th, 2011 by Adam Solo Star Supremacy is a free to play, browser-based space MMORTS being developed by Barbily Tech Category: Free online games, Game Previews, Videos 9 comments

What Makes A Good Game – Progression November 2nd, 2011 by dayrinni I'd like to talk about about Progression in games. Progression is having goals and how the player achieves them. What is their purpose(s) in the game? How do they fulfill their purpose(s)? Category: Game Design, Ideas & Concepts 33 comments