Posts Tagged ‘4x game’

FreeOrion 0.3.16 Released July 20th, 2011 by Adam Solo FreeOrion is an open-source project with the goal to build a turn-based 4x space strategy game that although inspired in the Master of Orion series. Category: News & Announcements 6 comments

Star Ruler – New Demo (v1.0.8.0) and Box Release Date Set July 6th, 2011 by Adam Solo Star Ruler will be available in retail stores throughout Europe, Australia, South-East Asia and various other territories on 16 September 2011. Category: News & Announcements 3 comments

10 Min Space Strategy Review June 18th, 2011 by Adam Solo In Goblin Lunatics' own words 10 Min Space Strategy is a free "compact, quick turn-based 4x (space) strategy" PC game. Their intention was to make a not so complex space strategy game that still requires the player to decide a great deal of strategy. Category: Game Reviews 21 comments

Sword of the Stars Complete Collection – Review May 31st, 2011 by Zachary Cryer Sword of the Stars is a solid 4X game that I recommend to fans of simpler games, or perhaps newcomers. For people who want more control over their empire, there are better options. SotS is like MoO1, so if you preferred the MoO2 you may want to pass this one by. Category: Game Reviews 6 comments

Distant Star: The First 4X Space Game Built Specifically for iOS April 29th, 2011 by Adam Solo I’m pleasantly surprised to see so many 4x space games already available, or currently under development, for the iOS (iPhone, iPad and iPod… Read the rest Category: News & Announcements 0 comments

Starbase Orion: Master of Orion 2 with Better Multiplayer for iOS April 19th, 2011 by Adam Solo According to Chimera's Vision statement, Starbase Orion will "retain the classic turn-based gameplay of Master of Orion 2 while embracing the simplicity and multiplayer experience of Warcraft III". Category: Game Previews, News & Announcements 22 comments

Armada 2526: Supernova Expansion Hands-on First Impressions (Preview) March 27th, 2011 by Adam Solo About Armada 2526 I can say this: it is one of the best 4x sci-fi strategy games currently available in the market. I recommend it any day to any sci-fi strategy game fan. Category: Game First Impressions, Game Previews 10 comments

Sword of the Stars – Complete Collection – On Sale at Impulse March 26th, 2011 by Adam Solo Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection is on Sale at Impulse for $9.85 (6.99€). This is an excellent opportunity to get your hands on this fine 4x space strategy game complete set. The collection pack contains the original Sword of the Stars game and the three expansions: Born of Blood, A Murder of Crows and Argos Naval Yard. The pack also contains exclusive material, more details below. Currently under development Sword of the Stars 2 will be the sequel 4x Sci-Fi game to the Kerberos Productions acclaimed title Sword of the Stars. Category: News & Announcements 0 comments

Sword of the Stars 2: New Video Interview With Lead Designer / CEO Martin Cirulis at GDC March 8th, 2011 by Adam Solo Paradox Interactive and Kerberos Studios were at GDC 2011 unravelling more mysteries about the Sword of the Stars 2 universe in a video interview with Martin Cirulis, the lead designer of SOTS2. Category: Interviews, News & Announcements, Videos 2 comments

Empire of the Eclipse: iPhone Gameplay Video Show Off at GDC March 8th, 2011 by Adam Solo Zarksoft Games have been at GDC (Game Developers Conference) showing off their new project: Empire of the Eclipse. Category: Games Under Development, News & Announcements, Videos 0 comments

Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion Announced March 5th, 2011 by Adam Solo Stardock describes Rebellion as a "full fledged stand alone expansion" to the original title. Rebellion promises to continue the successful mix of 4x strategy elements with real time strategy space combat. Category: Game First Impressions, Game Previews, Games Under Development, News & Announcements 3 comments

10 Minute Space Strategy: Indie 4x TBS Game Announced (with Demo!) February 26th, 2011 by Adam Solo In Goblin Lunatics own words, 10 Minute Space Strategy is “a turn-based space strategy [game] that is focused on quick play sessions, abstract mechanisms and high replayability“. I agree :) Category: Game First Impressions, Game Previews, News & Announcements 6 comments

Distant Worlds Review February 13th, 2011 by Adam Solo Distant Worlds is a nice attempt to create a huge living universe full of things going on that allow the user to choose the degree of control he wants. Category: Game Reviews 6 comments

Distant Worlds: Return of the Shakturi February 13th, 2011 by Adam Solo Return of the Shakturi is the recently released expansion pack to Distant Worlds, a 4x real-time space strategy game developed by CodeForce and published by Matrix Games. Category: News & Announcements 7 comments

Birth of the Empires – 4x TBS Open Source – Alpha 6 (version 0.8) February 5th, 2011 by Adam Solo Birth of the Empires, also known as "BotE", is being supported by the Birth of the Federation 2 Consortium. BotE is proposed to be one spiritual successor to Star Trek Birth of the Federation (BotF). Category: Game Previews, Games Under Development, News & Announcements 0 comments

Interview with Lee Dotson, President of ZarkSoft Games January 26th, 2011 by Adam Solo Early in the month I made a post about Zarksoft Games announcing Empire of the Eclipse a MMO Space Strategy Game for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Zarksoft Games was founded in 2010 by industry veterans Tina Lawton, Lee Dotson, Jeff Lawton, and Jeff Williams whose previous work includes contributions to Diablo 3, Unreal Championship 2, American McGee’s Alice, Anachronox, Hellgate: London, Star Trek Online and more titles. In order to find out more about Empire of the Eclipse I contacted Lee Dotson Category: Interviews 2 comments

Ascendancy – 4x Space TBS Game – Available Now on iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch January 16th, 2011 by Adam Solo Ascendancy (the old classic) is a 4x space turn-based strategy game released for DOS in 1995. Two days ago it has been re-released for iOS (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch) by The Logic Factory, the same company that released the original DOS version in 1995. The original Ascendancy was released very close to other classic game, Master of Orion 2. Both games are very similar in many aspects. The game developers say that the iOS remake sticks quite true to the original version. Category: News & Announcements 0 comments

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

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