Posts Tagged ‘announcement’

Horizon is Back on Track and Needs Your Help Too

Horizon is Back on Track and Needs Your Help Too

January 3rd, 2012 by Adam Solo
I'm excited to share with you that the L3O team has announced that they will resume development of their 4X space title, Horizon.
Distant Worlds Legends Announced

Distant Worlds Legends Announced

September 27th, 2011 by Adam Solo
Distant Worlds – Legends, the second expansion to the 4x real-time space strategy game, Distant Worlds has been announced. The first expansion (very well received by gamers by the way) was Distant Worlds: Return of the Shakturi.
Renations: An Online Sci-Fi Strategy Game Announced

Renations: An Online Sci-Fi Strategy Game Announced

September 15th, 2011 by Adam Solo
Pikaia Games announced Renations, a free online browser-based strategy game (MMORTS) set in a post apocalyptic world.
Space Force Constellations Revealed

Space Force Constellations Revealed

September 13th, 2011 by Adam Solo
Dreamatrix Publishing has revealed Space Force Constellations, a single-player turn-based space strategy game for the PC. There is no release date announced yet but there is already a gameplay trailer and some screenshots.
OggBoard: The Next Generation in Board Gaming

OggBoard: The Next Generation in Board Gaming

August 29th, 2011 by Adam Solo
OggBoard intends to combine augmented reality technology with board gaming and the interactivity of computer and console gaming with the objective to create a "kind of" holographic board gaming experience.
Empire of the Eclipse: Sign-up For Beta Round 2 Started

Empire of the Eclipse: Sign-up For Beta Round 2 Started

August 28th, 2011 by Adam Solo
Today, ZarkSoft Games has announced that the sign-up for Empire of the Eclipse's Beta Round 2 has begun. The beta test will go live on Sept 3 but the sign ups started today.
Legends of Pegasus: 4x Sci-fi Strategy Game Announced

Legends of Pegasus: 4x Sci-fi Strategy Game Announced

August 12th, 2011 by Adam Solo
Ridgewood, NJ August 11, 2012 - Kalypso Media is taking players into the depths of space in 2012, with the announcement of Legends of Pegasus for Windows PC.
Starbase Orion: Master of Orion 2 with Better Multiplayer for iOS

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".
Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion Announced

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.
Birth of the Empires – 4x TBS Open Source – Alpha 6 (version 0.8)

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).
Star Ruler – A new 4x/RTS Hybrid by Blind Mind Studios

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.
Sword of the Stars 2 Update

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.

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
Distant Worlds Patches v1.0.2 and v1.0.3 Released

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.
Distant Worlds: 4x RTS Space Strategy Game Released

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.
Sid Meier’s Civilization V Preview

Sid Meier’s Civilization V Preview

March 12th, 2010 by Adam Solo
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.
Sword of the Stars 2 Announced

Sword of the Stars 2 Announced

January 31st, 2010 by Adam Solo

Last week Kerberos Productions and Paradox Interactive announced Sword of the Stars 2. This will be the sequel to the Kerbero's franchise 4x game title Sword of the Stars (SotS).

Without revealing much about the sequel they said that the game will bring back the original six races and introduce a new race: the Suul'ka which is an ancient race in the SotS universe that will be central to the title main story plot.

The developer and the publisher were already teamed up on the first SotS game, but not since the beginning where the former publisher was Lightouse Interactice.
LucasArts X-Wing and Tie Fighter coming back?

LucasArts X-Wing and Tie Fighter coming back?

August 8th, 2009 by Adam Solo
Being a long time fan of the StarWars space simulation games X-Wing and Tie Fighter I thought this was the time to do my first post not exclusively related to space strategy games but about another acclaimed space gaming genre: the space simulation games. As I explain in my about page I plan to post occasionally about other space gaming genres or other non-space strategy games when I find it of interest to the space gaming community. Yesterday I stumbled in a possible rumor, or rather teaser announcement by LucasArts, in G4 TV, that the X-Wing and Tie Fighter series could come back in the near future.