Star Ruler is a real-time 4x space strategy game being developed by the Blind Mind Studies where you control an interstellar empire in a hostile galaxy against a number of opponents. From Blind Mind Studios Staff: “It’s slightly more RTS than 4X; it is most certainly way more 4X than SoaSE (Sins of a Solar Empire).“ Continue reading...
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. The game was announced back on January 2010 and by then I made an article on SpaceSector.com to cover that. Check it out: “Sword of the Stars 2 Announced”.
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. Continue reading...
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 Continue reading... | 1 Comment
Distant Worlds, a 4x RTS space strategy game developed by CodeForce and published by Matrix Games has been released yesterday: 25th of March 2010.
Distant Worlds main features are:
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. Continue reading... | 5 Comments
StarCraft 2 is a real-time strategy game developed by Blizzard, sequel of the successful title made by the same developer: StarCraft. The game 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.
Wings of Liberty takes place several years after StarCraft: Brood War events. Some heroes will return like Jim Raynor from the original StarCraft. The game will feature a single player campaign that will allow the player to interact with those characters via several missions. Continue reading... | 6 Comments
The Civilization series is probably one of the best that PC Gaming has ever known. Ask any strategy gamer about it and the odds are that he has played at least one of the Civilization titles during his gaming life time, or at least a Sid Meier’s title (Railroad Tycoon, Alpha Centauri, Colonization, Pirates and many more).
And really it is no big surprise because Civilization is really what strategy gaming is all about. Since the game starts till it finishes it is all about making decisions, some minor, others of tremendous importance, these last will dictate if your civilization will thrive or be left dead forever forgotten in the ages. Continue reading...
Armada 2526 is a 4x turn-based space strategy game, developed by Ntronium Games and published by Matrix Games. In December 2009 I wrote a first impressions “Armada 2526 – New 4x space strategy game – First Impressions” here at SpaceSector.com.
At the time the game was at version 1.01 and I still stand for most of what I wrote back then. I invite you to read the first impressions before you read this review to have the full background about the game. Continue reading... | 3 Comments
In September 26th I wrote a post about a new space strategy game in the making called Aphelion: Phoenix Rising. You can read the post here: Aphelion Phoenix Rising: A new 4x Space Strategy Game under Development.
By then Brad Ottoson (main developer) told me that“[Aphelion] won’t be out for a few years still but we have a lot of it done”. Having liked what I saw and after having a nice chat with Brad I decided to invite Brad for an interview which he kindly accepted. Here is the interview we did. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have.
Aphelion: Phoenix Rising is a new 4x space strategy game currently being developed by the Wyvern Studios a game development company founded by Brad Ottoson and Jared O’Connor.
I became in contact with Brad Ottoson some days ago when we were discussing my blog article: Master of Orion 2: The Formula behind the Success. We briefly discussed about Aphelion: Phoenix Rising, a new 4x space strategy game that is being developed by Brad and Jared. Brad told me that “[Aphelion] is inspired by various 4x space strategy games like MOO2 and Birth of the Federation”. Saying that I immediately decided to investigate the game progress and write an article about it. Continue reading...
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