Posts Tagged ‘rts’

XCOM: Enemy Unknown Announced – Original X-COM Series January 5th, 2012 by Adam Solo No, it's not a post from 19 years ago :), X-COM: Enemy Unknown (yes, a new true X-COM installment with the same name as the original title) was announced today by Firaxis and 2K Games. Category: News & Announcements 12 comments

Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion Screens [New] December 28th, 2011 by Adam Solo Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion screenshots                                                                     Category: Images 12 comments

Explore the Galaxy with Star Prospector – Coming Soon Space RTS for the PC December 27th, 2011 by Adam Solo Cryptstone Games is developing Star Prospector, a single-player real-time strategy game set in a future science fiction universe. Category: Game Previews 6 comments

Strategy vs. Tactics in Video Games – A Small Essay December 16th, 2011 by Adam Solo It's not only a question of scale but also a question of actions involved. While the strategist deals more with thinking ahead, planning and scheming the tactician deals with situation analyses and execution with what is provided to him. Category: Ideas & Concepts 13 comments

Distant Worlds: Legends Review December 12th, 2011 by Adam Solo If Master of Orion 2 was the 4X space strategy gaming reference of the nineties, then Distant Worlds Legends is the 4X space strategy gaming reference of the early XXI century. Category: Game Reviews 29 comments

Starships Combat Conundrums – Realism vs. Simplification December 7th, 2011 by bertipa My personal preference is always toward realism but at a certain point, perhaps ironically, reality strikes and simplification are needed to have a playable game that can be developed in this decade. Category: Game Design, Ideas & Concepts 11 comments

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

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 33 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

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

Distant Worlds Legends Preview October 25th, 2011 by Adam Solo Distant Worlds Legends is the second expansion of the 4x real-time space strategy game, Distant Worlds. This preview aims on providing you with a peak on what's added on this new expansion, so that you know a bit more what to expect in November 2011. Category: Game Previews 9 comments

StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm Trailer at Blizzcon 2011 October 22nd, 2011 by Adam Solo Get a glimpse of Starcraft 2's first expansion Heart of the Swarm from Blizzcon 2011 event. Category: News & Announcements, Videos 1 comment

Gratuitous Tank Battles First Video Footage October 14th, 2011 by Adam Solo Gratuitous Tank Battles is a Sci-Fi RTS /Tower Defense hybrid game currently being developed by Positech Games, the same developer of Gratuitous Space Battles. Category: News & Announcements, Videos 0 comments

Distant Worlds: Return of the Shakturi Review October 10th, 2011 by Adam Solo DW RotS made me feel in control of the lives and hopes of my civilization, I cared for them and could feel immersed in a huge galaxy interacting with other alien races. Category: Game Reviews 13 comments

Star Ruler “Gold” Review September 28th, 2011 by Adam Solo I thought this was the perfect timing to do a Star Ruler's (re)review since it seems to have reached a stable version and is now being sold in a box set following the Blind Mind Studios publishing agreement with Iceberg Interactive. Category: Game Reviews 4 comments

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. Category: News & Announcements 5 comments

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. Category: Free online games, Games Under Development, News & Announcements 0 comments

Stellar Impact Review September 9th, 2011 by Adam Solo The somewhat complex skill system of Stellar Impact, the personnel passive skills, the number of ships and its skills should be more than enough to satisfy you and keep you entertained. Category: Game Reviews 8 comments

Jupiter’s Folly: Real-Time Online Board Game Preview September 3rd, 2011 by Adam Solo Jupiter's Folly is a (slow) real-time online board game developed by Iron Helmet Games. And I say slow because short games might last a week or so, while epic games may last months. Category: Free online games, Game First Impressions, Game Previews, News & Announcements 0 comments

Legends of Pegasus: Demo Walkthrough Trailer (Cam) at GC September 1st, 2011 by Adam Solo Legends of Pegasus is a 4x space strategy game currently being developed by Novacore Studios. Have a look at this first look trailer. It is a video made at the Gamescom 2011 event. Category: Games Under Development, News & Announcements, Videos 5 comments