Posts Tagged ‘space strategy’
Starbase Orion: Master of Orion 2 with Better Multiplayer for iOSApril 19th, 2011 by Adam SoloAccording 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 |
Empire of the Eclipse Gets Delayed – Combat PreviewApril 5th, 2011 by Adam SoloZarksoft is still working on the battle aspects of the game, that as they explained will delay a bit more the game release than they expected. EotE release is delayed to an undetermined date, but Zarksoft Games promised "we'll definitely be out this summer". |
Gemini Wars: Gameplay TrailerMarch 21st, 2011 by Adam SoloGemini Wars is a space real-time strategy game currently being developed by Camel 101, an independent and self funded game development studio. At first… Read the rest |
Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion AnnouncedMarch 5th, 2011 by Adam SoloStardock 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. |
10 Minute Space Strategy: Indie 4x TBS Game Announced (with Demo!)February 26th, 2011 by Adam SoloIn 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 :) |
Interview with Lee Dotson, President of ZarkSoft GamesJanuary 26th, 2011 by Adam SoloEarly 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 |
Ascendancy – 4x Space TBS Game – Available Now on iPhone, iPad and iPod TouchJanuary 16th, 2011 by Adam SoloAscendancy (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 |
Star Ruler New Patch (v1.0.5.0)January 15th, 2011 by Adam SoloStar Ruler is a real-time 4x space strategy game developed by Blind Mind Studies, a startup Computer Game development company. The story goes that the company run out of budget during game development and to be able to finish the game they had no choice than to release it in 21st of August 2010 to be able to do some cash in. Since then they have been very active, releasing patch after patch. Category: Game Patches |
Gemini Wars – A New Space RTS Game Being Developed by Camel 101 for PC and MacJanuary 9th, 2011 by Adam SoloGemini Wars is a Space Real-Time Strategy (RTS) Game currently being developed by Camel 101, an independent and self funded game development studio. |
Star Ruler ReviewSeptember 7th, 2010 by Adam SoloStar 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 |
Interview with Horizon Designer and Producer Raffi ParsekhianAugust 28th, 2010 by Adam SoloA 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 |
Star Ruler – A new 4x/RTS Hybrid by Blind Mind StudiosJuly 27th, 2010 by Adam SoloIn 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. |
Gratuitous Space Battles ReviewJuly 22nd, 2010 by Adam SoloGratuitous Space Battles is a strategy and simulation game that does not contain all the traditional elements of a 4x space strategy game but rather concentrates in ship design and space battles. Category: Game Reviews |
Sword of the Stars 2 UpdateJune 29th, 2010 by Adam SoloTargeted 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. |
Distant Worlds: 4x RTS Space Strategy Game ReleasedMarch 26th, 2010 by Adam SoloDistant Worlds, a 4x RTS space strategy game developed by CodeForce and published by Matrix Games has been released yesterday: 25th of March 2010. Category: News & Announcements |
Supremacy will go to Las Vegas for Official Star Trek ConventionMarch 16th, 2010 by Adam SoloMike 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. |
Armada 2526 ReviewMarch 7th, 2010 by Adam SoloArmada 2526 follows on the footsteps of games like Master of Orion 2, the Space Empires series, Galactic Civilizations series, StarTrek: BotF and many other sci-fi TBS titles. In this sense Armada 2526 provides the traditional 4x TBS space strategy gaming experience. Category: Game Reviews |
Sword of the Stars 2 AnnouncedJanuary 31st, 2010 by Adam SoloLast 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. Category: News & Announcements |
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Distant Worlds – A new Real-time, 4X Space Strategy GameJanuary 27th, 2010 by Adam SoloDistant Worlds is a new real-time 4x space strategy game being developed by CodeForce and to be published by Matrix Games. The game beta phase is now almost finished and although the official game release date is not yet announced the game is expected to be released in the first quarter of 2010. Category: News & Announcements |
Aphelion Phoenix Rising: A new 4x Space Strategy Game under DevelopmentSeptember 26th, 2009 by Adam SoloAphelion: 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. Category: Games Under Development |










