Archive for 2010

Distant Worlds: 4x RTS Space Strategy Game Released

Distant Worlds: 4x RTS Space Strategy Game Released

By on March 26th, 2010 at 6:10 pm
Distant Worlds, a 4x RTS space strategy game developed by CodeForce and published by Matrix Games has been released yesterday: 25th of March 2010.
Supremacy will go to Las Vegas for Official Star Trek Convention

Supremacy will go to Las Vegas for Official Star Trek Convention

By on March 16th, 2010 at 6:00 pm

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.
StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty Preview

StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty Preview

By on March 14th, 2010 at 6:21 pm
StarCraft 2 is a real-time strategy game developed by Blizzard, sequel of the successful: StarCraft. Starcraft2 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.
Sid Meier’s Civilization V Preview

Sid Meier’s Civilization V Preview

By on March 12th, 2010 at 7:00 pm
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.
Armada 2526 Review

Armada 2526 Review

By on March 7th, 2010 at 6:07 pm
Armada 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.
Sins of a Solar Empire – Trinity – Review

Sins of a Solar Empire – Trinity – Review

By on February 21st, 2010 at 6:44 pm
Sins Trinity is a very nicely done game. It excels on providing a rich gaming experience that will entertain you for many hours. Ironclad and Stardock deserve an applause for having created a game that successfully mixes the RTS mechanic with the 4x genre in fantastic way.
Interview with Mike Strobel | Star Trek Supremacy Lead Developer

Interview with Mike Strobel | Star Trek Supremacy Lead Developer

By on February 6th, 2010 at 10:41 pm
Star Trek Supremacy is a new 4x space strategy game being developed by Mike Strobel. I've been in contacted Mike for an interview, which he kindly accepted.
Sword of the Stars 2 Announced

Sword of the Stars 2 Announced

By on January 31st, 2010 at 2:06 pm

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.

Distant Worlds – A new Real-time, 4X Space Strategy Game

Distant Worlds – A new Real-time, 4X Space Strategy Game

By on January 27th, 2010 at 8:25 pm
Distant 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.
4 Reasons Why We Like to Play Space Strategy Games

4 Reasons Why We Like to Play Space Strategy Games

By on January 21st, 2010 at 10:38 pm
This may seem like an odd question to make but sometimes I question myself "why do I and so many other people like to play space strategy games so much"?
Sins of a Solar Empire: Diplomacy (New Expansion)

Sins of a Solar Empire: Diplomacy (New Expansion)

By on January 13th, 2010 at 6:44 pm
Stardock and Ironclad will release it's new Sins of a Solar Empire expansion February 2010. This new expansion is named Diplomacy.
Star Trek Supremacy – Open Source Free Game in Development

Star Trek Supremacy – Open Source Free Game in Development

By on January 10th, 2010 at 11:00 pm
Star Trek Supremacy is a 4x space strategy game being developed by Mike Strobel. It is a Non-commercial Open Source project that will be made available for free to the public. The game is not licensed by the Star Trek franchise, it is a title being developed by an independent developer as an hobby.

Supremacy picks up from the classic Microprose title Star Trek Birth of the Federation, a.k.a. Star Trek: BOTF. Supremacy’s intention is to be a BOTF’s rightful successor. Sometimes Supremacy is also known in the community as Star Trek Birth of Federation 2 (BOTF2).