Archive for March, 2012

Imperium Galactica II Now Available for the iPad !! By Adam Solo on March 31st, 2012 at 4:34 am Digital reality has just made his 4X real-time strategy game hit, Imperium Galactica II, available for the iPad. Category: News & Announcements 10 comments

Star Armada Review (iPad) By Kyle Rees on March 30th, 2012 at 9:23 am Overall I think that Star Armada finds a nice balance between depth and simplicity for the intended device it is developed for. Category: Game Reviews 6 comments

Want a bit of Space Action? Solar Struggle Released Today for the PC By Adam Solo on March 29th, 2012 at 11:22 am In the need to vent some steam into space? Today, Solar Struggle, an arcade space shooter was made available for the PC. Category: News & Announcements 0 comments

Jon and Peter Want to Make “The Universe” – Will You Help Them? By Adam Solo on March 29th, 2012 at 5:52 am After months of thinking (and apparently drinking), Peter Fibæk and Jon Nielsen, decided to make a 4X MMO game with sci-fi aspects. Category: Free online games, Kickstart, News & Announcements 3 comments

Stellar Indie Venture: Predestination By Adam Solo on March 28th, 2012 at 6:46 am Today I start a new rubric in Space Sector about independent developers and their early ventures on developing their own sci-fi or space strategy games called called "Steller Indie Venture". Category: Games Under Development, Stellar Indie Venture 20 comments

Interview with Amplitude Studios on Endless Space By Adam Solo on March 26th, 2012 at 6:07 am Endless Space is an exciting new 4X space game that seems to have it all to succeed. Here is an interview we did with Romain de Waubert, Creative Director of Endless Space. Category: Game Previews, Interviews 13 comments

Gratuitous Tank Battles Preview By Adam Solo on March 23rd, 2012 at 7:00 am After bringing us Gratuitous Space Battles Cliff Harris from Positech Games now brings us Gratuitous Tank Battles, a tower defense game set in a sci-fi alternative history. Category: Game Previews 5 comments

Wing Commander Saga: The Darkest Dawn Released By Adam Solo on March 22nd, 2012 at 3:48 pm Wing Commander Saga: The Darkest Down was 10 years in development and got released today, for free. Category: News & Announcements 2 comments

Star Armada Now Available for the iPhone and iPad By Adam Solo on March 21st, 2012 at 2:55 pm Star Armada, a space strategy game for Android has been re-released, now for the Apple iOS devices, as a universal app for the iPhone and iPad. Category: Game Previews, News & Announcements 0 comments

Armada 2526 Gold Edition Giveaway Contest [CLOSED] By Adam Solo on March 20th, 2012 at 7:01 am To commemorate Armada 2526's Gold Edition release Space Sector is going to giveaway 10 Armada 2526 (+Supernova) game copies! Courtesy of GreenManGaming and Iceberg Interactive. Category: Contests 114 comments

Starfarer Preview By Adam Solo on March 16th, 2012 at 5:09 am Starfarer is a space game that features elements from many genres. It has almost something for everybody. Category: Game Previews 12 comments

PlaySF Magazine Launched By Adam Solo on March 15th, 2012 at 2:25 pm Richie Shoemaker brings us PlaySF, a new bi-monthly digital-only magazine devoted to science fiction gaming in general. Category: News & Announcements 2 comments

A Complex Browser Game Without Micro-transactions? Zandagort – First Impressions By Adam Solo on March 15th, 2012 at 8:00 am Zandagort is a free online sci-fi strategy game that you play in your browser with no micro-transactions. Category: Game First Impressions, Game Previews 12 comments

Distant Star Review By Kyle Rees on March 13th, 2012 at 5:29 am For those of you not familiar with Distant Star, it is the first space strategy game to launch on the iPad. Your goal is simple, dominate the galaxy. Category: Game Reviews 2 comments

Gemini Wars Screens [Updated] By Adam Solo on March 12th, 2012 at 8:00 am Gemini Wars screenshots                                                                          Category: Images 1 comment

Firaxis’ X-COM: Enemy Unknown Super Gameplay Vid #1 By Adam Solo on March 8th, 2012 at 5:09 am OMG! I had a good feeling about Enemy Unknown already, but now, I'm totally blown away. Category: Game Previews, Videos 16 comments

Endless Space – A New 4X Space Game by Amplitude Games By Adam Solo on March 7th, 2012 at 6:28 am Heads up people, a new 4X space game will be arriving at town, soon. Endless Space is its name and it sounds like a very promising title currently under development by Amplitude Studios. Category: Game Previews, News & Announcements 26 comments