Archive for October, 2013

Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes – The Dead World DLC By Keith Turner on October 31st, 2013 at 1:44 pm Just in time for Halloween, Stardock has announced the release of "The Dead World", their latest DLC for Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes. Category: News & Announcements 24 comments

Worlds of Magic – New Demo Battle Scenarios By Keith Turner on October 31st, 2013 at 6:00 am As their 2nd kickstarter campaign winds closer to a successful close, Wastelands Interactive has released an updated free demo for Worlds of Magic featuring a few new battle scenarios. Category: Kickstart 5 comments

Buzz Aldrin’s Space Program Manager Early Access Available By Adam Solo on October 29th, 2013 at 2:47 pm Slitherine and Matrix Games have just released Buzz Aldrin's Space Program Manager, a space exploration turn-based strategy game with simulation elements under their early access program. Category: News & Announcements 7 comments

Space Engineers – Alpha First Impressions By Adam Solo on October 28th, 2013 at 11:20 am Space Engineers has reached alpha and is now available on Steam. It's still a bit far from being a complete product but the building blocks are already there, and you can have some fun wandering around in space and building ships. Category: Game First Impressions, Game Previews 19 comments

XCOM: Enemy Within – Confirmed: Enemy Is Inside the Base By Adam Solo on October 24th, 2013 at 10:18 am The security breach trailer hinted that way, and lead designer Ananda Gupta also suggested it, but now it's finally confirmed. XCOM: Enemy Within, will indeed feature XCOM base defense. Category: News & Announcements 22 comments

X Rebirth New Video – The Fighting Part By Adam Solo on October 22nd, 2013 at 9:58 am Egosoft's last trailer for X Rebirth was about trading and mining. This most recent one is about fighting. Category: News & Announcements, Videos 34 comments

The Mandate: A Sandbox Sci-Fi RPG on Kickstarter By Adam Solo on October 18th, 2013 at 9:24 am Would you like to play the role of a spaceship captain, responsible for the lives of the crew and explore the galaxy, defend your ship from boarding operations and fight ship to ship battles, possibly in co-op with 6 friends? Category: Kickstart 21 comments

RimWorld: A Pre-Alpha Story – Part 2 By Keith Turner on October 17th, 2013 at 9:56 am And now, the conclusion of Keith's story playing the pre-alpha build of RimWorld. Category: After Action Report, Game Previews 14 comments

Civilization 5: Brave New World – Fall Patch Released By Adam Solo on October 17th, 2013 at 6:14 am Firaxis released a big patch for Civilization 5: Brave New World. And this time they involved the Civ community in the patching process. Category: Game Patches, News & Announcements 7 comments

Galactic Civilizations 3 Announced !! By Adam Solo on October 15th, 2013 at 12:26 pm Stardock, the developer and publisher of Galactic Civilizations, Galactic Civilizations 2 and Sins of a Solar Empire celebrated 20 years in existence, and announced Galactic Civilizations 3! Category: News & Announcements 95 comments

RimWorld: A Pre-Alpha Story – Part 1 By Keith Turner on October 15th, 2013 at 9:17 am I think RimWorld has set a nice example for other indie developers. If you want your Kickstarter campaign to do exceptionally well, and you aren't a big name in the industry, this is the quality bar you want to reach for. Category: After Action Report, Game Previews 7 comments

XCOM: Enemy Within Interview – The New and the Improved By Adam Solo on October 11th, 2013 at 9:34 am XCOM: Enemy Within brings new maps, new toys and basically new tactical possibilities. But, what about the strategy layer? Was the game improved in that area? Here's what the expansion's lead designer Ananda Gupta had to say about it. Category: Game Previews, Interviews 22 comments

Legions of Steel: The Video Game – The Kickstarter By Adam Solo on October 10th, 2013 at 1:01 pm Studio Nyx is on Kickstarter looking for funds to adapt the sci-fi board game Legions of Steel to Android, iOS and PC platforms. Category: Kickstart 6 comments

XCOM: Enemy Within – A New Enemy Was Revealed Called… By Adam Solo on October 9th, 2013 at 2:01 pm A new rival faction was revealed for XCOM: Enemy Within. A human rival faction. Check then new trailer called "Security Breach". Category: News & Announcements, Videos 32 comments

RimWorld – Sci-Fi Colonization with an AI Storyteller By Keith Turner on October 7th, 2013 at 11:36 am Are you interested in a Firefly, Dune, and Warhammer 40k inspired sci-fi colonization and survival game? If so, Tynan Sylvester and his Ludeon Studios have just the game for you. Category: Kickstart 12 comments

XCOM: Sales, Free Weekend and Enemy Within Pre-Orders By Adam Solo on October 4th, 2013 at 9:26 am 2K Games is doing an XCOM sales event this weekend. XCOM: Enemy Unknown is free for anyone to play until Monday 7th Oct, and XCOM: Enemy Within pre-orders have started. Category: News & Announcements 4 comments

Worlds of Magic – 2nd Kickstarter Campaign By Keith Turner on October 4th, 2013 at 6:07 am Wastelands Interactive has announced a second Kickstarter for their upcoming title, Worlds of Magic. They're offering a playable demo of their alpha battle board this time around. Category: Kickstart 0 comments