Archive for 2013

Endless Space: The Search for Auriga Free Add-on By Keith Turner on November 14th, 2013 at 9:37 am Developer Amplitude Studios has announced the release of "The Search for Auriga", the 5th free add-on for their 4X space game, Endless Space. Category: News & Announcements 15 comments

Checking up on Predestination: About 1 Year After Kickstarter By Adam Solo on November 12th, 2013 at 9:43 am "How's the Kickstarted turn-based space 4X game Predestination doing?", you may be asking at this point. That's been in my mind for a while now. So, I reached for Brain and Nerd for an update. Category: Interviews, Kickstart 21 comments

Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion New DLC Stellar Phenomena By Adam Solo on November 8th, 2013 at 9:13 am Stardock released "Stellar Phenomena", a new DLC - which you can see as a micro expansion - for Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion for $4,99. Category: News & Announcements 24 comments

Europa Universalis IV: Conquest of Paradise Expansion Pack By Chris Salt on November 7th, 2013 at 9:40 am Paradox Interactive announced the first expansion pack to Europa Universalis IV, Conquest of Paradise, and I swear, they were reading my mind on some of these features. Category: News & Announcements 4 comments

Soren Johnson Forms Indie Studio and First Game is “Mars” By Adam Solo on November 6th, 2013 at 11:28 am Soren Johnson announced the creation of his own independent studio, subsidized by Stardock, called Mohawk Games, "dedicated to making innovative, core strategy games". Category: News & Announcements 8 comments

Kickstarted Battle Worlds: Kronos is Out Now By Adam Solo on November 5th, 2013 at 11:12 am You may remember Battle Worlds: Kronos, a sci-fi turn-based strategy game that made it on Kickstarter about 6 months ago? Well, it's out today. Category: News & Announcements 12 comments

Europa Universalis IV Review By Chris Salt on November 1st, 2013 at 10:38 am Europa Universalis IV is a grand strategy game. While it might not call itself one, it most certainly is a 4X game, though it has shifted eXterminate to first in the order of Xs. So, but, is it a worthy successor to EU III? Category: Game Reviews 13 comments

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