Archive for the ‘News & Announcements’ Category

Star Ruler: New Patch (v1.0.1.0) and Trailer

Star Ruler: New Patch (v1.0.1.0) and Trailer

By on September 19th, 2010 at 2:09 pm
Blind Mind Studios has also released a new Star Ruler Trailer (the Official Release Trailer). This is a good source to take a look at the game an witness it's massive scale.
Civilization 5: Interview with Sid Meier

Civilization 5: Interview with Sid Meier

By on September 12th, 2010 at 12:29 am
Civilization 5 will be released on the 21st of September 2010. In the meantime I thought you would like to ear about the game from the master architect of the civ series in person. Enjoy!
Sword of the Stars 2: Lords of Winter are Coming…

Sword of the Stars 2: Lords of Winter are Coming…

By on September 10th, 2010 at 6:59 pm
Kerberos Productions and Paradox Interactive have unveiled the name of the game. It will be titled Sword of the Stars 2: Lords of Winter. The developers and the producers have distributed one more trailer of the game. Enjoy!
Elemental: War of Magic Released

Elemental: War of Magic Released

By on August 25th, 2010 at 5:26 pm
Sometimes I'll be posting about non-Sci-Fi strategy games if I found them of interest to the strategy gaming community of SpaceSector.com. Elemental: War of Magic is one of such titles. Elemental is developed and published by Stardock, it was released yesterday 24th of August 2010. It is a fantasy strategy game set on a world of magic and
Star Ruler – A new 4x/RTS Hybrid by Blind Mind Studios

Star Ruler – A new 4x/RTS Hybrid by Blind Mind Studios

By on July 27th, 2010 at 12:25 pm
In 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.
Sword of the Stars 2 Update

Sword of the Stars 2 Update

By on June 29th, 2010 at 11:04 pm
Targeted 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.

Star Legacy – New 4X Sci-Fi Game Announced by Shrapnel Games

By on May 31st, 2010 at 1:49 pm
Shrapnel Games announces the next great epic science-fiction strategy game, Star Legacy! This game is being developed by the Star Legacy Development Group, and scheduled for release on late 2011. Star Legacy is promised to be a feature-rich 4x game being designed from scratch. The game is targeted to answer the simple question: "what would the ultimate sci-fi 4X game include?" Turn-Based with Multiplayer Star Legacy will be an open-ended turn-based game. As in all good 4X (eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, eXterminate) titles it promises to offer
Distant Worlds Patches v1.0.2 and v1.0.3 Released

Distant Worlds Patches v1.0.2 and v1.0.3 Released

By on April 10th, 2010 at 3:35 pm
Since its release in 25th of March Matrix Games has already released 2 patches for Distant Worlds. In 28th of March Matrix Games released v1.0.2, in April 8th released v1.0.3 that among other things fixes the following major issues.
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.
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.
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.
Space Sector Forums launched!

Space Sector Forums launched!

By on October 18th, 2009 at 5:00 pm
When I first created this site I knew that sooner or later it would be essential to provide forums so that people could discuss the blog articles and all the space strategy gaming issues. Today is that day.  Space Sector Forums are launched! Usually what happens is that people stray around on several web sites to discuss a particular game or to discuss space strategy news, ideas or concepts. Some of these web sites are too general and many others are too specific.
LucasArts X-Wing and Tie Fighter coming back?

LucasArts X-Wing and Tie Fighter coming back?

By on August 8th, 2009 at 1:06 pm
Being a long time fan of the StarWars space simulation games X-Wing and Tie Fighter I thought this was the time to do my first post not exclusively related to space strategy games but about another acclaimed space gaming genre: the space simulation games. As I explain in my about page I plan to post occasionally about other space gaming genres or other non-space strategy games when I find it of interest to the space gaming community. Yesterday I stumbled in a possible rumor, or rather teaser announcement by LucasArts, in G4 TV, that the X-Wing and Tie Fighter series could come back in the near future.