Archive for the ‘Games Under Development’ Category
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Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion AnnouncedBy Adam Solo on March 5th, 2011 at 12:02 amStardock describes Rebellion as a "full fledged stand alone expansion" to the original title. Rebellion promises to continue the successful mix of 4x strategy elements with real time strategy space combat. Category: Game First Impressions, Game Previews, Games Under Development, News & Announcements 3 comments |
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Birth of the Empires – 4x TBS Open Source – Alpha 6 (version 0.8)By Adam Solo on February 5th, 2011 at 1:57 pmBirth of the Empires, also known as "BotE", is being supported by the Birth of the Federation 2 Consortium. BotE is proposed to be one spiritual successor to Star Trek Birth of the Federation (BotF). |
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Gemini Wars – A New Space RTS Game Being Developed by Camel 101 for PC and MacBy Adam Solo on January 9th, 2011 at 12:50 pmGemini Wars is a Space Real-Time Strategy (RTS) Game currently being developed by Camel 101, an independent and self funded game development studio. |
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Civilization World for Facebook AnnouncedBy Adam Solo on January 8th, 2011 at 12:17 pmOnly 4 months after releasing Civilization 5 Sid Meier has announced he’s upcoming Civilization game. This time Sid turns to Facebook. The official title is Civilization World (aka Civ World). Sid says that in Civ World you will be joining your friends to form nations, which will compete with other player’s nations to rule the world. Sid also announced that they are going to launch the closed Alpha test of the game in January 12th 2011 and invites everybody to sign up at 2K Civ World alpha website to become part of the development testing. |
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Zarksoft Games Announces Empire of the Eclipse – MMO Strategy Game for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPadBy Adam Solo on January 5th, 2011 at 5:15 pmToday Zarksoft Games announced Empire of the Eclipse, a 4x online real-time strategy game that can be played anywhere at any time ... but it is not a web browser game. In an unprecedented move Zarksoft Game designed Empire of the Eclipse for Apple's iOS family of devices (iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad) which is a clear market bet. And the stakes are very high. In a press release made today Lee Dotson, Zarksoft Games President, said the following |
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Horizon – A New Turn-Based Space Strategy Game Under DevelopmentBy Adam Solo on August 14th, 2010 at 10:44 amCame across another space strategy game under development the other day, it is called Horizon. It will be a turn-based space strategy game set in the future where humans have just begun exploring outer space. The story is about humanity coming into contact with other life forms and civilizations and the decisions they will have to make after that. Category: Games Under Development |
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Star Ruler – A new 4x/RTS Hybrid by Blind Mind StudiosBy Adam Solo on July 27th, 2010 at 12:25 pmIn 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. |
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Sword of the Stars 2 UpdateBy Adam Solo on June 29th, 2010 at 11:04 pmTargeted 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 GamesBy Adam Solo on May 31st, 2010 at 1:49 pmShrapnel 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 |
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Supremacy will go to Las Vegas for Official Star Trek ConventionBy Adam Solo on March 16th, 2010 at 6:00 pmMike 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. |
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StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty PreviewBy Adam Solo on March 14th, 2010 at 6:21 pmStarCraft 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. |
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Star Trek Supremacy – Open Source Free Game in DevelopmentBy Adam Solo on January 10th, 2010 at 11:00 pmStar 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). Category: Games Under Development |
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Aphelion Phoenix Rising: A new 4x Space Strategy Game under DevelopmentBy Adam Solo on September 26th, 2009 at 5:32 pmAphelion: Phoenix Rising is a new 4x space strategy game currently being developed by the Wyvern Studios a game development company founded by Brad Ottoson and Jared O'Connor. I became in contact with Brad Ottoson some days ago when we were discussing my blog article: Master of Orion 2: The Formula behind the Success. We briefly discussed about Aphelion: Phoenix Rising, a new 4x space strategy game that is being developed by Brad and Jared. Brad told me that “[Aphelion] is inspired by various 4x space strategy games like MOO2 and Birth of the Federation”. Saying that I immediately decided to investigate the game progress and write an article about it. Category: Games Under Development |
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FreeOrion: A Free Open Source 4x Space Strategy GameBy Adam Solo on July 31st, 2009 at 5:31 amWhile doing some research on the latest news about space strategy games under development I came across with the FreeOrion project. FreeOrion is an open-source project which goal is to build a turn based 4x space strategy game. The entire project is community-centered were people that share the common motivation are invited to contribute to build the game in many ways, some as programmers, others as conceptual designers, others as opinion makers. As stated in the project vision the game is inspired in the Master of Orion series and it will be a turn-based strategy game built in the classic 4x model style. Category: Games Under Development |
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