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What are 4X Games: a Definition and links to Games

What are 4X Games: a Definition and links to Games

By on August 4th, 2009 at 2:54 am
Although many Gamers are already familiarized with the term “4x” I decided to create an article in order to help introduce the concept for the so many that don’t know yet what it stands for, and also to clarify a bit the concept for the so many also that think they know what it stands for but are not completely sure about it.
FreeOrion: A Free Open Source 4x Space Strategy Game

FreeOrion: A Free Open Source 4x Space Strategy Game

By on July 31st, 2009 at 5:31 am
While 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.