Posts Tagged ‘RTS’

Blue Libra Review By Adam Solo on February 10th, 2012 at 11:01 am Blue Libra is a small, yet fun, and very addicting space game, that can give you some hours of good spacey entertainment. Category: Game Reviews 6 comments

Interview with Novacore Studios on Legends of Pegasus By Adam Solo on February 7th, 2012 at 11:13 am I got in touch with the developers at Novacore Studios in order to know more about their upcoming 4X space title Legends of Pegasus. Here is what Andre Overhagen (Novacore's CEO) had to say about their game. Category: Game Previews, Interviews 34 comments

Star Prospector – First Impressions By Adam Solo on February 1st, 2012 at 8:55 am Star Prospector has launched a week ago. Intrigued by this new sci-fi RTS I decided to take Star Prospector for a spin. Not for a full-blown review but to get a taste of the game and to let you guys know my impressions of it. Category: Game First Impressions, Game Previews 10 comments

Sword of the Stars II: Lords of Winter Review By Adam Solo on January 30th, 2012 at 2:29 pm Three months after release (more than the producers had announced they needed to put the game in a playable state), I'm writing Sword of the Stars II's review. Category: Game Reviews 22 comments

More Details on Sins of a Solar Empire Rebellion By Adam Solo on January 25th, 2012 at 3:25 pm GameSpy has just published an interview with Stardock's staff about Rebellion, the new, and highly anticipated Sins of a Solar Empire stand-alone expansion pack. Category: Interviews, News & Announcements 0 comments

Star Prospector Released By Adam Solo on January 25th, 2012 at 1:43 am I've just received word from Cryptstone Games that Star Prospector was released today, and is now available for purchase on Impulse/GameStop. Category: News & Announcements 16 comments

Gemini Wars – Status Update and New Gameplay Video By Adam Solo on January 23rd, 2012 at 3:46 am Yesterday, and after a long (apparent) dormant period with no news, Camel 101 has released a new Gemini Wars gameplay video and announced that they are making the final touches on their game. Category: News & Announcements, Videos 6 comments

XCOM: Enemy Unknown vs Xenonauts – The Debate Starts By Adam Solo on January 21st, 2012 at 4:11 am On one side there's X-COM inspired Xenonauts,produced by Goldhawk Interactive. On the other side there's Take-Two/2K/Firaxis' XCOM: Enemy Unknown. Who wins? We'll see this fall 2012. Category: Game Previews, Games Under Development 16 comments

XCOM: Enemy Unknown Announced – Original X-COM Series By Adam Solo on January 5th, 2012 at 9:58 am No, it's not a post from 19 years ago :), X-COM: Enemy Unknown (yes, a new true X-COM installment with the same name as the original title) was announced today by Firaxis and 2K Games. Category: News & Announcements 12 comments

Explore the Galaxy with Star Prospector – Coming Soon Space RTS for the PC By Adam Solo on December 27th, 2011 at 11:00 am Cryptstone Games is developing Star Prospector, a single-player real-time strategy game set in a future science fiction universe. Category: Game Previews 6 comments

Strategy vs. Tactics in Video Games – A Small Essay By Adam Solo on December 16th, 2011 at 4:12 pm It's not only a question of scale but also a question of actions involved. While the strategist deals more with thinking ahead, planning and scheming the tactician deals with situation analyses and execution with what is provided to him. Category: Ideas & Concepts 13 comments

Distant Worlds: Legends Review By Adam Solo on December 12th, 2011 at 7:59 am If Master of Orion 2 was the 4X space strategy gaming reference of the nineties, then Distant Worlds Legends is the 4X space strategy gaming reference of the early XXI century. Category: Game Reviews 132 comments

Starships Combat Conundrums – Realism vs. Simplification By bertipa on December 7th, 2011 at 11:47 am My personal preference is always toward realism but at a certain point, perhaps ironically, reality strikes and simplification are needed to have a playable game that can be developed in this decade. Category: Game Design, Ideas & Concepts 11 comments

Anno 2070 Released By Adam Solo on November 18th, 2011 at 4:55 am Anno 2070, a Sci-Fi real-time strategy game developed by Ubisoft, was released today. Category: News & Announcements 2 comments

Sword of the Stars 2: Lords of Winter – First Impressions By Adam Solo on November 15th, 2011 at 6:11 pm Ok folks it's worse than I thought, Sword of the Stars 2 is currently unplayable. There's plenty of good and even great stuff on SotS2 but there's also plenty of horrible stuff as well. Category: Game First Impressions, Game Previews 36 comments

Anno 2070 Demo Now Available By Adam Solo on November 7th, 2011 at 9:27 am Anno 2070 is the new game of the Anno series that takes place in an Earth's near-future where the sea's rising level has destroyed the coastal cities. The player will need to gather resources and engage in diplomacy in order to build a new society. Category: Game Previews, News & Announcements, Videos 11 comments

Star Supremacy – A New Free Sci-Fi MMORTS goes Open Beta soon By Adam Solo on November 4th, 2011 at 10:05 am Star Supremacy is a free to play, browser-based space MMORTS being developed by Barbily Tech Category: Free online games, Game Previews, Videos 10 comments