Posts Tagged ‘strategy’

Interstellar Space: Genesis – Update 1.2 and Natural Law Expansion Released! By Adam Solo on November 18th, 2020 at 7:21 pm Dear friends of SpaceSector, today was a very special day for Praxis Games and the SpaceSector.com community. We released version 1.2 for Interstellar Space: Genesis. And... we also released Natural Law, our first expansion for ISG! Category: News & Announcements 0 comments

Drox Operative Officially Released – Demo Available By Adam Solo on November 29th, 2012 at 2:11 pm Soldak Entertainment, a small indie studio, announced today that Drox Operative, their space action-RPG game, is now officially out and available for purchase on their website for Windows and Mac. Category: News & Announcements 13 comments

Daniel DiCicco Has Just Signed With Iceberg For His Space 4X Game StarDrive ! By Adam Solo on May 3rd, 2012 at 9:47 am Daniel DiCicco from Zer0sum Games has just signed a publishing deal with Iceberg Interactive for StarDrive! Category: News & Announcements 6 comments

Gratuitous Tank Battles Preview By Adam Solo on March 23rd, 2012 at 7:00 am After bringing us Gratuitous Space Battles Cliff Harris from Positech Games now brings us Gratuitous Tank Battles, a tower defense game set in a sci-fi alternative history. Category: Game Previews 5 comments

Starfarer Preview By Adam Solo on March 16th, 2012 at 5:09 am Starfarer is a space game that features elements from many genres. It has almost something for everybody. Category: Game Previews 12 comments

The State and Future of Strategy Gaming – Sid Meier’s Vision By Adam Solo on February 1st, 2012 at 4:23 am An interview with Sid Meier to talk about the current state of the strategy gaming genre and hear Sid's prospects for the future. Category: Interviews, Videos 0 comments

StarDrive Screens [Updated] By Adam Solo on January 31st, 2012 at 5:45 am StarDrive screenshots                                                                                 Category: Images 22 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

Stellar Impact New Trailer By Adam Solo on December 10th, 2011 at 10:10 am Tindalos Interactive has just released a new trailer of Stellar Impact, their space tactical game. Category: Videos 3 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

StarDrive – A New 4X Action-Strategy Game for the PC By Adam Solo on December 2nd, 2011 at 3:01 am StarDrive is a 4X action-strategy game currently under development. Dan of Zero Sum Games, is asking for support to help fund the remaining parts of his game, namely art and multiplayer. Category: Games Under Development, News & Announcements 25 comments

Sword of the Stars 2: Giveaway Contest [CLOSED] By Adam Solo on October 18th, 2011 at 3:14 pm I'm proud to announce that Space Sector and Paradox Interactive have teamed up and will be hosting a blog contest at Space Sector to offer 10 copies of Sword of the Stars 2: Lords of Winter this 28th of October. Category: Contests 147 comments

Sid Meier’s Civilization 5 Review By Adam Solo on December 28th, 2010 at 7:16 pm Civilization 5 is the latest installment of the Civilization series and while the matrix of the series remains intact this sequel promises to innovate in one important aspect of the game, the combat system. Category: Game Reviews 19 comments

Sid Meier’s Civilization V Preview By Adam Solo 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. Category: Game First Impressions, Game Previews, News & Announcements 0 comments

What are 4X Games: a Definition and links to Games By Adam Solo 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. Category: Ideas & Concepts 3 comments

FreeOrion: A Free Open Source 4x Space Strategy Game By Adam Solo 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. Category: Games Under Development 8 comments

Innovative Tech Trees in Space Strategy Games By Adam Solo on July 19th, 2009 at 12:19 am The ability to research new technologies was and always will be a central aspect of any space strategy game. Much of the fun in this type of games comes from witnessing the evolution of a society in the long run on all its different aspects. Category: Game Design, Ideas & Concepts 12 comments