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Matrix Games’ usual end of the year sale has started and will be up until January 14th, 2014.<\/p>\n
First the bad news. Pandora: First Contact<\/a> isn’t in the list. Not totally unexpected though, since after all Matrix’s new sci-fi 4X game was released not two weeks ago. It’s a shame though since the game is really worth it. My review should be up still this week. In the meantime, have a look at my first impressions<\/a>.<\/p>\n But, the good news is that Matrix’s usual suspects are now with 33% to 36% off. And with this I mean the entire Distant Worlds series.<\/p>\n Distant Worlds: Legends<\/a>\u00a0(SpaceSector score: 9.4\/10), which is Distant Worlds with the second expansion pack, is, in my opinion, the best space 4X game experience around. And, on my top 3 ever (along with Master of Orion and Galactic Civilizations 2). This is the game I usually recommend any space 4X fan to get. It’s not a cheap game, since you have to buy the base game (Distant Worlds<\/a>) and at least the first expansion pack (Return of the Shakturi<\/a>) in order to enjoy it (I don\u2019t recommend you buy the base game alone). And, if you like it, you’ll probably want to upgrade to Distant Worlds: Shadows<\/a> (the 3rd and last expansion), which is also a great expansion pack. These Matrix’s sales only happen once or twice a year, so, this is always a good opportunity to get Distant Worlds at reduced price. Note that this game isn’t available anywhere else but at the Matrix Game\u2019s store.<\/p>\n Matrix also sells another great space 4X title, Armada 2526<\/a>, and its expansion pack\u00a0Armada 2526 Supernova<\/a>. However, and if Steam is not a problem for you, perhaps you should consider waiting for a sale there, as Armada 2526 Gold Edition<\/a> includes the Supernova expansion and it’s usually much cheaper during Steam sales.<\/p>\n Other titles on Matrix’s sci-fi strategy\u00a0catalog that you may be interested in are:\u00a0AI War: Alien Bundle<\/a>, a space-based real-time strategy game which includes AI War: Fleet Command, and its three expansions (AI War: The Zenith Remnant,\u00a0AI War: Children of Neinzul and AI War: Light of the Spire);\u00a0Smugglers IV: Doomesday<\/a>, a turn-based space-trading game; and Starships Unlimited v3<\/a>, a real-time space strategy game. But, I don’t have first hand information to give you on these last three titles. So, I recommend you check out some reviews before you buy.<\/p>\n For more information checkout our reviews: Distant Worlds<\/a>\u00a0(5.0\/10), Distant Worlds: Return of the Shakturi<\/a> (8.7\/10), Distant Worlds: Legends<\/a>\u00a0(9.4\/10), Distant Worlds: Shadows<\/a> (8.8\/10), Armada 2526<\/a> (8.0\/10) and Armada 2526 Supernova<\/a> (first impressions).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Matrix Games’ usual end of the year sale has started and will be up until January 14th, 2014. Here’s a chance to get the great real-time space 4X series, Distant Worlds, at reduced price.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1668,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"registered_only","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[74],"tags":[185,845,1040],"class_list":["post-10274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements-and-rumors","tag-matrix-games","tag-sales","tag-sci-fi-strategy-bargains"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1668"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10274\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}