ANNOUNCEMENT 15 Sep 2016­ by Stephen Haselden

Dawn of War III Combat, Librarian Style

Never mess with a Librarian. All that knowledge, all that book lifting, makes them dangerous foes. Warhammer 40k takes Librarians very seriously, not only sending them into combat armed with a hefty tome, but also armed with potent weapons like Psychic Hoods and the Force staffs. These ancient weapons help transform librarians into powerful tools…
ANNOUNCEMENT 14 Sep 2016­ by Stephen Haselden

Starpoint Gemini Warlords Outerlands Update

Starpoint Gemini Warlords has been progressing steadily over the last six months on Steam Early Access. However this latest update for the title from Little Green Men Gaming, introduces some major changes and a wealth of new features. True to form, Little Green Men Gaming have been listening closely to player feedback, and have included…
ANNOUNCEMENT 01 Sep 2016­ by Stephen Haselden

Abatron Launches a Kickstarter Campaign

After announcing their latest project, Abatron, last month and releasing an alpha demo, W3 studios have launched their RTS/FPS hybrid on Kickstarter. The team whose members have worked collectively on 16 high profile games, from Doom to Ark Evolved, have set their sights on revolutionizing RTS gaming by mixing it FPS and MOBA mechanics. To…
ANNOUNCEMENT 31 Aug 2016­ by Stephen Haselden

Prison Architect Finally Complete

There is a problem that all game developers face, called ‘feature creep’, where it's possible to keep adding more and more features to a game and never finish it. This problem is far more acute when the game they are making is open-ended, and they make use of Early Access program to probe players’ ideas…
ANNOUNCEMENT 19 Aug 2016­ by Stephen Haselden

Endless Space 2 Coming to Early Access

This has been a great year for space 4X games, with epic titles like Stellaris and the new Master of Orion, as well as new indie titles like Polaris Sector and Unending Galaxy. 2016 has been a real treat, but the year’s not over yet and it may be that the best is yet to…
ANNOUNCEMENT 18 Aug 2016­ by Stephen Haselden

The World of Tyranny

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to represent evil? To be the dispenser of injustice? To be the heel on the boot that is grinding the face of humanity? Well wonder no more! Those good people at Obsidian and Paradox have been asking the same question and come up with an answer…
ANNOUNCEMENT 13 Aug 2016­ by Stephen Haselden

Endless Space 2 Faction Competition

Amplitude Studio are not the first company to include its fan base in game design decisions, but they are the first to create such a professional and inclusive system as its Games2Gether initiative. The latest venture to come out of G2G is the chance to create your own major faction for the upcoming game Endless…
ANNOUNCEMENT 11 Aug 2016­ by Stephen Haselden

Eisenhorn – Mobile vs PC

The second dev diary for Eisenhorn: XENOS has been released. Titled Mobile Vs PC, we get to hear Nader Alikhani, the studio head, describe some more of the mechanics of the game and address what I’m guessing are some of the criticisms they over the past few months. I was one of Eisenhorn’s critics, however…
ANNOUNCEMENT 06 Aug 2016­ by Stephen Haselden

Sudden Strike Makes a Return

Kalypso are reviving another franchise. Sudden Strike 4 will be the sequel to a series that saw its last instalment in 2007, taking place in WWII this RTS will be infused with all the popular features you’d expect from a modern RTS, including: Realistic real-time strategy gameplay with tactical depth and a historical setting Three…
ANNOUNCEMENT 03 Aug 2016­ by Stephen Haselden

Eisenhorn: XENOS Dev Diary Part 1

We got our hands on an early build of Eisenhorn: XENOS some months ago...and we weren't impressed. Maybe Pixel Hero should've waited a bit longer before releasing things to the press. Maybe I’m just not artsy enough to appreciate what they were doing. However neither was anyone else who played it, as their May 19…
ANNOUNCEMENT 01 Aug 2016­ by Stephen Haselden

Abatron, Sci-Fi Hell Meets RTS/FPS Hybrid

Abatron is a hybrid of RTS and FPS. Set in something like an alien version of hell, or maybe just a Doom-esq future where mankind has been wiped out and the monsters just fight each other. The key feature to the game is the ability to ‘jump’ into any unit on the battlefield and take…
REVIEWS 09 Jul 2016­ by Stephen Haselden

Space Run Galaxy

Space Run, the 2014 game by Passtech Games, filled a niche that no one knew existed. It took traditional tower defence mechanics and warped them into a spaceship building and race against time. Space Run is a unique game, a great experience, and it leaves you hungry for more. So the questions is: can the…
ANNOUNCEMENT 09 Jul 2016­ by Stephen Haselden

Dawn of War III Hammer Time

Relic are returning to the no holds barred 40k geek pleaser, that is the Dawn Of War series. If you’re unaware of this amazing RTS achievement, then please enrol on a computing course for beginners. Once you’ve mastered the basic mouse movements, along with left and right clicking, ask a friend to help you install…
ANNOUNCEMENT 11 Jun 2016­ by Stephen Haselden

Ashes of the Singularity Gets a Major Update

The next gen RTS, Ashes of the Singularity, has just be enhanced even further. It's been over two months since Ashes release, and in that time the game has received two DLC – Gauntlet and Overlord – which have added two single player campaigns to the game, plus various extra MP maps. Now instead of…