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Little Empire Is A Massively Multiplayer Backstabbing Simulator

1:30AM January 18, 2012 | Mike Fahey

Camel Games’ high-polished “massively multiplayer online” empire building game Little Empires neatly demonstrates why we should never open ourselves up to the inevitable pain that friendship brings. Pretty heavy for a game with cartoon elves, right? More »


PC

End Of Nations Won’t Release Until 2012

6:00AM September 26, 2011 | Owen Good

Though no official release date had been given for the free-to-play MMORTS End of Nations, 2011 had not been ruled out for the game’s launch. Developer Trion took that off the table today at the Eurogamer Expo, saying the game will in fact arrive in 2012 and not sooner. More »


PC

Water, Water Everywhere, So Let’s Go Fight A War

8:30PM July 29, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

If you’ve ever wanted to play a video game based on Kevin Costner’s Waterworld, only without Kevin Costner being anywhere near it, you should check out upcoming strategy title Oil Rush. More »


Mobile

How A Wish And A Nine-Year-Old Led To A Great Game

9:30AM July 22, 2011 | Max Abrams

Tanks and Hovercrafts rage against the evil purple Flamions. Shots are fired on both sides as the player attempts to subdue the oncoming hoard of enemies. Sounds like a fun game, if not a little common in it’s setting. But Allied Star Police, and how it came into being, is anything but typical. More »


News

Evony Awarded $US300K From Hacker Who Probably Can’t Pay It

8:41AM April 2, 2011 | Owen Good

That Evony hacker who showed up to federal court in sweat pants will likely be wearing them a lot longer – if not a barrel. A judge rather quickly ruled against him, finding that selling auto-playing bots and game maps violated Evony’s copyrights, and awarded the game’s owners $US300,000. More »


PC

Command & Conquer Reborn Under The Flag Of Victory

7:20AM February 22, 2011 | Mike Fahey

The brief appearance of a staging site for the new home of Command & Conquer on the web revealed that the beloved real-time strategy franchise will be born again under a brand-new EA development studio, Jon Van Caneghem’s Victory Games. More »


PC

A Real-Time Strategy Game Of Thrones

9:20AM February 17, 2011 | Mike Fahey

The bloody conflict in the Kingdom of Westeros comes to life in the first screens of A Game of Thrones: Genesis, the real-time strategy game based on acclaimed fantasy author George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire saga. More »


PC

Try Total War: Shogun 2 Before You Buy

3:18AM February 16, 2011 | Mike Fahey

See if The Creative Assembly’s return to Japan is as good as it looks on February 22, when a demo of Shogun 2: Total War hits Steam, well in advance of the game’s March 15 release date. More »


Uncategorized

New Relic RTS Reveal Coming In 2011

7:15PM February 15, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

Fans of Dawn of War, Company of Heroes and Homeworld take note: developers Relic will be showing off a new real-time strategy game in August.


In Real Life

StarCraft Modder’s Tense Week Gets A Storybook Conclusion

2:00PM January 22, 2011 | Owen Good

A week ago, Ryan Winzell was a college student with another year and half until completing his degree. Today, he’s the mod community’s Cinderella story, with a foot in the door at one games studio and a pat on the back from another. More »