Strategy

Nintendo

Paper-Rock-Scissors Tactics Spring To Life In Fire Emblem 3DS

7:00AM December 29, 2011 | Mike Fahey

This spring in Japan the swords, axes, and spears of Fire Emblem spring forth from the 3DS screen to pierce your eyeballs with varying degrees of severity depending on which sort of weapon you’re holding at the time. Check out the live stream of the game from the Nintendo Direct presser. More »


PC

League Of Legends Players Will Understand These T-Shirts

8:20AM December 22, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Gamer clothing creators Jinx have teamed up with Riot Games competitive PC gaming sensation League of Legends to create a set of shirts that I do not understand. Do you? More »


PC

Limbs And Heads Fly Free In Total War: Shogun 2′s Rating-Changing Blood Pack

10:20AM December 1, 2011 | Mike Fahey

While Total War: Shogun 2 does an excellent job of depicting the titanic clash between two warring factions, it’s always been missing a little something to make the experience complete: Majestic arcs of spurting crimson lifeblood, and the odd severed head. All this and more can be yours for $US1.59. More »


PC

Free Of Impulse, Stardock Visits The Sins Of A Solar Empire On Steam

7:20AM November 17, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Now that they’ve offloaded that pesky digital distribution platform, Stardock is free to spread its catalogue to greener pastures, starting with today’s release of Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity on Steam. More »


PC

Sins Of A Solar Empire Spurs A Rebellious Expansion

7:30AM March 2, 2011 | Mike Fahey

The intergalactic war of Ironclad Games’ real-time strategy game Sins of a Solar Empire has gone on too long, prompting the game’s third expansion, Rebellion, packed with new tech and ships capable of destroying entire fleets all by their lonesome. More »


PC

Age Of Empires Creators Declare Orcs Must Die

3:40AM February 25, 2011 | Mike Fahey

What can a lone War-Mage do against a never-ending horde of orcs hell-bent on invading his castle? Quite a lot, actually. We’ll find out for ourselves later this year, when Robot Entertainment releases its new action-strategy game, Orcs Must Die! 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 »


News

If This Makes Sense You Don’t Need A Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 Strategy Guide

1:30PM February 11, 2011 | Mike Fahey

There are button mashers like me, and then there are people who pull off moves like these without blinking. In between those two groups is the Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 strategy guide by BradyGames. More »


PC

Let Us Make Science, No Matter The Cost!

6:30PM January 12, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

Rarely does a game with such a boring name and such a boring premise turn out to be so damn addictive. More »