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PC

2 months ago

Let’s Talk Fields Of Glory, A Forgotten RTS Pioneer

Luke Plunkett

PC

5 months ago

Sea Power Is The Quintessential MicroProse Game

Luke Plunkett

4

The Australian Who Brought MicroProse Back From The Dead

In Real Life

5 months ago

The Australian Who Brought MicroProse Back From The Dead

Alex Walker

2

The iconic MicroProse is back – and it’s being headed up by an Australian. But how exactly did an iconic British publisher, responsible for the early Civilization games, a long list of classic flight sims and strategy games like Sword of the Samurai, end up being restarted by someone living…

The Games MicroProse Should Remaster First

PC

5 months ago

The Games MicroProse Should Remaster First

Alex Walker

8

After Nearly Two Decades, Microprose Is Making Strategy And Simulation Games Again

PC

5 months ago

After Nearly Two Decades, Microprose Is Making Strategy And Simulation Games Again

Mike Fahey

11

Founded in 1982 by game industry legends Sid Meier and Bill Stealey, developer and publisher Microprose released some of the greatest military simulation and strategy games ever made. After nearly two decades defunct, the Microprose name returns, with a trio of new strategy and simulation games in the works.

Retro

3 years ago

Remembering Civilization 2

Alex Walker

10

Retro

4 years ago

History Of XCOM In Less Than 2 Minutes

Logan Booker

4

In Real Life

4 years ago

Remembering A Forgotten RTS Classic

Luke Plunkett

When people hail the pioneering classics of the RTS genre, they go through a list of usual suspects. Games like Cytron Masters, Dune II, Command & Conquer, Sega’s Herzog Zwei…but there’s one I don’t think ever gets enough due, and that’s Spectrum Holobyte’s Fields of Glory.