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Homeworld: Shipbreakers drops free-to-play
When we were first introduced to Blackbird’s Hardware: Shipbreakers, they announced that their game was going to be a free-to-play RTS offering. No matter how good a team’s pedigree is or how amazing...
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New Command & Conquer cancelled, developer disbanded
In an unfortunate move, Victory Games and Electronic Arts have announced the cancellation of the upcoming Command & Conquer. The latest title in the venerable RTS genre would have been...
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Today I learnt about a game called Etherium
You know what we need more of? Real-time strategy games. We always need more real-time strategy games. I’m not being facetious; I’m being honest. There was a time when the RTS genre was the thing, but...
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Indie showcase: 0 A.D.
I’ve always had a soft spot for the Age of Empires series. Though I had played Command & Conquer years before, Age of Empires and its sequels were what truly got me hooked on real-time strategy....
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Standalone Company of Heroes multiplayer game announced
SEGA has announced that Relic Entertainment will be expanding upon their excellent Company of Heroes franchise with a new multiplayer-only standalone release. The game, named Company of Heroes 2: The...
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Blizzard scraps StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void
And instead reveals StarCraft II: Herald of the Stars as the third entry into the StarCraft II saga. The final chapter will still focus on the Protoss, but won’t follow the exploits of Zeratul any...
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StarCraft II study details brain deterioration after age 24
A recent study conducted by the Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada, has used StarCraft II to demonstrate how our cognitive performance deteriorates once we reach the age of 24. The...
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Mohawk Games announce Offworld Trading Company
Mohawk Games today officially announced the title of and launched the website for their upcoming real-time economic strategy game, Offworld Trading Company. Previously codenamed Mars, Offworld Trading...
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StarCraft II hackers getting sued by Blizzard
Finally, I know why I can’t win ranked games. Blizzard has revealed why I am still a bronze league player that they will be suing a collective of hackers for creating and profiting from StarCraft II...
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Watch this: Homeworld HD’s updated cut-scenes in action
Gearbox is currently working on high definition remakes of Relic’s classic RTS series, Homeworld. While the game itself garnered critical praise, so did the series’ stylised cut-scenes that conveyed...
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Creative Assembly unveils Total War: Attila
Total War: Attila is the next chapter in Creative Assembly’s long-running strategy series. The game was announced late yesterday in a video featuring a particularly grumpy Hun divulging his intentions...
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Legacy of the Void gets new trailer and units
BlizzCon took place this last weekend and with it a ton of new information, trailers and reveals flooded the Internet. The final chapter in the StarCraft II trilogy is on its way, so Blizzard took the...
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Total War: WARHAMMER just got “announced”
Well, this certainly took its time to show up again. This shouldn’t surprise anyone to be honest considering Sega and Games Workshop signed a deal over two years ago. That deal put a new Creative...
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Homeworld Remastered gets a release date and trailer
This weekend PAX South took place in San Antonio, Texas. Gearbox took the time to put their Homeworld Remastered collection front and centre, providing the gaming masses with the first look at the...
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Throwback Thursday: Age of Empires
Most of us would probably agree that school had the habit of taking the joy out of everything. The endless tests and ruthless, rote recitation made subjects such as history seem like the most boring...
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Watch Offworld Trading Company’s first gameplay trailer
Offworld Trading Company has seen very little information since its announcement in November 2013, but now Stardock have released a trailer featuring some of the first gameplay footage from the game...
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Watch this: developer diary for the Homeworld Remastered Collection
The Homeworld Remastered Collection lands on PCs in less than 10 days. That means Gearbox has less than 10 days to woo you into wanting (no, needing) to buy a copy of the game. To start that whole...
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Dear Gearbox Software – an open letter regarding Homeworld
Dear Gearbox, I’ve been playing the Homeworld Remastered Collection for well over a week now. I’m a good three-quarters of the way through Homeworld 1, and while there have been instances of...
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Sega finally announces Total War: Warhammer
We say “finally” because really, this has taken its sweet time to become official. Over two years ago Sega and everything-Warhammer-related-company Games Workshop signed a deal that would see the...
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A Dawn of War 3 website domain has just been updated
Well now this is rather lovely news for all you Warhammer 40K and Dawn of War nerds: publisher Sega has updated a domain registration for DAWNOFWAR3.com. The registration has existed for some time...
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