My first (and hopefully not last) contribution to webzine The Escapist is now up. It’s a short piece about the developers of A Force More Powerful, one my favorite CGM review assignments from last year.

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From Ian Morris’s review of Europa Universalis III:

For the sake of this example, let’s presume we’re playing as sleepy old England. To invade another country, you must first declare war on it, which is done by clicking a button. After doing that, you must then find a way of amassing an army and getting your […]

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Slitherine Software has announced a partnership with Lordz Game Studio to develop a Napoleonic strategy game using Slitherine’s Arcane Legions engine. Then they had a dance party.
Concept art is available on the Lordz Studio site.

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The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences has announced the nominees for its annual awards. In an industry that for some reason craves a definitive award show like the Oscars or Emmys, this is the best we have, so long as you pay the dues to belong.
The only PC game in the Best of Year […]

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Already? My magazine never comes this early…
This is the Awards Issue - that annual attempt to sum up a year of gaming in a few blurbs and screenshots. The mag’s writers show their roots by giving seven of the top ten places to strategy games, two to turn based strategy. Buy the issue for the […]

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Sequels are harder than they look.
Though launched to the usual glowing reviews, Europa Universalis 3 is going to be a divisive game. You can see it on the official forums. You can see it on the blog of one of Paradox’s biggest fans. And you read it here first many months ago. Some people will […]

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Sorry for the silence for the last few days. I’ve been doing some business stuff that took me a little out of my way. Normal blogging will resume momentarily.

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NPD has released sales info on the top ten titles for last year. They are:
1. World of Warcraft
2. The Sims 2
3. The Sims 2 Open for Business Expansion
4. Star Wars: Empire at War
5. The Sims 2 Pets Expansion
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Wahoo Studios thinks it has the formula for the elusive real time strategy persistent world. (Read Joh Callaham’s interview with Jason Faller on Firing Squad.) No word about the game, dubbed Saga, on the company site, though.
The interview covers the usual basic bullet point stuff - factions, units, what “persistent” means…what’s not clear is what […]

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You can find my NWN 2 review here at Xtreme Gamer.
Though strategy and wargames are my bread and butter (well, air and water) I like a good RPG and Neverwinter Nights 2 is a good RPG. The review reads really negative because as I was writing it I was annoyed by a lot of things, […]

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