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Entries from January 3rd, 2007

The Great Canadian Game

January 3rd, 2007 · 7 Comments · Industry

In another example of the intelligent use of taxpayers’ money, my homeland is looking for the Great Canadian Game. Or at least Telefilm Canada is. If it doesn’t have curling, donuts and beavers, I will be very, very disappointed. Still, this is one more reason for me to go to GDC in March.

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Galactic Civilizations 2: Dark Avatar

January 3rd, 2007 · Comments Off on Galactic Civilizations 2: Dark Avatar · Gamesradar, Preview, Stardock

My preview is up at Games Radar. I really want to emphasize my opening paragraph there. When I started the preview, I hadn’t played GalCiv 2 in a while. I knew they’d been updating – Stardock always updates – and when the expansion is full of subtle changes, it can be hard to distinguish the […]

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New Battle for Wesnoth

January 3rd, 2007 · 1 Comment · Indie Games

One of last year’s most developed freeware strategy games has a new and improved look. Battle for Wesnoth 1.2 adds mostly cosmetic stuff like better scaled sprites and loading progress bars, but also enhanced options for modders (there are modders?), new campaigns and better unit balance.

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January Strategy Preview

January 1st, 2007 · 2 Comments · Preview

Let’s start the New Year right. January 9 – Heart of Empire: Rome (Paradox/Deep Red) January 15 – City Life: World Edition (CDV/Monte Cristo) January 23 – Europa Universalis III (Paradox) January 30 – Battlestations: Midway (Eidos) So, four games. Early in the year, of course, and this is otherwise shaping up to be an […]

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