Given the long history of portraying ancient battles in board games, it’s surprising that it took so long for historically faithful interpretations of the battles of Alexander, Hannibal and Caesar to hit the computer. Avalon Hill’s Alexander the Great portrayed the battle of Gaugamela way back in 1971. The same year saw SPI do a […]
Entries from April 8th, 2008
Great Battles of History Series (1997-98)
April 8th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Ancients, Feature:Anc, Retro, Review, Wargames
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CGW/GFW closing up shop
April 8th, 2008 · 9 Comments · CGW, Media
A little over a year ago I said good-bye to Computer Games Magazine. I refused then to accept the lesson of the closing to be that print was dead or unviable. So, this really sucks. Computer Gaming World is the oldest established electronic gaming magazine, and despite the renaming, Games for Windows was an extension […]
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Demigod Finds A Publisher
April 7th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Gas Powered Games, Stardock
With Sins of a Solar Empire being an even bigger hit than anyone imagined, it makes sense for Stardock to seek out and publish other games. They now have, after all, thousands and thousands of consumers who may have not even tried Galactic Civilizations. Today, Stardock and Gas Powered Games announced their publishing partnership for […]
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Mad Doc Swallowed
April 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Industry
Rockstar Games has just acquired Massachussetts developer Mad Doc Software for an undisclosed amount of money. Given how poorly most of the gaming world responded to Mad Doc’s most recent efforts, Empire Earth III and Star Trek: Legacy, the nasty side of me snidely wonders if this is a poison pill to deter EA’s buyout.
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Caesar series (1993-2006)
April 4th, 2008 · 5 Comments · Ancients, City Builder, Feature:Anc, Retro, Review
The Caesar series is easily the most successful ancient themed brand in the gaming world. 2006 saw the release of the fourth game under that title. It also spawned a legion of other Impressions developed city builders set in Greece, Egypt and China, a legacy that spawned two new studios – Tilted Mill and Firefly. […]
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Annoying Headline of the Day
April 2nd, 2008 · 4 Comments · Industry, Media
Neverwinter Nights developer shuts If that headline popped up in your news reader, you could be a little confused since you would have heard the wailing of a million voices if Bioware disappeared. After all, almost no one remembers or thinks about the 1980s Neverwinter Nights game (a proto-MMO) that the now closed Stormfront co-developed […]
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