When I read the strapline attached to Anthony Gallegos’s preview of Civilization 5, I was stopped a little short.
It’s not just for the hardcore anymore.
It’s not? When was it? Is Civilization a hardcore game for hardcore people? I tweeted my curiosity and was met with a nice chorus of replies from friends and colleagues. Former [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Preview'
What does it mean to be “hardcore”?
March 11th, 2010 · 16 Comments · Firaxis, Gamespy, Industry, Preview
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Lots of Elemental Previews
August 26th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Preview, Stardock
Gamespot, Kotaku and IGN have all recently published previews of Stardock’s Elemental: War of Magic.
Here are some highlights.
1) Families as Vassals: The parallels to both Paradox’s Crusader Kings and George RR Martin’s Song of Fire and Ice are obvious. Your sovereign will have children that will serve him/her and get married off to strengthen alliances [...]
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Starcraft Single Player Campaign Preview
August 18th, 2009 · 7 Comments · Blizzard, Preview, RTS
I think that if you are using the word “fuck” four times in a preview that you really need to find another way of expressing yourself. And writing that something “screams Blizzard” isn’t very helpful considering they haven’t done an RTS in half a decade and I don’t see anything in the screenshots that scream [...]
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Meet the Demon Assassin
August 10th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Gas Powered Games, Preview
Stardock has posted some of the details on the new demigod in Demigod.
I really need to play this again.
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Alpha Video of Elemental: War of Magic
March 25th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Preview, Stardock
Early video and commentary about Stardock’s upcoming fantasy strategy game:
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Ready for Gettysburg 3D?
February 9th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Civil War, Mad Minute, Preview
This is why I have sidekicks. Norb Timpko, one of the guys behind the underappreciated Take Command games from Mad Minute has been working on a new Gettysburg game called War3DII: Gettysburg. And I had no idea that they were so far along that they’ve already been previewed in an Austrian publication.
Best part? Multiplayer. I [...]
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