From Worthplaying: “Immerse yourself in the intensity, carnage, and chaos of the war that divided a nation! Experience history brought to life in the first ever first-person action game based on the Civil War.” How soon we forget.

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Tom Chick has reponded to Game Daily’s Greg Atkinson’s list with his own top ten list of the best RTS ever, or at least the ten best RTS you can probably still find at EB. Chick’s list is heavy on the present, so it is immediately apparent that he is evaluating “best” by games he […]

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New AOL acquisition Gamedaily has put up yet another list of all time great RTS games, and it’s terrible. Not only does it commit the cardinal sin of throwing the largely turn-based Total War games into the mix, it is a crime against writing and editing – ironic considering Gamedaily editor Chris Buffa’s recent plea […]

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The British Academy of Film and Television Arts now has a gaming division and they’ve announced their nominees for the British Academy Video Games Awards (October 5). The strategy nominees are: Age of Empires: The Age Of Kings (Nintendo/Majesco Entertainment) Football Manager 2006 (Sega Europe/Sports Interactive) Medieval II Total War (Sega Europe/The Creative Assembly) Rise […]

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Longbow Digital Arts programmer Rick Yorgason has uploaded his account of the Toronto Independent Games Conference to YouTube. It has a little bit of new footage of their hoplite strategy game Hegemony: Philip of Macedon. YouTube has become the new local cable access. It is easy for small companies or wannabe TV stars to get […]

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The 2007 Independent Games Festival competition entrants have all been posted at the IGF website. There is the usual mix of casual fare and serious games with development time measured in both months and years. The list demonstrates just how big the indie scene is and how difficult it is for me to single out […]

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