Big Huge Games is moving away from the strategy genre for a while, it seems. Next Generation is reporting that Bethesda Softworks veteran Ken Rolston is signing on with the RTS masters to make a role playing game. A console role playing game, by the way. They haven’t said which console, but considering the company’s […]
Entries from February 20th, 2007
Space Games Analyzed
February 20th, 2007 · 4 Comments · Sci Fi
Tea Leaves writer Peter Berger is starting a series of articles on space conquest games. Up for consideration this week are Delta Tao’s Spaceward Ho!, various iterations of Master of Orion, Stardock’s Galactic Civilizations 2, Reach For the Stars! from SSG and Matrix Games, and Space Empires V from Malfador Machinations and Strategy First. I’ll […]
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Gamer’s Bookshelf: The Song of Ice and Fire
February 19th, 2007 · 14 Comments · Design, Gamer's Bookshelf
I don’t read a lot of fiction. And I read even less fantasy literature, Tolkien excepted. But I thought that some good fantasy reading would make a nice Christmas gift for my geeky wife and everyone I asked – everyone – recommended the same series: George R. R. Martin’s still-in-progress Song of Ice and Fire. […]
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Empire Earth III on the way
February 16th, 2007 · Comments Off on Empire Earth III on the way · Mad Doc, RTS
The first preview of Empire Earth III has gone online at PCGamer UK’s new home. I’ll probably have more to say about this later, but the reaction in comments all over the internet are decidedly mixed, with a large helping of surprise. Empire Earth II wasn’t that long ago, after all. The Art of Supremacy […]
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Combat Mission Q&A
February 14th, 2007 · Comments Off on Combat Mission Q&A · Battlefront, Interview
Battlefront’s Steve Grammont sat down to answer some questions from Gamespot about Combat Mission: Shock Force. Lots of great little nuggets there, including some theorizing that a land war with Iran is unforseeable at the moment.
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How a magazine is put together
February 14th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Media
I am listening to more and more podcasts as I work, and one of the better ones is done by the Gamers With Jobs. The newest one has GFW Editor in Chief Jeff Green as a special guest star and it has some insight into why a casual game made their Top Ten list, the […]
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