The year so far hasn’t been rife with awesome, that’s for sure. Where last year I had Rise of Legends, GalCiv 2 and Battle for Middle Earth II in my top three, this year I have to make do with much slimmer pickings. As usual, I don’t consider games I haven’t played or haven’t played […]
Entries from June 29th, 2007
Civ For Consoles
June 28th, 2007 · 6 Comments · Consoles, Firaxis
2k Games has announced Civilization Revolutions, a next gen console title based on the Civ series. From the press release: Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution is a watershed game, offering players a chance to experience the epic empire-building world of Civilization in an all new accessible, visually immersive, and action-packed world specifically designed for the console […]
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Jeff Green Interview
June 27th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Escapist, Media
Jeff Green has been covering games in the print media since Gutenberg, so it’s always great to read his opinion on the State of the Gaming Media. The Escapist has a new interview with the Editor in Chief of Games for Windows. He doesn’t say a lot that others haven’t, but it has the imprimatur […]
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Advanced Tactics
June 27th, 2007 · 5 Comments · Matrix, Preview, WW2
Matrix Games has announced a new “turn-based strategy masterpiece”. Their words, not mine. Advanced Tactics WW2 is a wargame from Dutch gaming outfit VR Designs. It is based on their freeware wargame People’s Tactics, available on their website. Judging from the screenshots, seems to have both theater and regional combat. Operational Art of War III […]
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Civilization IV in Chinese
June 26th, 2007 · 8 Comments · Firaxis
Jason Bergman has the skinny on the Chinese version of the only game I still play at least twice a week. They get a shirt. Apparently some changes needed to be made to get around censors, but he doesn’t say what they were. My guess is removal of religion and nerfing the Japanese. And maybe […]
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I think I saw this on The Flintstones
June 25th, 2007 · 9 Comments · Creative Assembly, History
A unit description for the upcoming Medieval 2: Total War Kingdoms. Mayan Hornet Throwers gather nests of stinging insects and hurl them into combat! Once thrown, the nest erupts on impact, sending forth a swarm of angry stinging insects which can even get inside European armour and cause serious pain to the recipient. The Hornet […]
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