JoWood and World Forge have announced that Rise of Hellas, a strategy game set in ancient Greece,will be released next month. From the press release: You will fight alongside Alexander The Great and bring peace to the city states of ancient Greece. Put together an army and fight with your soldiers for wealth and peace, […]
Entries from February 15th, 2008
AIAS Agrees With Me
February 14th, 2008 · 6 Comments · AIAS, Awards
I guess I’m not the only one who thought Command and Conquer 3 was the best strategy game of 2007.
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Telling Tales
February 14th, 2008 · 7 Comments · Design
Neil Sorens has written an interesting article for Gamasutra about the place of stories in “sandbox” games. I’m not sure that I would put grand strategy games like Civ and Europa Universalis in the sandbox category, but that’s a semantic distinction I don’t want to dwell on for the moment. Like many observers, he pays […]
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Spore Hands On Preview
February 13th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Maxis, Preview
No, not me. Sadly. But if someone knows someone… Anyway, the hands-on doesn’t tell us a lot we don’t already know. Some new screenshots, and a description of the editing tool. However, the editors aren’t as straightforward as they look and it’s not actually as simple as just tossing a few hands onto a blob […]
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1960: The Making of a President TURN THREE
February 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment · AAR, AAR1960, Board Games
Turn One Turn Two TURN 3 Phase 1 -2 blue Kennedy Initiative, Nixon first (11 to 12) NIXON 1: Citizens for Nixon-Lodge / Event: +1 to all CP for turn (+2 rest cube) no change KENNEDY 1: Fatigue Sets In 4CP: move to Midwest, +1 WI, +1 MN, +1 OH (to zero) (do not activate […]
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Spore at NASA
February 12th, 2008 · Comments Off on Spore at NASA · Maxis
Another mind blowing talk about Spore from Will Wright. PS: It looks like we have a release date. September 7, 2008.
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