It’s now one of the most established brands in strategy gaming, but it’s easy to forget what an oddball title Age of Empires was at the time. Bruce Shelley, Sid Meier’s partner in design for many years, left Microprose to form his own studio, Ensemble. With real time strategy games quickly becoming the most popular […]
Age of Empires (1997)
April 11th, 2008 · 14 Comments · Ancients, Ensemble, Feature:Anc, Retro, Review, RTS
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New Political Sim
April 9th, 2008 · Comments Off on New Political Sim · Preview
I’ve never heard of Commander in Chief, but it sounds sort of familiar. In Commander In Chief, every country in the world is represented with its own unique data of over 400 key values (geographic, climatic, demographic, budgetary, environmental, etc.). Players are able to select the country of their choice and take on the role […]
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Kingdoms Patch
April 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Creative Assembly, Patches
I loved the Kingdoms expansion for Medieval 2: Total War. It’s the model of what an expansion should be, I think. Now it has a patch. Among the fixes: – Dead wives no longer produce children in the Crusades campaign. So no more zombie babies.
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Great Battles of History Series (1997-98)
April 8th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Ancients, Feature:Anc, Retro, Review, Wargames
Given the long history of portraying ancient battles in board games, it’s surprising that it took so long for historically faithful interpretations of the battles of Alexander, Hannibal and Caesar to hit the computer. Avalon Hill’s Alexander the Great portrayed the battle of Gaugamela way back in 1971. The same year saw SPI do a […]
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CGW/GFW closing up shop
April 8th, 2008 · 9 Comments · CGW, Media
A little over a year ago I said good-bye to Computer Games Magazine. I refused then to accept the lesson of the closing to be that print was dead or unviable. So, this really sucks. Computer Gaming World is the oldest established electronic gaming magazine, and despite the renaming, Games for Windows was an extension […]
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Demigod Finds A Publisher
April 7th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Gas Powered Games, Stardock
With Sins of a Solar Empire being an even bigger hit than anyone imagined, it makes sense for Stardock to seek out and publish other games. They now have, after all, thousands and thousands of consumers who may have not even tried Galactic Civilizations. Today, Stardock and Gas Powered Games announced their publishing partnership for […]
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