If you missed Children of the Nile the first time around, here’s your chance to get it on Steam. If you already have it, it looks like you’ll have to wait a couple of days until the free update with the enhancements becomes available. I gave CotN 4/5 in Computer Games magazine when it first […]
Entries Tagged as 'City Builder'
Beyond CityLife
April 17th, 2008 · Comments Off on Beyond CityLife · City Builder, Preview
Monte Cristo’s CityLife is one of the most important city builders ever made. It saw its citizens as more than an evolving tax base; they had preferences, dislikes and social values that you had to work with. The result was a game that had neighborhoods, conflict and tough decisions. So I’m really happy to read […]
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Caesar series (1993-2006)
April 4th, 2008 · 5 Comments · Ancients, City Builder, Feature:Anc, Retro, Review
The Caesar series is easily the most successful ancient themed brand in the gaming world. 2006 saw the release of the fourth game under that title. It also spawned a legion of other Impressions developed city builders set in Greece, Egypt and China, a legacy that spawned two new studios – Tilted Mill and Firefly. […]
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Dwarf Fortress
February 27th, 2008 · 6 Comments · City Builder, Indie Games, Interview
Don’t miss John Harris’s interview with Tarn Adams, the creator of one of the best (and most user unfriendly) city/empire builders in recent memory. Dwarf Fortress is a game that is captivating, addictive and terribly, terribly mean.
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SimCity: Societies Preview
August 20th, 2007 · 6 Comments · City Builder, Electronic Arts, Gameshark, Preview, Tilted Mill
The fruit of my brief trip to EA Headquarters ten days ago can be found now on Gameshark. A lot of people will not like this game. Societies turns its back on so many SimCity assumptions that the hardcore city building audience will be astonished. Not that this is a bad thing. I agree with […]
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Heart of Empire: Rome cancelled
February 9th, 2007 · 5 Comments · Ancients, City Builder
We won’t be getting that fourth Roman city-builder after all. No official word on the reason for the cancellation. Originally slated for a 2006 release, it was supposed to be released later this month, but there hadn’t been a gold announcement so another delay would have been likely. Was the game just not finished yet? […]
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