There’s been something of a resurgence in American Civil War strategy games lately, with AgeOD and Western Civ both delivering very different visions of the conflict in recent years. Now Gary Grigsby is turning his eyes to the War Between The States. Taking gamers back to the American Civil War, Gary Grigsby’s War Between the […]
Entries Tagged as 'Developers'
Rome: Total War (2004)
April 28th, 2008 · 17 Comments · Ancients, Creative Assembly, Feature:Anc, Retro, Review
It’s hard to believe that Rome: Total War is almost four years old, let alone that the Total War series is not new anymore. Shogun: Total War debuted in 2000, was an instant hit, and Creative Assembly has never really paused since. Aside from a couple of ill-advised forays into action gaming (Spartan: Total Warrior […]
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Europa Universalis: Rome review
April 25th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Ancients, Crispy Gamer, Paradox, Review
My Europa Universalis: Rome review is now up at Crispy Gamer. I did an interview with Johan Andersson that doesn’t seem to be up yet, but I’ll let you know when it goes live. The review was based on a gold review build; the day one patch has fixed some of the issues. You can’t […]
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Rod Humble is EA’s Heart
April 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Electronic Arts, HPS
Rock, Paper, Shotgun has a transcript of John Walker’s dinner conversation with EA Sims VP Rod Humble. Like all interesting dining chats, it covers a lot of ground. And this bit from Rod Humble shows that the Redwood City campus isn’t staffed by corporate robots. The one game that affected me, and it didn’t stop […]
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More Info On Empire
April 22nd, 2008 · Comments Off on More Info On Empire · Creative Assembly, Napoleonics, Preview
There’s an interview with Creative Assembly’s James Russell up at IGN that adds some new details and the usual pre-release puffery. Things to note: The scale is a lot greater than previous Total War titles. The campaign map now encompasses not only the whole of Europe and the middle-East, but also North America and the […]
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Kane’s Wrath Review
April 16th, 2008 · Comments Off on Kane’s Wrath Review · Electronic Arts, Gameshark, Review, RTS
I was playing Kane’s Wrath with a friend a couple of weeks ago and mentioned that I thought Command and Conquer 3 was the best AAA strategy game of 2007. Like a lot of people, he thought I was crazy, at least until I mentioned that I wasn’t including expansion packs. Let’s face it – […]
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