The second expansion to the game I still play every night has been announced. You can get the full press release over at 2k Games. I’ll highlight some of the passages for commentary. “The expansion will focus on the late-game time periods after the invention of gunpowder.” I start to lose interest in Civ IV […]
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March Strategy Preview
March 5th, 2007 · Comments Off on March Strategy Preview · Preview
This will be my last post before I start packing and do all that other stupid stuff to prepare for my flight. I had some hassles pop-up over my arrangements, so if I look a little pissed off tomorrow, you can guess why. March is shaping up to be the month of “Weren’t you on […]
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New game news
February 12th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Preview
An update on upcoming games from the distant past and possible future. The future first. Battlefront has launched of the website devoted to its modern warfare game, Combat Mission: Shock Force. It has a NATO force taking on Syrian fundamentalists in both traditional armored combat and assymetric warfare. Judging from the screenshots, this will be […]
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February Strategy Preview
February 5th, 2007 · 4 Comments · Preview
Beat the February blahs with one of these upcoming strategy games. February 2 – Blitzkrieg 2: Fall of the Reich (Take 2/Nival), City Life: World Edition (Take 2/Monte Cristo) February 5 – Genesis Rising: The Universal Crusader (Dreamcatcher/Metamorf) February 6 – The Sims Life Stories (EA/Maxis) February 13 – Great Invasions (Strategy First/Nobilis) February 14 […]
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Galactic Civilizations 2: Dark Avatar
January 3rd, 2007 · Comments Off on Galactic Civilizations 2: Dark Avatar · Gamesradar, Preview, Stardock
My preview is up at Games Radar. I really want to emphasize my opening paragraph there. When I started the preview, I hadn’t played GalCiv 2 in a while. I knew they’d been updating – Stardock always updates – and when the expansion is full of subtle changes, it can be hard to distinguish the […]
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January Strategy Preview
January 1st, 2007 · 2 Comments · Preview
Let’s start the New Year right. January 9 – Heart of Empire: Rome (Paradox/Deep Red) January 15 – City Life: World Edition (CDV/Monte Cristo) January 23 – Europa Universalis III (Paradox) January 30 – Battlestations: Midway (Eidos) So, four games. Early in the year, of course, and this is otherwise shaping up to be an […]
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