A final list of the strategy games on display at this year’s E3. Lots of big titles here. Civ4.<\/i> AoE3<\/i>. Rise of Legends<\/i>. And, most anticipated by far, Spore.<\/i><\/p>\n
Fantasy strategy seems to be making a comeback and tycoon games are still going strong.<\/p>\n
The shocking title is Frog City’s Snow<\/i>. One of my all-time favorite developers – the makers of the Imperialism<\/i> games – is now doing a drug lord tycoon game. Since I openly admit to targeting civilians in my RTS games, I shouldn’t get on my high horse about ethical behavior in games, but there does seem to be a qualitative difference somewhere in there. A final list of the strategy games on display at this year’s E3. Lots of big titles here. Civ4. AoE3. Rise of Legends. And, most anticipated by far, Spore. Fantasy strategy seems to be making a comeback and tycoon games are still going strong. The shocking title is Frog City’s Snow. One of my all-time […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5GFeQ-21","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flashofsteel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flashofsteel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flashofsteel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flashofsteel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flashofsteel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flashofsteel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flashofsteel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flashofsteel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flashofsteel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nAge of Empires III<\/a> <\/i>(Microsoft\/Ensemble)
\nAmerican Conquest: Divided Nation<\/i> (CDV\/GSC)
\nAscension to the Throne<\/a> <\/i>(1C Company\/DVS)
\nBattle Mages: Sign of Darkness<\/i><\/a> (Buka Entertainment\/Targem Games)
\nBlack and White 2<\/i><\/a> (Electronic Arts\/Lionhead)
\nBlitzkrieg 2<\/i> (CDV\/Nival Interactive)
\nBrigade E5: New Jagged Union<\/a> <\/i>(1C Company\/Apeiron)
\nCivilization IV <\/i>(2K Games\/Firaxis)
\nCodename: Panzers, Phase Two<\/i> (CDV\/Stormregion)
\nCompany of Heroes <\/i>(THQ\/Relic)
\nCuban Missile Crisis<\/i><\/a> (1C Company\/G5 Software)
\nDesert Law<\/i><\/a> (1C Company\/Arise)
\nDiplomacy<\/i> (Paradox)
\nDragonshard<\/i><\/a> (Atari\/Liquid)
\nEarth 2160<\/i><\/a> (Zuxxez\/Reality Pump)
\nER (2005)<\/i> (Vivendi Universal\/Legacy Interactive)
\nGalactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords<\/a> <\/i>(Strategy First\/Stardock)
\nGhost Wars<\/i> (Hip Games\/Digital Reality)
\nThe Guild 2<\/i> (JoWood\/Deep Silver)
\nHard Truck Tycoon<\/i><\/a> (Buka Entertainment\/G5 Software)
\nHeart of Empire: Rome<\/i> (Deep Silver\/Deep Red)
\nHeaven vs. Hell<\/i> (TKO Software)
\nHeroes of Might and Magic V <\/i>(Ubisoft\/Nival Interactive)
\nHotel Giant 2 <\/i>(JoWood\/Game Factory)
\nImperivm: Great Battles of Rome<\/i><\/a> (FX Interactive\/Haemimont)
\nJoint Task Force <\/i>(HD Interactive\/Mithis)
\nThe Movies<\/i><\/a> (Activision\/Lionhead)
\nOutfront II<\/i>(1c Company)
\nPacific Storm<\/i><\/a> (Buka\/Lesta Studio)
\nParaworld <\/i>(Sunflowers)
\nPerimeter: Emperor’s Testament<\/a> <\/i>(1C Company\/KD Labs)
\nPanzer Elite Action<\/a> <\/i>(JoWood\/Zootfly)
\nRollercoast Tycoon 3: Soaked<\/i> <\/a>(Atari\/Frontier Dev.)
\nRise & Fall: Civilizations at War<\/i> (Midway\/Stainless Steel)
\nRise of Nations: Rise of Legends<\/i><\/a> (Microsoft\/Big Huge Games)
\nRush for Berlin<\/i> (Deep Silver\/Storm Region)
\nSeven Kingdoms: Conquest<\/i> (Enlight Software)
\nThe Sims 2: Nightlife<\/i><\/a> (Electronic Arts\/Maxis)
\nSingles 2: Triple Trouble<\/i><\/a> (Deep Silver\/Rotobee)
\nSnow <\/i>(2K Games\/Frog City)
\nSpace Rangers 2: Dominators<\/i><\/a> (1C Company\/Elemental Games)
\nSpellforce 2<\/i> (JoWood\/Phenomic Game Development)
\nSpore <\/i>(EA Games\/Maxis)
\nStalingrad<\/i><\/a> (1C Company\/4X Studios)
\nStar Wars: Empire at War<\/i><\/a> (LucasArts\/Petroglyph)
\nTycoon City: New York<\/i><\/a> (Atari\/Deep Red)
\nUFO: Aftershock<\/i> (Cenega\/Altar)
\nAn Untitled RTS (Deep Silver)
\nWar Front: Turning Point<\/i> (CDV\/Digital Reality)
\nWarhammer 40,000: Dawn of War – Winter Assault<\/i><\/a> (THQ\/Relic)
\nWar Leaders: Clash of Nations<\/i><\/a> (CDV\/Enigma Software)
\nWorld War I<\/i><\/a> (1C Company\/Nival Interactive)
\nA World War II RTS<\/a> (1C Company)
\nXIII Century: Sword and Honor<\/i><\/a> (1C Company\/One Small World)
\nZoo Tycoon 2: Endangered Species<\/a> <\/i>(Microsoft\/Blue Fang Games)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"