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Surviving Mars Sagan Patch Revamps Rovers, Adds Challenges, Cuts Price

Haemimont Games' Surviving Mars has released the Sagan Patch, bringing with it revamped rovers and a new Challenges feature according to a news post on the game's Steam Community page. Surviving Mars…

September 26, 2018 | 01:24 EDT

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Get Creative In The Surviving Mars Da Vinci Update

Surviving Mars, a game where you can build a colony on the red planet and try to deal with mysterious events, has released a new update according to a news post on the game's Steam Community page. In…

August 6, 2018 | 07:02 EDT

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Surviving Mars' New Mysteries Keep It Delightfully Strange

Surviving Mars is all about the challenge of exploring the red planet, and the game's mysteries bring in an additional element. Mysteries act as a sort of randomized quest that (as far as I can tell…

June 30, 2018 | 01:00 EDT

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Surviving Mars: Mysteries Resupply Pack Now Available

Surviving Mars: Mysteries Resupply Pack, a new piece of free DLC for Haemimont Games & Paradox Interactive's strategy game Surviving Mars, is now available on PC according to a news post on the…

June 12, 2018 | 10:17 EDT

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Stellaris: Distant Stars Review- How I Wonder What You Are

A fascinating question that almost every developer has to answer at one point or another is "What do we do with all this empty space?" After all, you can't just cram all of your game's content into…

May 23, 2018 | 01:00 EDT

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Stellaris: Distant Stars DLC Comes Crashing to PC May 22

The developers over at Paradox Interactive have recently announced that their grand-strategy space exploration title Stellaris has a new DLC pack arriving early next week. Stellaris: Distant Stars…

May 19, 2018 | 09:34 EDT

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BattleTech Tabletop Interview - Bringing The Future Of BattleTech To Us Now!

Catalyst Game Labs have the license for the upcoming BattleTech tabletop releases. Following the recent video game release, we interviewed some members of the CGL BattleTech team, which you can read…

May 16, 2018 | 01:00 EDT

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BattleTech

BattleTech is a turn based strategy game, based on the tabletop system that started in 1984. Previous BattleTech games have all been first person and real time strategy, this is the first title…

November 2, 2019 | 11:03 EDT

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Battletech Tips and Tricks Guide

Want some BattleTech tips? TechRaptor has your back! Harebrained Schemes' BattleTech was released just over a week ago. While some players have been operating their BattleMech mercenary outfits well…

May 6, 2018 | 01:00 EDT

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Harebrained Schemes Reveal BattleTech Post-Launch Roadmap

Last week Harebrained Schemes (HBS) released their turn-based strategy title, set in the long-running BattleTech universe. You can check out our review of BattleTech here. A week after launch, HBS…

May 4, 2018 | 10:44 EDT

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BattleTech Review

BattleTech has a huge history in terms of tabletop gaming and video games. Starting life on the tabletop in 1984 as a wargame, it has been transferred across nearly every tabletop market including…

April 24, 2018 | 05:57 EDT

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An Introduction to BattleTech

On the April 24, 2018, Harebrained Schemes and Paradox Interactive will release BattleTech on Windows, Linux, and OS X. What some of you may not know is that the BattleTech series has a 34-year…

April 22, 2018 | 01:00 EDT

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Cities: Skylines Parklife Expansion Brings Parks and Recreation to PC

Paradox Interactive and Colossal Order has announced and detailed a brand new paid expansion set to come to the PC version of city-management sim Cities: Skylines. The new update is titled Parklife…

April 18, 2018 | 03:01 EDT

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Surviving Mars

Surviving Mars is a city-builder based on Mars, our interstellar neighbor down the block. Players can choose from a number of different Sponsor organization and Commander Profiles in order to suit…

March 15, 2018 | 10:05 EDT

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Surviving Mars Review - Dome On The Range

I like games that let me build stuff and I like sci-fi. Mash both of those together and you'll immediately capture my attention (and probably an uncomfortable amount of my time - goodness knows how…

March 15, 2018 | 10:00 EDT

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Stellaris: Apocalypse Review - One World Ends, That Another May Begin

Of all the games that let you pretend to be a god-emperor among the stars, Stellaris is certainly among the more comprehensive. In the span of several hours, you can claim solar systems for your…

March 6, 2018 | 09:00 EST

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A Selection Of Mods Are Now On Xbox One Version of Cities: Skylines

Cities: Skylines is a game that's quite friendly to modders, and now console players can now access some of the same fan-made creations according to a news post on the Xbox Wire. In Cities: Skylines…

February 20, 2018 | 02:48 EST

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Colonize The Red Planet In Surviving Mars On March 15

Surviving Mars, the sci-fi Martian colony builder developed by Haemimont Games and published by Paradox Interactive, has had its release date revealed via a news post on the game's Steam community…

February 4, 2018 | 11:56 EST

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Cities: Skylines Drops Snowfall on Xbox One and Windows 10

Colossal Order and Paradox Interactive revitalized the city-building genre with the release of Cities: Skylines back in 2015. Since then they’ve produced a plethora of DLC to alter your experience as…

November 14, 2017 | 03:43 EST

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Pillars of Eternity: Definitive Edition Announced

Today, Paradox Interactive announced that Obsidian Entertainment's Pillars of Eternity would receive a relaunch in the form of Pillars of Eternity: Definitive Edition, which includes the base game,…

November 2, 2017 | 06:44 EDT

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Cities: Skylines - Green Cities Review - Give A Hoot, Don't Pollute

When Cities: Skylines released back in 2015, I don't think anyone would have expected it to blow up as big as it did. Filling the void left by the disappointing SimCity reboot, Cities: Skylines …

October 19, 2017 | 02:57 EDT

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Tyranny: Bastard's Wound Review - A Minor Evil

When I reviewed Tyranny last year, I didn’t expect to receive much more in the way of content for the game due to the smaller scale of the project. Obsidian Entertainment has been busy, sandwiching…

September 11, 2017 | 10:00 EDT

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E3 2017 - Surviving Mars Hands On Impressions

I had the chance to play about 30 minutes of Surviving Mars, a simulation game all about surviving on Mars from Haemimont Games, the minds behind the Tropico series. I don't really seek games like…

June 21, 2017 | 10:30 EDT

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E3 2017 - Pillars of Eternity Complete Edition Coming To Consoles

While at E3 2017, I had an appointment to check out some games at Paradox Interactive's booth, which included Surviving Mars and Obsidian Entertainment's Pillars of Eternity and Pillars of Eternity…

June 21, 2017 | 10:00 EDT

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E3 2017 - Tyranny Expansion, Event Pack Announced

After a tease on twitter a few days ago, yesterday Obsidian and Paradox announce a new expansion for their RPG Tyranny, titled Bastard's Wound. Bastard's Wound will feature new characters and…

June 14, 2017 | 01:10 EDT

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PC Gaming Show E3 2017 - Battletech

At the PC Gaming Show we got a look at Battletech, a turn based mech stratgy game developed by Hairbrained Studios, the developers behind the recent Shadowrun games. As all Battletech should have,…

June 12, 2017 | 02:25 EDT

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Paradox; Obsidian Tease More Tyranny

Publisher Paradox Interactive has teased an update to the Obsidian RPG Tyranny. On the official Tyranny twitter, we saw a new image of what appears to be a volcano with lava pouring down its sides.…

June 10, 2017 | 06:51 EDT

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Cities: Skylines - Mass Transit Review - Power to the Commute

My interest in Cities: Skylines was triggered the same way it was for many others: SimCity. This long-awaited return of a legendary franchise was met with excitement from fans of the franchise, but…

May 23, 2017 | 10:30 EDT

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Paradox Interactive & Haemimont Games Announce Surviving Mars

Paradox Interactive & Haemimont Games have announced Surviving Mars, a game that's all about building a functional colony on the titular red planet. Surviving Mars is the latest title from…

May 14, 2017 | 11:40 EDT

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Stellaris: Digital Anniversary Edition Released

Paradox Interactive have announced a Digital Anniversary Edition of their space 4X game Stellaris. As you've probably guessed from the title of the edition, this version of the game is released to…

May 9, 2017 | 12:30 EDT

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Cities: Skylines - Mass Transit Arrives On May 18

Cities: Skylines - Mass Transit, the latest expansion for the city-building game by Colossal Order, will be launching on May 18th according to a press release from publisher Paradox Interactive.…

April 20, 2017 | 05:15 EDT

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Cities: Skylines Sells 3.5 Million Units, Celebrates with Free DLC

When Colossal Order's city builder Cities: Skylines released 2 years ago, it neatly filled the city-sized gap left by the disappointing Sim City. Since then, the game has managed to accrue a rather…

March 11, 2017 | 08:54 EST

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Cities: Skylines – Mass Transit Expansion Announced

Colossal Order has announced a new expansion for its popular city builder Cities: Skylines. This update, titled Mass Transit, will add a range of new infrastructure options that will allow you to…

March 1, 2017 | 09:38 EST

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Utopia Is The First Major Expansion For Stellaris

Paradox Interactive announced a double whammy enhancing their empire-building space strategy title, Stellaris. Alongside the release of the upcoming update affectionately referred to as "Banks" (a…

February 2, 2017 | 06:40 EST

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Stellaris

A 4X from Paradox Interactive based around space exploration, empire management, diplomacy, and of course warfare.

January 4, 2017 | 10:13 EST

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Cities: Skylines - Natural Disasters Review - Beset On All Sides

In a post-2013 SimCity world, Paradox Interactive and Colossal Order have cemented themselves as one of the true spiritual successors to EA's once-legendary city builder thanks to Cities: Skylines.…

December 7, 2016 | 09:00 EST

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Cities: Skylines - Natural Disasters Releases November 29th

Cities: Skylines - Natural Disasters, the next DLC for the popular city-building game, launches on November 29, 2016 according to a press release. Natural disasters is a feature that exist in several…

November 24, 2016 | 09:30 EST

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Tyranny Review- Sic Semper Tyrannis

Being evil is hard, because what makes you evil is simply your approach to a problem. After all, the perspective of what is considered good and evil is often how a story is framed; players tend to…

November 22, 2016 | 11:00 EST

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Tyranny

Tyranny is a story-driven RPG where you take the shoes of a Fatebinder, an arbiter of law. You are in a world that has been devastated by war and conquered by a tyrant. You can decide to either…

October 14, 2016 | 11:03 EDT

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Tyranny, The New Obsidian RPG, Gets A Release Date and Trailer

Paradox Interactive have announced that Tyranny, the new RPG from Obsidian Entertainment, will be released on November 10th worldwide for Windows, Mac, and Linux PCs. The announcement comes along…

October 13, 2016 | 04:37 EDT

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Pillars of Eternity

  The successful Kickstarter project by Obsidian Entertainment, Pillars of Eternity is a throwback to classic Isometric Role Playing Games with new mechanics and updated graphical style. 

September 25, 2016 | 02:57 EDT

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E3 2016 - Tyranny First Impressions

While at E3 I had the opportunity to play a guided demo of Obsidian's upcoming game, Tyranny. They're taking the basis of Pillars of Eternity and have created a whole new game that takes place after…

June 22, 2016 | 10:00 EDT

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E3 2016 - New Trailer, Gameplay Info for Obsidian's Tyranny

Obsidian Entertainment showed off a new gameplay trailer for their upcoming isometric RPG, Tyranny. The trailer gives the players a hint of the combat and conflict found in the game, which has the…

June 14, 2016 | 12:28 EDT

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Stellaris Review - Reaching for the Stars

I've never really played a 4X game before. I don’t really even know why. To my credit, I've tried the base version Civilization V, Crusader Kings II, and Europa Universalis IV. Each time I would put…

May 27, 2016 | 11:00 EDT

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German Versions Of Hearts Of Iron IV Are Heavily Censored

Upcoming WW2 strategy game, Hearts Of Iron IV, is, unfortunately, if predictably, colliding head first with Germany’s strict censorship laws As outlined in section 86a of the German criminal code,…

May 20, 2016 | 11:23 EDT

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Obsidian Working on Sequel to Pillars of Eternity and New IP

In a move that will probably surprise no one, Obsidian Entertainment Feargus Urquhart has confirmed that a sequel to Pillars of Eternity is in the works. Pillars of Eternity was a Kickstarter-funded…

May 19, 2016 | 04:42 EDT

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Pre-Order Stellaris to Shoot Your Name Into Space

Pre-orders are a hotly contested topic. Some find no harm in them at all, while others seem to see them as cheap gimmicks to draw in early buyers before the reviews roll in. But even those in the…

April 16, 2016 | 08:10 EDT

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Tyranny from Obsidian Entertainment announced at GDC

Yesterday at the Games Developer Conference Paradox Interactive (Europa Universalis) and Obsidian Entertainment (Fallout: New Vegas, South Park: The Stick of Truth) announced their new project …

March 17, 2016 | 11:55 EDT