Pax Nova Review
Molded in the vein of Masters of Orion and Galactic Civilizations, Pax Nova carries on the spirit of what you would expect from a 4x strategy game. At its heart, it is a solid experience, one that…
May 5, 2020 | 01:00 EDT
What are 4X Games?
4X games, or "eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, and eXterminate" games, are a genre of strategy-based video games that are known for their deep strategy and complex gameplay. Players take control of every aspect of their civilization, including economic and technological development, and both military and diplomatic relations and decisions. It's because of this level of micromanagement that 4X games take an extended period of time to complete, and why some games are criticized for being tedious at times.
Humankind "Your Story" Trailer (The Game Awards 2019)
Humankind is the newest 4X style game to come from Amplitude Studios. The studio has developed the Endless games, like Endless Legend and Endless Space. Humankind is mean to be their magnum opus.…
December 12, 2019 | 09:09 EST
Pax Nova
In Pax Nova, it's your job to take humanity beyond the furthest stars and to establish a new home for the species. Humanity has failed thanks to war, pollution, and general Earth ruination, and it's…
October 30, 2019 | 10:10 EDT
Pax Nova Leaves Early Access In Early 2020
4X sci-fi strategy game Pax Nova is getting a full launch in early 2020. The game originally launched via Early Access back in May this year and was initially planned for a full launch in late 2019…
October 30, 2019 | 05:45 EDT
Stellaris: Federations May Have Been Leaked Via GOG
Stellaris: Federations may very well be the next expansion to be coming to Paradox Development Studio's 4X game Stellaris. A Redditor noticed that Federations was listed as a possible upgrade for his…
October 18, 2019 | 07:26 EDT
Civilization VI PlayStation 4 Version Coming This November
During today's State of Play Sony announced that the Civilization VI PlayStation 4 is coming, as the first entry in the Civilization series on the console. The trailer showed off the gameplay we've…
September 24, 2019 | 05:24 EDT
Civilization VI Gets a Battle Royale Mode, Because Everything is Battle Royale Now
Are you ready for another game that has you drop into an active warzone and fight other players inside of a slowly closing play area? Well good news, turn based tactical game Civilization VI is…
September 10, 2019 | 05:40 EDT
Gamescom ONL - Humankind Announced by Amplitude Studios
Sega and Amplitude Studios announced their new strategy game, Humankind, at Gamescom Opening Night Live. The trailer doesn't mention any platforms, but it's likely planned for PC as other Amplitude…
August 19, 2019 | 04:06 EDT
Stellaris: Ancient Relics Review - That Belongs in a Space Museum!
One of the most ubiquitous themes in sci-fi media is the existence of ancient and incomprehensibly powerful, but extinct alien civilizations. The names may change, but the story is almost always the…
June 4, 2019 | 10:00 EDT
To the Infinite and Beyond: A Look Back at Stellaris
Stellaris, or the space RTS that lets you encounter exciting new alien species, enslave them, and eat them, reached its three year anniversary. Developed by Paradox Interactive, the game is a mixing…
May 27, 2019 | 01:00 EDT
Civilization V Environment Skin Mod Created by Civ VI Art Director
A Civilization V Environment Skin mod has been created by Civilization VI Project Art Director Brian Busatti. Primarily, the mod was created as a sort of "learn by doing" kind of exercise — the fine…
April 8, 2019 | 10:40 EDT
Civilization VI: Gathering Storm Expansion Announced
Today, after running a stream for 24 hours showing increasingly stormy weather, Firaxis announced the second expansion for Civilization VI and will officially release Civilization VI: Gathering Storm…
November 20, 2018 | 02:21 EST
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
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
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
Civilization VI Rise and Fall Expansion Announced
Sid Meier’s Civilization VI: Rise and Fall, is the first expansion for the latest title in the Civilization series, and will be available for Windows PC on February 8th, 2018. The new expansion…
November 28, 2017 | 06:00 EST
Sid Meier's Civilization VI Summer 2017 Update Now Available
The Summer 2017 Update for Sid Meier's Civilization VI is now available for PC Players according to a news post on the game's Steam Community page. A major highlight of the update is the introduction…
July 31, 2017 | 05:44 EDT
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
[The Wire] Sid Meier's Civilization VI Digital Deluxe Edition Getting More Content
If you bought the Digital Deluxe edition of Sid Meier's Civilization VI, you may be glad to know that Firaxis has decided to add retroactively add some more value to your purchase. This news was…
May 5, 2017 | 04:05 EDT
Sid Meier's Civilization VI Spring Update Details
At some point this week Firaxis Games will release the Spring Update for Sid Meier's Civilization VI on both Mac and PC. This free update implements more balance tweaks to the game's mechanics as…
March 29, 2017 | 09:30 EDT
New Civilization VI Spotlight Shows Off Macedon and its Leader Alexander the Great
Hot on the heels of the Persia reveal a couple days ago comes the reveal of the second new faction coming to Sid Meier's Civilization VI as part of the upcoming Spring Update. This time around we're…
March 22, 2017 | 01:30 EDT
New Civilization VI Spotlight Shows Off Persia and its Leader Cyrus II
Firaxis Games have released a new video giving us a sneak peak of the new civilization coming soon to Sid Meier's Civilization VI. This new civ is Persia, led by Cyrus the Great. https://www.youtube.…
March 21, 2017 | 10:40 EDT
Sid Meier's Civilization VI Now Has a Free Demo
Firaxis Games and 2K have released a demo for Firaxis' grand strategy game Sid Meier's Civilization VI. This demo imposes some heavy restrictions that nevertheless show off what the game is all about…
March 17, 2017 | 08:30 EDT
DayZ Developer Dean Hall's New Game ION Has Been Cancelled
It's been quite some time since we last heard from Dean Hall. The original creator of the popular DayZ mod for ARMA 2 left the DayZ Standalone project back in 2014 to pursue other opportunities…
March 8, 2017 | 08:30 EST
Humble Releases Civilization Game Bundle
Always wanted to try playing Sid Meier’s award-winning Civilization series but wasn’t sure where to start? Humble’s latest bundle, the Humble Civilization Bundle, has got you covered. For a change of…
February 25, 2017 | 08:30 EST
Civilization VI to get Modding Tools, Australian Faction
Since the release of Sid Meier's Civilization VI last year, players have been eagerly anticipating the promised Steam Workshop support that makes it easy to browse and install mods, as well as give…
February 22, 2017 | 10:30 EST
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
Stellaris
A 4X from Paradox Interactive based around space exploration, empire management, diplomacy, and of course warfare.
January 4, 2017 | 10:13 EST
Civilization VI Winter 2016 Update and Polish Civ DLC Released
2K and Firaxis Games have announced the first DLC faction coming to Sid Meier's Civilization VI. This time around, we're getting another European faction to throw into the mix; Poland, led by King…
December 21, 2016 | 09:30 EST
$15.99 Civilization VI Was An Error, Refunds and Bonuses Being Issued
Yesterday, we and many others spotted that Games Republic had what appeared to be a rather insane deal on the new Sid Meier's Civilization VI Deluxe Edition for only $15.99, only a few weeks after…
November 25, 2016 | 08:16 EST
First Civilization VI Update Tunes AI, Adds Requested Features
Less than a month after its release, Sid Meier's Civilization VI is getting its first update, titled the Fall Update. It appears that the folks at Firaxis have been listening to the community's…
November 17, 2016 | 11:39 EST
Sid Meier's Civilization VI Impressions: A Giant Leap
There aren't many games that slurp up all my time and attention in quite the same way as Sid Meier's Civilization. I've not been with the franchise for very long (my first entry in the franchise was…
November 12, 2016 | 09:00 EST
Team Liquid Announce Civilization VI eSports Team
eSports organization Team Liquid has announced that they've started up a new eSports team for the recently released grand strategy game Sid Meier's Civilization VI, led by Stephen Takowsky, who you…
October 24, 2016 | 09:15 EDT
Civilization VI's Multiplayer Has Issues at Launch
It seems like the launch of Sid Meier's Civilization VI didn't entirely go off without a hitch. This news comes from a forum post on the Steam Community page for the popular grand strategy game from…
October 22, 2016 | 04:14 EDT
New Civilization VI Spotlight Shows Off Greece's Second Leader Gorgo
It's just a few more days until Sid Meier's Civilization VI becomes available to the public and Firaxis, in a surprise move, just announced that the Greek civ is going to have a second leader players…
October 13, 2016 | 09:24 EDT
New Civilization VI Spotlight Shows off Russia
Even though TechRaptor's review copy of the game seems to have gotten lost in the mail, Firaxis Games' PR campaign keeps on churning out new spotlights ahead of Sid Meier's Civilization VI October 21…
October 5, 2016 | 01:32 EDT
New Civilization VI Spotlight Shows off Arabia
As we're edging forever closer to the October 21 release date, Firaxis Games have released yet another preview for Civilization VI. This time, we're introduced to Arabia led by none other than…
September 29, 2016 | 11:40 EDT
[Updated] New Civilization VI Spotlight Shows off Sumeria
Update: Sumeria's Unique Ability was tweaked between the recording and release of the official spotlight. A quote by a Firaxis employee has been included. Another week, another spotlight for Sid…
September 26, 2016 | 01:45 EDT
Civilization VI System Requirements Released
It's just under a month until you're able to play the next big installment Sid Meier's grand-strategy franchise, and Civilization VI is shaping up to be a good one, not in the least because of the…
September 23, 2016 | 12:34 EDT
Sid Meier's Civilization VI
Fight, trade, buy or backstab your way to victory as one of the many prominent heroes of the past.
September 18, 2016 | 04:35 EDT
New Civilization VI Spotlight Shows off Greece
Not even a week ago we got to know Norway and its leader Harald Hardrada. This week's Civilization VI spotlight sees us leaving the wild shores of the Viking lands and move to a decidedly warmer…
September 14, 2016 | 11:41 EDT
New Civilization VI Spotlight Shows off Norway
Another week, another spotlight for Civilization VI. While last week we went to the sun-drenched shores of Kongo, we now move to the decidedly less warm mountains and lakes of Norway led by Harald…
September 7, 2016 | 12:01 EDT
New Civilization VI Spotlight Shows off Kongo
Firaxis games have released yet another video highlighting some of the mechanics and abilities of one of the civilizations coming to Sid Meier's Civilization VI. In this newest spotlight, we get to…
September 4, 2016 | 06:35 EDT
New Civilization VI Spotlight Shows off India
We all knew it was coming eventually, and now we know for sure. The newest reveal for Civilization VI is India, led by everyone's favorite nuclear missile man Mahatma Gandhi. https://www.…
August 30, 2016 | 12:04 EDT
New Civilization VI Spotlight Shows off Spain
Firaxis Games have released a new spotlight for Civilization VI. This time around we get to know a little more about the Spanish civ led by Philip II. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N-ql-r_QEU…
August 26, 2016 | 12:33 EDT
Civilization VI 25th Anniversary Limited Edition Announced
With Sid Meier's Civilization hitting its 25th anniversary this year, it is perhaps of little surprise that Firaxis and 2K are taking the opportunity to celebrate that milestone as Sid Meier's…
August 24, 2016 | 01:30 EDT
New Civilization VI Spotlight Shows off the French
It's not even been a week since we got to meet the Aztecs, the perfect civ for establishing dominance in the early ages of Civilization VI, and now it's time to take a look at France led by Catherine…
July 26, 2016 | 12:07 EDT
New Civilization VI Spotlight Shows off the Aztecs, Preorder Bonus
Another day, another preview for one of the civs coming to Civilization VI. This time, it's the Aztecs who are getting their time in the limelight, led by their ever magnanimous leader Montezuma. …
July 21, 2016 | 11:52 EDT