Dark Fantasy is a term that gets bandied around a lot these days, primarily by pieces of media that could only be described as dark if you were being charitable while comparing them to Hello Kitty.…
August 15, 2023 | 09:16 EDT
Despite what mankind has achieved in terms of science, space still remains the final frontier. We may be still quite a ways from manned deep-space expeditions but we'll still keep fantasizing about…
May 2, 2022 | 11:30 EDT
The Total War: Warhammer series has been steadily building towards a game that is truly epic on any scale, from the map, to the content, to the sheer number of unique mechanics on display. Total War…
February 14, 2022 | 10:00 EST
Age of Empires IV is something very special. It's a game players have waited over 15 years for. It's for a good reason, too. How do you follow up on some of the best real-time strategy games of all…
October 25, 2021 | 03:05 EDT
After a year of Epic Games’ Store exclusivity, the latest entry in the Total War Saga spinoff series, A Total War Saga: Troy, is finally hitting Steam. The launch of the new Mythos expansion pack…
September 1, 2021 | 10:00 EDT
After a somewhat brief expansion with its first paid downloadable content, Iron Harvest: Operation Eagle comes back with a weighty DLC that introduces the Americans into the world of steampunk mechs…
May 27, 2021 | 11:00 EDT
The heyday of real-time strategy games will always be the golden period of 1995 - 2003 for many, primarily because of the caliber of games that were released from this era. From the near genre-…
March 8, 2021 | 11:00 EST
When it comes to telling a story there's almost no incorrect way to do it. Whether you want to start at the beginning and go through linearly, or the end and flashback for relevant information.…
September 15, 2020 | 11:00 EDT
Its been a while since we’ve had a massive real-time strategy campaign to play through. Iron Harvest, based on art created by the Jakub Rozalski and the board game Scythe, looks to deliver one of the…
September 1, 2020 | 05:35 EDT
Annual franchises can be a bit of scary undertaking these days. Risk of limited development time might translate to limited features, but new tactics abound in the latest Total War entry, thanks to…
August 12, 2020 | 10:00 EDT
Strategy games like Desperados 3 are a strange beast. Focused heavily on squad-based tactics and precision timing; a sub-genre that gained popularity with the Commandos and Myth series from long ago…
June 12, 2020 | 11:00 EDT
The story behind Killer Queen Black's origins has fascinated me ever since I played it months back at E3. Chatting with a developer, I discovered that a game called Killer Queen came first, an arcade…
November 1, 2019 | 01:19 EDT
After a couple of trips to the future, Ubisoft Blue Byte's city-building series finally returns to its historical roots. Set at the beginning of a radical industrial age full of social unrest, Anno…
April 15, 2019 | 07:00 EDT
Warparty is a real-time strategy game by Warcave and Crazy Monkey Studios. I first checked out the game for Coverage Club and generally enjoyed it. This time around, I was keen at getting into the…
March 28, 2019 | 10:00 EDT
As an avid fan of Madruga Works' Planetbase, the final release of Dawn of Man came after much anticipation. I first previewed the developer's next game in late January and generally liked what I saw…
March 1, 2019 | 12:00 EST
Door Kickers is an interesting game. Sold by developer KillHouse Games as Real Time Strategy, you could be forgiven for thinking you would be controlling legions of police officers with riot shields…
November 10, 2014 | 01:00 EST