Factorio is getting an earlier release than previously planned. Developer Wube Software says the game will now launch on August 14th this year, five weeks earlier than the original date. Wube says…
May 29, 2020 | 10:38 EDT
In July of last year, grey market game key reseller G2A posted an interesting deal: they would offer up to 10x the cashback on any chargebacks to the developer over illegally-acquired keys. Now, the…
May 20, 2020 | 03:06 EDT
The current ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is definitely affecting the video game industry in terms of development and hiring the necessary talent to complete the audio and visual parts of the respective…
April 30, 2020 | 01:40 EDT
Anno 1800 was Ubisoft's seventh installment in the franchise, and brought the series' fans into the Industrial Revolution times in the 19th century. Shortly after its release back in April 2019, the…
March 9, 2020 | 02:41 EDT
Today, strategy game developer Firefly Studios has announced that their upcoming title Stronghold: Warlords will release with a bonus economic campaign. Available at launch and featuring the Scribe…
February 24, 2020 | 01:52 EST
The Stronghold: Warlords Fire Ox has been revealed as a brand-new unit in a press release. No, the "Fire Ox" is not some fancy name for a giant crossbow that shoots flaming arrows or something. It is…
February 14, 2020 | 12:52 EST
Indie real-time strategy game A Year of Rain has put their development on hold for the foreseeable future, likely signaling the end of development. The bad news was revealed in an announcement on…
February 4, 2020 | 01:30 EST
A Warcraft 3: Reforged Developer Update has been released on the game's official forums and it's doesn't seem to be doing very much to placate upset fans. The developer update was released last…
February 4, 2020 | 09:00 EST
Some of the lucky fans who have their hands on Warcraft 3: Reforged are rather upset at the current state of the game, with one such fan highlighting a long list of features that have suddenly…
January 30, 2020 | 01:30 EST
After goodness knows how long in development and months upon months since the official announcement, the Warcraft 3: Reforged release date has finally been revealed. Warcraft 3: Reforged is an amped…
December 18, 2019 | 03:00 EST
Yesterday the developers of upcoming RTS A Year of Rain, which launched on to Early Access last month, have announced that the game isn't quite selling at the level they hoped and that they are going…
December 3, 2019 | 02:00 EST
The almost two-decades-old series returns to the real-time strategy scene once more with our best of E3 2019 Nominee, Stronghold: Warlords. Recruit, upgrade and command AI lords in order to boost…
November 23, 2019 | 10:26 EST
The Factorio 1.0 release date has finally been announced by the developers. After years of tinking with the games many, many features, Wube Software has decided to set a firm date for what they'll…
November 18, 2019 | 01:00 EST
One day Stronghold showed up at my house. I have no clue where it came from, but it was a game I genuinely loved. I kept up with the series, even if I didn't get to play most of the games, and at E3…
November 19, 2019 | 11:00 EST
If you're less of a violent player, and more of an economy sort of guy, you may be excited to hear that Stronghold: Warlords will be bringing back economy missions, according to Firefly Studios co-…
November 18, 2019 | 02:29 EST
Look, we all have dreams. I dream of a world where RTS games release on consoles more. Don't ask why. Despite this, in a recent interview we had with Firefly Studio co-founder Simon Bradbury he…
November 18, 2019 | 03:00 EST
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
Today, development team Luminous and publisher Iceberg Interactive announced their newest title, Circle Empires Rivals for a Steam release in early 2020. The anticipated sequel to Circle Empires will…
October 9, 2019 | 03:09 EDT
Fight your opponents within interconnected circles in order to defeat them and steal their loot! Circle Empires Rivals is the sequel to the highly successful Circle Empires, containing more of what…
October 9, 2019 | 03:07 EDT
A fast paced online multiplayer strategy game for up to eight players, Killer Queen Black has you square off into two teams of four, or fly solo across six online battlefields with five distinct…
October 9, 2019 | 10:51 EDT
Daedalic Entertainment has announced the A Year Of Rain release date for the upcoming PC fantasy RTS. It'll launch in Steam Early Access in November. A Year Of Rain is designed to be a mixture…
October 4, 2019 | 10:15 EDT
A Year of Rain is an RTS emphasizing teamwork and strategy. You must build a base, defend it from invaders, and use your hero units to crush the opposition. From the game's website: "The Basics A…
October 4, 2019 | 10:02 EDT
Version 1.3 of survival city-builder Dawn of Man has been released. Also called the "Fauna Update", Version 1.3 adds a new mode, new fauna, and more to the game. First up, it's Nomad Mode…
October 1, 2019 | 08:25 EDT
Bring the industrial age to flourish in Anno 1800, the latest real-time strategy city-builder by Blue Bytes and published by Ubisoft.
September 28, 2019 | 09:58 EDT
It has been a hot minute since the release of Ubisoft Blue Byte's city builder Anno 1800. Since release earlier this year, it has become the fastest-selling entry in the long-running franchise. It's…
September 27, 2019 | 03:00 EDT
The Total War Saga series has seen two entries, one new game and one retroactively added to the series, and now Creative Assembly is ready to share details of the next: A Total War Saga: TROY. Total…
September 19, 2019 | 11:00 EDT
A Total War Saga: Troy places you right in the Trojan War, controlling legendary heroes and deciding one of the most famous conflicts in history. Inspired by Homer's Iliad, you can take on the role…
September 19, 2019 | 11:00 EDT
Are you excited for another Total War game? Well then have I got news for you. Today we learned where the next Total War game is thanks to a magazine that went on shelves early. A picture posted to…
September 18, 2019 | 03:23 EDT
Today, Liquid Bit and BumbleBear Games announced that Killer Queen Black, their strategic eight-player arcade action platformer, will be launching on the Nintendo Switch and PC via Discord and Steam…
September 12, 2019 | 01:15 EDT
Ubisoft's city-builder Anno 1800 has some new content to enjoy. There's a new paid DLC pack out, as well as a day-night cycle update that's free for all players. Botanica is the second DLC pack for …
September 11, 2019 | 10:00 EDT
Dawn of Man 1.2 is here and it's bringing with it some serious improvements to one of the weaker areas of the game. The Dawn of Man Combat Update makes it easier than ever to defend your town from…
July 18, 2019 | 10:30 EDT
Warparty does its best to emulate the glory days of real-time strategy games. It feels very similar to Warcraft III in many respects, something that may be a plus or minus depending on what kind of…
July 12, 2019 | 07:59 EDT
Created by the same developer behind Planetbase, Dawn of Man is a city builder that takes you back in time. Way back in time — you begin in the hunter-gatherer era when mankind was living hand to…
July 12, 2019 | 07:58 EDT
War for the Overworld is a spiritual successor to the classic Bullfrog game Dungeon Keeper. You take on the role of a fantasy evil Overlord who must create a dungeon that can defeat the forces of…
July 12, 2019 | 07:42 EDT
A long time ago I played Warcraft III, an RTS that really made me love the genre even further. Yet then the series moved into MMOs and left the world of RTS behind. We need a replacement. Thankfully…
June 27, 2019 | 12:00 EDT
I've always been a fan of Stronghold. Through the thick and the thin, at some point I managed to grab a copy of every game in the series. However, I always loved the original best. Maybe it's…
June 24, 2019 | 01:00 EDT
We here at TechRaptor have had our eye on Iron Harvest for a while. We're all huge lovers of Scythe, a board game that was inspired by Jakub Rozalski's 1920+ art and setting. Iron Harvest was also…
June 22, 2019 | 02:00 EDT
It was much to my surprise when I discovered that Killer Queen Black was the sequel to an arcade game. An actual arcade game cabinet, in fact, and with apparently only 100 or so in existence. Nor did…
June 17, 2019 | 12:00 EDT
Today, Firefly Studios has revealed the next entry in their venerable Stronghold franchise: Stronghold: Warlords, which is set in 3rd century BC China and progresses through to the beginnings of the…
June 10, 2019 | 09:30 EDT
Madruga Works, developer and publisher of the space colony game Planetbase (Our Review), first announced the spiritual successor to that title, Dawn of Man (Our Review and our Guide), in May last…
May 6, 2019 | 09:53 EDT
Anno 1800 sales have been the fastest in the franchise's history. A press release from Ubisoft reveals that the game has sold four times more copies than its predecessor Anno 2205 in the first week…
April 29, 2019 | 02:37 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
Alternate history "dieselpunk" RTS Iron Harvest will be published by Deep Silver. Developer KING Art revealed the partnership in a developer blog post on its official website. KING Art says over a…
April 10, 2019 | 10:50 EDT
Per an announcement via the Anno Union community portal, the upcoming Anno 1800 will only be available on Uplay and the Epic Games Store post-launch. Steam preorders will still be available through…
March 29, 2019 | 03:22 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
Warparty is a real-time strategy game with a dinosaur theme. What's not to love? It certainly looked like it had an interesting premise, but the developers Warcave and Crazy Monkey Studios are trying…
March 8, 2019 | 01:00 EST
Today, Crazy Monkey Studios and Warcave have announced that Warparty, their prehistoric RTS, will be released on March 28 for PC, Mac, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and the Nintendo Switch. https://www.…
March 6, 2019 | 03:00 EST
Dawn of Man (developed and published by Madruga Works) is a game that has players commanding a tribe of man in the earliest days of our unwritten history. Now that our review is out, it's time to…
March 6, 2019 | 02:00 EST