Stellar Indie Venture: Predestination
Today I start a new rubric in Space Sector about independent game developers and their bold ventures on developing their own sci-fi or space strategy games called, “Stellar Indie Venture”. My...
View ArticleStellar Indie Venture: Deep Space Settlement
DSS: Full 3D space combat Recently I discovered Deep Space Settlement, a 4X real-time strategy game in the making by an indie video game developer named (or code-named) Stéphanie. “DSS is a real-time...
View ArticleVigrior: Maneuver Warfare – Mercenary Games Asks for Fuel
The Pandora’s box has been opened and Kickstarter is now being flooded by all types of requests from game developers. What’s this? So, now every talented bunch of geeks and day dreamers, with a...
View ArticleXenonauts Preview
Xenonauts is a sci-fi strategy game that is heavily inspired by the X-COM classic UFO: Enemy Unknown, which is the X-COM series’ first title. Xenonauts is being developed by Goldhawk Interactive, an...
View ArticleStellar Indie Venture: Galaxial
Today it’s time for Stuart Morgan and his game Galaxial to take the central stage at Space Sector. Galaxial is a real-time space strategy game that features an epic scale number of ships and star...
View ArticleComputer Top Games Want Safe Haven for Second Contact
Computer Top Games have decided to try their chances in the crowdsource funding scheme for their first game title named Second Contact. Computer Top Games is an independent computer game development...
View Article4 More Science Fiction Games on Kickstarter
Ok, reporting new sci-fi and space games that show-up at Kickstarter is becoming almost a job in itself :) I need to keep things more easy and simple for everybody. So, from now on I will make a...
View ArticleVideo Game Remakes (with an emphasis on SciFi, strategy and SciFi strategy...
What is a video game remake? My easy and short answer: A video game coded with recreated content (graphics, sounds, etc) a second time. Wikipedia’s short explanation is: “A video game remake is a game...
View ArticleStar Colonies: Free New Space Strategy Game for Android – Currently in Beta
Android folks will be glad to know that there is a new space strategy game available in Google Play. Its name is Star Colonies, and it is a real-time strategy game. Star Colonies is a free app that is...
View ArticleStellar Indie Venture: Red Shift
\Edit (Oct 8th, 2012): Red Shift’s development was cancelled. Luckily for us there has been a good supply of new space 4X games as of recently. There is also another good bunch of them on the horizon,...
View ArticleRome: Total War 2 Announced for 2013
This is a bit of old news now but I still think it deserves a post for the 4X and Total War games’ fans delight. Rome: Total War’s sequel Total War: Rome 2 has been recently announced by The Creative...
View ArticleKerbal Space Program – Build Your Ship and Hope It Flies!
Now that was fun! Ever wondered how it would be like to design your own “real-earth” space ship, launch it and then head on to the Moon for some prospecting? This game let’s you do exactly that – the...
View ArticleSpace Rangers HD: A War Apart in Q4 2012 and New Shots
1C Company announced Space Rangers HD: A War Apart for the PC back in April of this year. What’s new about it is a new pack of screenshots from Gamescom and the release date that still stands for...
View ArticleAsk the Devs a Question: Europa Universalis IV
Europa Universalis is a classic grand strategy 4X game series from Paradox Interactive. In fact it’s its flagship game and from where all started for them. I thought it was interesting to have an...
View ArticleSolar War: It’s Like X-COM Meets Master of Orion But Not …
Solar War is a grand strategy space game set in the solar system where you need to deal with an alien invasion, fight back and take the fight to the alien’s own territory, through colonization,...
View ArticleUr-Quan Masters HD – An HD Remake of Star Control 2
I’ve received word that Damon Czanik and his team have completed an HD conversion of the acclaimed space adventure game Star Control 2. The mod is called Ur-Quan Masters HD and it uses the Ur-Quan...
View ArticleAsk the Devs a Question: Galactic Civilizations 3
A couple of months ago, Stardock announced that they are developing Galactic Civilizations 3. Its predecessor from 2006, Galactic Civilizations 2, is a great space 4X strategy game, and in my opinion...
View ArticleStar Ruler 2 – Interview with the Crew of Blind Mind Studios
Earlier last year Blind Mind Studios announced they will be releasing a sequel to their space 4X title Star Ruler. Aptly named Star Ruler 2, the game is slated to be released near the end of this year...
View ArticleStellar Indie Venture: Galactic Inheritors
During the recent resurgence of the 4X genre is not uncommon for more indie developers to begin working on their own projects and bring their own take on the genre. The latest of these is Crispon...
View ArticleMORE: A Pre-Alpha Look
Last week I was able to have a chat with Marcin Bednarski from IdeaLcenter about M.O.R.E. We were able to talk about M.O.R.E. and were offered a live demonstration of the state of the game. It should...
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