Retro Reflections by Matt S. Back in 2001, when the first The Lord of the Rings film was released to cinemas, the world got hit with a new wave of complete love and fascination for J.R.R. Tolkien and his brilliant, important, fantasy masterpiece. Suddenly people were re-discovering the books all…
Read MoreReview by Brad L. Halo Wars was an experiment in expanding upon a universe entirely viewed in first person. Though Bungie originally wanted Halo to be a real time strategy, some could argue that Microsoft caught lightning in a bottle when the company convinced Bungie to shift the focus over…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I’ve always felt that Worms Forts: Under Siege was a game that deserved to be remembered better than it has been. Or just remembered at all. One of the most unheralded games ever in Team 17’s particular franchise, I never thought we’d see a game quite…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. As a platform, the Apple iPad and other tablet devices are perfect for strategy games. The immediacy of interaction, through touching units and characters to direct them about, has an experiential element that helps strategy games as well, making you feel like an omnipresent commander with…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. In the lead up to the release of the PlayStation VR, I hadn’t even considered how well the format might work for strategy games. Having now played Tethered, I realise that yes, of course VR does great things for strategy games. We’re all used to the…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. Right off the bat let’s talk about what Cannon Brawl gets absolutely right – it’s a real time strategy game which doesn’t have the dreaded “buffer zone”: the level of play between a novice player and an intermediate player where mechanical skill trumps actual strategic knowledge.…
Read MorePreview by Pierre-Yves L. Taking place after the events of the game’s predecessor, New World, Squad 22 sees a unit, creatively titled “Squad 22,” deployed to the far off world of Meridian in order to find out what happened to the research team that preceded them. From there, you’ll be…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. Despite not having heard of the Kingdom Wars series before, I came away pleasantly pleased with what the title had to offer. It is a unit-based real-time strategy game in the vein of Total War that does most things rather well. And, while it starts out…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. At first glance, Polaris Sector appears to be a deep 4x strategy game that looks and feels familiar, but might not immediately stand out. It is a game that you need to really spend some time with and invest in if you are going to get…
Read MoreFormerly known as Gaijin Games and best known for their involvement in the now-iconic BIT.TRIP series of music-infused action games, the indie company is busy with their current project, titled Tharsis – this time under the new company name of Choice Provisions. The reason behind the change was due to…
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