Category Archives: strategy

SQUAD – NEW TACTICAL SHOOTER EARLY ACCESS TRAILER

Large-scale tactical shooter Squad hit Early Access today, although that choreographed trailer shows off less about the game than it does the United States’ defence budget. Squad is from some of the developers behind the Battlefield 2 mod Project Reality, a total overhaul that requires teams to cooperate when faced with vast maps and the brutal realities of proper bullet physics. Squad is pretty much that but newer and shinier—the middle ground between Battlefield and Arma. Continue reading SQUAD – NEW TACTICAL SHOOTER EARLY ACCESS TRAILER

Europa Universalis IV: The Cossacks expansion

The Cossacks are coming to Paradox’s cheerily daunting grand strategy game Europa Universalis IV. Specifically, they’re coming in a moustache-heavy new expansion called, er, The Cossacks, which enhances the game’s diplomacy options, and gives you more things to do during peacetime, among other stuff. As ever, the base game will receive a big, free update to coincide with the expansion, even if you aren’t interested in picking some Cossacks up. Continue reading Europa Universalis IV: The Cossacks expansion

WORLD of WARSHIPS

World of Tanks is a global phenomenon, and its success has become a new genre of sorts: the World War 2 vehicle shooter. World of Warships, the newest entry in the series after 2013’s World of Warplanes, is finally out of drydock and officially launched. Its mix of ponderous warships and huge guns—the biggest guns ever fired in anger by mankind—is beautiful, polished, and a joy to play. Warships is the most thoughtful Wargaming game so far, but its economy continues Wargaming’s pattern of expensive, exploitative freemium prices.Planning ahead is key for Warships. Continue reading WORLD of WARSHIPS

STELLARIS

Paradox is making new strategy – Stellaris, and stage will be set in space this time.Internal development studio, well known for its historical strategy games Crusader Kings IIand Europa Universalis, is heading into the future for the first time with Stellaris. You explore, wage war and conduct diplomacy in procedurally generated star systems populated by procedurally generated aliens. You can research technologies that might  “completely shatter your concepts of civilization”, and design your own battleships to shatter other species’ concepts of civilization. Continue reading STELLARIS

WORLD of WARCRAFT Legion Expansion announced

“The Burning Legion has returned”, and that’s bad news for Azeroth. The next World of Warcraft expansion is called Legion. It includes a new continent called The Broken Isles, a level cap hike to 110, new dungeons and raids, a new honor system, artifact weapons, class order halls and a new demon hunter class.Blizzard does not mess around when it wants to announce something, and more is sure to be revealed in the coming weeks. Continue reading WORLD of WARCRAFT Legion Expansion announced