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Total War: Warhammer – how to make fantasy wars authentic

05.04.2016

carousel_slot_4, Interviews, RTS, Total War: Warhammer

jim whitson Jim Whitson is the campaign designer for Total War: Warhammer at Creative Assembly. This isn’t the first Total War game he’s worked on, but it is the first one he’s worked on that includes bats, zombies and a…

Ashes of the Singularity review

02.04.2016

Ashes of the Singularity, Reviews, RTS

Cannon fodder Adding to that blandness, each faction’s 15 units look almost identical, although the Post-Humans’ general durability and the Substrate’s overall mobility nicely translate into vastly different strategies. And there’s an advantage to those limited units: were there any…

The best pro gaming to watch this weekend

25.03.2016

Card Game, csgo, Dota 2, esports, FPS, Hearthstone, MOBA, Pro, RTS, starcraft 2

Image from CS:GO Austin Dreamhack site. It’s an interesting balance this weekend, as Blizzard’s biggest esports ramp up for some high-level competition while Valve’s largest games both have qualifiers for huge tournaments in May. Hearthstone and Starcraft II have international tournaments…

Starcraft 2 community solves ARG, gets rewards for everyone

25.03.2016

News, RTS, starcraft 2

Starcraft’s community has come together to solve a series of puzzles in an ARG promoting the upcoming Nova Missions pack — and unlocked some bonuses for its hard work. There’s a huge, complex, hard-to-read explanation of every step of the…

Battlefleet Gothic: Armada trailer reveals the Orks and an April launch date

25.03.2016

Battlefleet Gothic: Armada, Focus Home Interactive, News, RTS, Tindalos Interactive

I like what I’ve seen of Battlefleet Gothic: Armada so far, but the new “Orks” trailer is far and away my favorite. The previous teasers, for the Chaos and Imperium fleets, featured ominous, orchestral music, and urgent narration espousing their…

Total War: Warhammer teaser introduces the Master Necromancer

23.03.2016

creative assembly, News, RTS, Sega, Strategy, Total War: Warhammer

Sesame Street has ensured that I will never be able to take Total War: Warhammer’s Vampire Counts seriously, no matter how unspeakably evil they are. Necromancers are a different matter. I don’t know why, really, especially since they’re a lesser…

Total War getting cross-platform spin-off TW Battles: Kingdom

17.03.2016

Mobile, News, RTS, total war

It might not be the highlight in the Total War calendar, but from March 24, Total War Battles: Kingdom will invite you to engage in light cross-platform strategy on Steam and the usual mobile platforms. Total War Battles: Shogun came to…

Planetary Annihilation is free, for awhile, at Bundle Stars

17.03.2016

News, Planetary Annihilation, RTS, Uber Entertainment

You like free stuff, right? Sure you do. And so allow me to direct your attention to the Bundle Stars website, where they’re offering Steam keys for the RTS Planetary Annihilation, which normally sells for $30/£23, for free. “Free” does…

The decline, evolution and future of the RTS

11.03.2016

Command & Conquer: Red Alert, RTS, StarCraft, Total Annihilation, warcraft

To speak of the ‘death’ of a genre is always a bit ridiculous, but real-time strategy as traditionally conceived has certainly seen better days. If the genre were a round of deathmatch we’d be well into the final third, with…

Battlefleet Gothic: Armada system requirements announced

11.03.2016

Battlefleet Gothic: Armada, Focus Home Interactive, RTS, Tindalos Interactive

The spires-n-skulls in space strategy sim Battlefleet Gothic: Armada will, barring unforeseen delays, soon be upon us. In fact, the multiplayer beta, available to all who preorder, went live today. And that means that this is probably a good time…

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