![]() ![]() Star Lords combines many good things from previous space 4X titles, especially from older games like Master of Orion, Space Empires or the Galactic Civilizations series. There’s already a playable alpha available for pre-orders (currently alpha v2.0). Not to be confused with Steve Barcia’s Master of Orion prototype with the same name :), Star Lords is a new turn-based space 4X game being developed by Neogen2 Creations for the past two years or so. And, if all goes according to plan, it shall release in July 2013. Planetary Annihilation will be available for the PC, Mac and Linux. There will be single-player and co-op skirmish multiplayer against AIs. By the way, to my best knowledge it’s still uncertain if the third expansion – Legacy of the Void – will also be released this year.Īfter their astonishing success on Kickstarter, Uber Entertainment will bring us Planetary Annihilation, a Total Annihilation inspired sci-fi RTS about planet smashing, big explosions, base building, resource collection, huge battles with robots and asteroid bombardment. I find it too quick-paced and ultimately too much of a clickfest for my taste. I confess that although I played many RTS games in my life, both sci-fi and not, I was never a big fan of StarCraft. StarCraft 2 has received outstanding acclaim by the critics but not as much from the player base. ![]() ![]() HotS will pickup up from Wings of Liberty with 20 new missions, now focusing on the Zerg race. Heart of the Swarm is Blizzard’s first expansion pack to their sci-fi real-time strategy game, StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty. This one was also on the 2012 list, but now the new release date seems firmer (Mar 12, 2013). The price should be similar to the other expansions, which should be between $20-25/€15-20. Last word from Matrix points to a Q1 2013 release. Matrix also promised a “significant performance improvement”, AI improvements, new technologies, more planetary buildings, ship abilities and what seems to be a somewhat major evolution to the ground combat system. You will need all the previous expansions to play Shadows. You should now also be able to choose from several playstyles, including Smuggler, Pirate and Mercenary. So, after the Return of the Shakturi and Legends expansions, Matrix Games, Slitherine and CodeForce are now proposing a different play experience with independent space-based factions (different from the Imperial style races). Check our hands-on preview and our interview with Dan for more information.Įarly this year, the Distant Worlds 4X Universe gets to see a new expansion: Shadows. The price should be around $29.99/€29.99 and it will be available digitally on Steam, Desura and on Box version on some European countries. StarDrive’s beta is expected to open on Steam on January 29th. Let’s hope that your game is great Dan, as one can never have too many good 4X games. In our interview Dan said that he’s gone from “the guy with the dream to a guy with a game”. But, it also contains all the traditional features you expect to find in a space 4X game, like ship design, colony development, space combat, diplomacy among others. StarDrive is different from traditional space 4X games because you can actually control any ship in your empire in a “WASD” fashion. StarDrive was already in the 2012 list, but Dan DiCicco and his team decided that they needed a bit more time to do further testing and polishing, which, if possible, is always a good decision :) So, from Kickstarter, to quitting his day job, to Desura and to a publishing deal with Iceberg Interactive, Dan seems to be finally ready to let everybody play his real-time space 4X game creation. It’s too soon to tell how well they will perform and, as always, it’s not 100% certain that some of them will make it this year. It will be very interesting to see how well the indies, and the not so indies, will perform.Īnd now, and in no particular order, here is the list of games that SpaceSector highly recommends that you have a look at this year. Note that some of the titles included in this list are the product of successful crowd funding campaigns, namely from the Kickstarter and IndieGoGo platforms. I think we have much to look for in 2013. Priority is given to strategy games, but you’ll also find other types of games in this list, like simulation, adventure or action games. ![]() A new year, and a new list of interesting science fiction and space games to look for is in order. ![]()
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