Give me some space. Updated on 11 May 2021
Galactic Civilizations 4 is due out on PC in 2022, Stardock has announced.
The space 4X strategy sandbox sequel goes into early access later this spring. The announcement trailer is below:
The player begins with only their home planet and must research new technologies, explore the known galaxy and colonise new worlds while keeping their people at home happy. At the same time, players engage in trade, diplomacy, intrigue and war with alien civilisations.
Here s the official blurb: As the all-powerful leader of a spacefaring civilisation, the player must seek out new star systems and discover the exciting potential of the subspace realm. There are thousands of worlds to colonise and dozens of civilisations - both old and new - to encounter.
Galactic Civilizations IV Announced, Introduces Bigger Maps, Updated Combat, and Much More May 11, 2021 12:10 EDT
Get ready to explore (and conquer) the final frontier all over again, because Stardock has just announced Galactic Civilizations IV! For those unfamiliar, the series is essentially Civilization in space, allowing players to explore the galaxy, meet alien species, colonize planets, research new tech, and more. Galactic Civilization IV will introduce a number of new features and changes, which will bring it a bit more in line with other 4X franchises like Civ and Crusader Kings, including leader characters, story-driven missions, revamped combat, and more. You can check out a quick teaser trailer for Galactic Civilizations IV, below.
Published 4 Mar, 2021
Have You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time.
Try as I might, I cannot view Sins Of A Solar Empire through anything other than the most rose-tinted glasses. Much of it is auditory. The sound of each button press, the wonderful space opera soundtrack, and the endlessly invigorating voice line, Scouts have found a colonisable planet! ; they re all ingrained in the memories of a 13-year-old playing his very first real-time space 4X game, and loving every second of it.
I d dabbled in other space strategy games before Sins (Galactic Civilizations, Alpha Centauri), but Sins Of A Solar Empire utterly gripped me from its opening cutscene. Sins would continue to be my space RTS game of choice for nearly a decade, until the arrival of Stellaris finally made me ask whether it was time to move on.
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Massive Update for Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation Released
February 5, 2021 GMT
PLYMOUTH, Mich., Feb. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Stardock has released a major v3.0 update for its massive-scale RTS game, Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation. A completeoverhaul of the game’s balance, nothing is left untouched - this includes units, buildings, orbital abilities, and more.
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“Game balance is constantly a work in progress,” said Brian Clair, the VP of Publishing for Stardock who worked extensively on the update. “This version is huge - our major focus was game balance and performance optimization.”
Each week the Epic Games Store offers at least one free game to all those with an Epic Games account. While the quality and popularity of the title varies from week to week, last week’s offering of Star Wars Battlefront II was perhaps one of the store’s biggest. It has now been revealed that the free game was redeemed by almost 20 million users.
Making the announcement on Twitter, the official EA Star Wars account revealed that “More than 19M PLAYERS got #StarWarsBattlefrontII from the Epic Game Store promo!” saying “Thank you so much for the continued support, even after our final content drop! We’ll watch your careers with great interest! May the Force be with you, troopers!”