Review by Matt S. Of all the franchises that EA has utterly destroyed (and sadly there are a number of them), two really stand out; Magic Carpet, a Bullfrog game that EA apparently never saw value in after it acquired the developer, and Dungeon Keeper, another Bullfrog game, which judging…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. One of the publishers that you’re not going to hear too much about is Kalypso. It’s largely a simulator specialist, and doesn’t get a whole lot of media coverage; not when there are games featuring evisceration for the media to talk about instead. Railway Empire But…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Ahhh, Dungeon Keeper. That venerable Bullfrog classic that, like with stablemates Magic Carpet and Theme Park, has faded into obscurity since EA took over Peter Molyneux’s groundbreaking company. If a Bullfrog IP hasn’t been simply left to die, its fate has been even worse, as it…
Read MoreNews by Lindsay M. By this time, it’s safe to say I trust Kalypso with all my city-building needs. I mean, one word sums up my trust quite nicely: Tropico. But Kalypso is now making the leap from city building to city ruling, publishing indie developer Fragment Productions’ Urban Empire.…
Read More“Who would ever want to play a modern city builder on a console?” is a comment I have heard people ask when they heard the news that Tropico 5 would be headed to consoles. “These games need mice and keyboards and stuff!” Except they don’t. Provided a developer gets the…
Read More4X strategy titles are a tricky affair. Diehard fans of this genre have very high expectations of any new release due to existing games that have been great and established their cult following. On the other hand, because of how deep these titles attempt to go, it is fairly easy…
Read MoreKalypso Media’s Alien Spidy is officially swinging its way to consoles, Macs, and PCs this Autumn. Alien Spidy kind of reminds me of Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet in a way. There’s a similar visual style going on, although it looks like Spidy has a little more in the way of…
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