Defender of the Crown has been around for a very, very long time, in plenty of different forms, right back to the Commodore Amiga. Though the initial developer, Cinemaware, went bankrupt, it was since acquired and the new company, Cinemaware Inc, went as far to modernise the game on PS2…
Read MoreIf there’s one skill you need in order to be a great submarine captain, it’s the ability to hold your breath. I say this because every sub-based war film I’ve ever watched – and I’ve seen at least three, so I’m clearly an expert – has involved a significant amount…
Read MoreIf there’s one skill you need in order to be a great submarine captain, it’s the ability to hold your breath. I say this because every sub-based war film I’ve ever watched – and I’ve seen at least three, so I’m clearly an expert – has involved a significant amount…
Read MoreTotal War would be a series that would make the move to the iPad perfectly. It’s a strategy game series, after all, and we’ve already seen that genre work very well on Apple’s platform – after all, these games don’t really need buttons. That said, Total War Battles: Shogun is…
Read MoreTotal War would be a series that would make the move to the iPad perfectly. It’s a strategy game series, after all, and we’ve already seen that genre work very well on Apple’s platform – after all, these games don’t really need buttons. That said, Total War Battles: Shogun is…
Read MoreTabletop strategy games being transformed into the virtual world have had a checkered history. When done well, these are fun and fantastic games – Shadows of the Horned Rat for Warhammer and Baldur’s Gate for Dungeons & Dragons springs to mind, but they are vanishingly rare whilst less faithful adaptations…
Read MoreTabletop strategy games being transformed into the virtual world have had a checkered history. When done well, these are fun and fantastic games – Shadows of the Horned Rat for Warhammer and Baldur’s Gate for Dungeons & Dragons springs to mind, but they are vanishingly rare whilst less faithful adaptations…
Read MoreBefore I begin, I’d like to clarify my skill when it comes to strategy games. I’m the person who in Chess, thinks it’s a good idea to take the opponent’s king with an army of pawns. So when it came to Combat Mission: Touch, I was way out of my…
Read MoreBefore I begin, I’d like to clarify my skill when it comes to strategy games. I’m the person who in Chess, thinks it’s a good idea to take the opponent’s king with an army of pawns. So when it came to Combat Mission: Touch, I was way out of my…
Read MoreRodeo Game’s Hunters 2 is a brave attempt at doing the tactics RPG style and throwing in a few fresh elements to the mix. Unfortunately it is up against some really, really tough competition, such as Call of Cthulhu: Wasted Land and Battle Academy. It falls short, but only just.…
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