News by Matt S. Gaming Minds Studios and Kalypso Media have, for some years now, delivered a great little B-tier strategy/simulation series in Port Royale. The fourth game in the series now finally has a release date – we’ll all be playing it on September 25. Related reading: Our review…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. The recipe for a successful management sim is taking a scenario which everyone is familiar with, and which everyone has at one point thought “I bet I could’ve done better than the clown who was hired to do this.” STATIONflow is exactly this for the subtle…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Some indie developers take advantage of the small overheads, budgets, and team sizes that they operate with to deliver games that are creative and different. Liberated from the need to shift the kind of numbers that cause blockbuster publishers to homogenise everything they do, indies can…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. There was once a reason to buy into Xbox consoles if you were a fan of games from Asia. Not now, but once. The original model Xbox and Xbox 360 both enjoyed a surprisingly decent range of titles that were exclusive to those platforms. Kingdom Under…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. For a time the tower defence genre was a giant. It was when there was still space for premium-priced phone games, and people latched on to the simple – but challenging – strategy of tower defence as an the ideal time killer to make the daily…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Koei Tecmo has two properties focused on the classic Romance of the Three Kingdoms historical novel: Dynasty Warriors, and… Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Dynasty Warriors is an action series that takes the major characters of the novel, and then loosely re-interprets the events of the…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. Koei Tecmo has released the latest chapter in its Romance of the Three Kingdom series… and it’s a cracker. Perfectly blending accessibility with the rich, deep strategy we have come to love in the ROTK series, XIV also remembers the main reason people love this series…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I do wish Sony produced more games like Patapon these days. As a publisher, Sony’s energy and investment have pivoted hard towards the big blockbusters, and given that Spider-Man, Death Stranding, Uncharted and The Last Of Us sell consoles, it’s hard to begrudge the publisher for…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. Patapon 2, one of the classics of the PSP era, has been remastered for PlayStation 4, and it’s a reminder of just how creative Sony can be when it lets loose. Patapon 2 Remastered is a brilliant blend of strategy and rhythm game, with some stunning…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. There is no shortage of strategy game options on the Nintendo Switch at this point. From the lighthearted and casual (Wargroove, World Conqueror X) thought to the grand 4X, Civilization VI, and the truly hardcore, niche Realpolitiks, strategy fans on the go are more than catered…
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