Last time we saw End of Nations, Trion's massively multiplayer real-time strategy followup to its popular Rift, the core gameplay hearkened back to developer Petroglyph's old home of Westwood Studios and its Command & Conquer games. Yes, this is an…
- 81 days ago, 29 Feb 12, 6:30pm -

Back in 2002, the folks leading up development of next year's highly anticipated, high-flying FPS, BioShock Infinite, were hard at work on a game that never made it off the ground. It was a role-playing game crossed with a real-time strategy title…
- 24 Sep 11, 1:30am -

If you've been left unsatisfied by all the honorable, upstanding strategy games that have come out over the past year, you should brace yourself for a healthy dose of deception later this month. Focus Home Interactive has announced that Cyanide St…
- 7 Sep 11, 7:30pm -

Some of the best science fiction and fantasy stories contain elements of time manipulation -- Doctor Who, Braid, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Harry Potter, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure -- and Hazardous Software's new time-travel RTS, Achron,…
- 28 Aug 11, 11:30pm -

In reading online discussions surrounding Age of Empires Online, you'd think that the developers had taken to traveling the country with the express intent of running over kittens.Clearly, players have taken issue with this latest in the Ensembl…
- 16 Aug 11, 9:20pm -

We still don't understand how the time-shifting RTS game Achron works -- the concepts of rewinding, summoning reinforcements for things that haven't happened yet, and whatever other kind of chrono-frippery Hazardous Software has put into the g…
- 8 Aug 11, 8:00pm -

"Champions Alliance" was allegedly the title of the last project the soon-to-be shuttered Black Rock Studios was working on, according to a Eurogamer report. The game was allegedly a DOTA-style RTS, starring teenagers flung into an alternate dimen…
- 1 Jul 11, 5:00pm -

You will now be able to unlock premium civilizations through gameplay. More at massively.
- 2 days ago, 19 May 12, 1:50am -

The game is looking prettier and prettier. Check out the new trailer at joystiq.com.
- 11 days ago, 10 May 12, 2:04am -

A new MMORTS announced by Emobi Games with an announcement trailer. Not a lot to see yet.www.rockpapershotgun.com
- 17 days ago, 3 May 12, 11:02pm -

Ensemble Online, which bills itself as the first true MMORTS has begun a kickstarter for the project. Their current goal for funds is $20,000. Check out their kickstarter here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/semiformal/ensemble-online
- 44 days ago, 6 Apr 12, 4:37pm -

Spring break was last week, but whatever... Get Dawn of Fantasy for %50 off until April 1! Read on for the release...
- 54 days ago, 27 Mar 12, 3:58am -

Monetization gone mad. Doesn't sound like a game I want to play. Read the review.
- 65 days ago, 16 Mar 12, 9:10pm -

Some opinion and a lot of interesting comments at massively.com.
- 69 days ago, 12 Mar 12, 8:14am -

Speaking for myself, Supreme Commander 2 was easily my most anticipated title of 2010. The original game and its expansion, Forged Alliance, were worthy spiritual successors to their precursor, Total Annihilation, but had room for improvement. Still,…
- 18 days ago, 2 May 12, 1:04pm -

Not new-news as such, but I wanted to point readers and RTS nerds to this fantastic article by a fellow going by the pseudonym ‘Phantom’, over at gamereplays.org. However, it’s also an open document, that is, it is open to editing and contribut…
- 22 Nov 11, 3:55pm -

It is about time this blog got down to brass tacks about strategy, This post is the first in what is probably going to be a lengthy series on what fundamental principles and thought processes are behind the development of a strategy, in any context h…
- 10 Nov 11, 2:09am -

Many moons ago, I blogged about how RTS game designers should be learning from user interface design by searching far outside the narrow box of traditional games. For example, back when I blogged about this, many advanced shaping, drawing, formation,…
- 26 Oct 11, 1:50pm -

Evan Jensen looks at what constitutes game balance.
- 27 Aug 11, 12:30am -

Evan Jensen analyzes asymmetric warfare in game design — and what it means in terms of strategy.
- 26 Aug 11, 12:39am -

Luke's thoughts on the upcoming Starctaft 2 patch...
- 25 Aug 11, 3:00pm -