Strategy: Real-Time Strategy

Artwork of a female Manor Lords ruler with an image of her castle town in the background.

Feature

The Manor Lords publisher thinks we should all reject the "opportunistic and predatory" quest for a viral hit

A chat with Hooded Horse CEO Tim Bender about strategy games and letting devs cook

July 11, 2024 Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

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Some character art for Total War: Pharaoh's Dynasties update, showing men in helmets with gold shields and the biggest beards you ever saw, just the most fantastic beards

News

Total War: Pharaoh's enormous free Dynasties update gets a July release date and trailer

It's the "final content addition", says game director

July 9, 2024 Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

15 comments

A busy nightclub in All Walls Must Fall.

News

Moody cyberpunk “Tech-Noir Tactics” All Walls Must Fall is now free to keep on Steam

“When you love something - set it free,” says developer

July 8, 2024 Nic Reuben

13 comments

The key art for Manor Lords, showing a knight atop a horse observing a castle town.

News

Long Dark dev criticises Manor Lords for lack of updates, Hooded Horse CEO replies that not every game needs to be "some live-service boom or bust"

Medieval town-builder under no publisher pressure to expand

July 8, 2024 Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

48 comments

A red demon roars as his army charges forward in Total War: Warhammer 3

Guide

An absolute beginner’s guide to getting started with Total War: Warhammer and Immortal Empires

Plus what DLC to buy first depending on your favourite faction

July 5, 2024 Nic Reuben

Warring factions battle on a vast desert in Dune: Spice Wars.

Feature

The Rally Point: Spice Wars, Imperium, and the trouble with a Dune strategy game

Out with the old, in with Villeneuve

July 4, 2024 Sin Vega

34 comments

A still from the Total War Warhammer 3 Immortal Empires trailer, showing a white bearded dwarf looking very angry and pointing over a table at someone off screen

News

Colossal Squigs all but confirmed for next Total War Warhammer 3 DLC, plus big new toys for Ogres and Khorne

Upcoming expansions to be “focused on Immortal Empires specifically”

June 26, 2024 Nic Reuben

6 comments

A banner for the Steam Summer Sale advertises discounts while showing a sunny beach and a woman wearing a silly sun costume.

News

The Steam Summer Sale is due this week and promises "deep discounts", whatever that means

Goodbye pounds and pence

June 25, 2024 Brendan Caldwell

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Dwarfs and blimps in Total War Warhammer 3

News

Former Total War dev accuses Creative Assembly of "mismanagement" and says strategy series AI is "limited by design"

Rome 2 programmer says “leaders seemed to resent critical feedback and treated it as unwelcome"

June 24, 2024 Nic Reuben

23 comments

Feature

Supporters only | What it’s like returning to War Wind - a game I’ve been looking for for almost 30 years

Boncastalgia

June 21, 2024 Nic Reuben

12 comments

A screenshot of Battle Aces, showing two large Kraken units on either side of a base with lots of warring smaller units between them

Feature

Battle Aces is a fast and furious mechabug RTS from Blizzard talent that turns Starcraft into a game of cards

A blizzard of potential

June 18, 2024 Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

9 comments

A screenshot from Total War Warhammer 3 showing an ork wielding a weapon

News

Greenskins, Ogres, and Khorne are all coming in the next DLC for Total War: Warhammer 3

More details coming on the 26th

June 14, 2024 Nic Reuben

6 comments

A cyborg ship flies around in a red tinged nebula in Stellaris The Machine Age

Feature

Jacking in to Stellaris as a fanatical cyberpunk corporate cult in The Machine Age

Hack all the planets

June 4, 2024 Nic Reuben

23 comments

A screenshot of Mech Engineer showing a bestiary, view of a landscape, and several tabs of mechs and production facilities

News

Mech Engineer's demo is for people who love hateful interface design

Meching the best of it

June 4, 2024 Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

29 comments

Promotional art for Roblox game King Legacy, or King Piece, showing a character running towards the screen holding a glowing purple weapon in their teeth.

Guide

King Legacy codes list

Codes you can redeem in King Legacy for free Beli, Gems, and more!

May 30, 2024 Ollie Toms

Karanak the hound of vengeance in Total War Warhammer 3

News

Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus is getting a sequel and Total War: Warhammer 3 is getting a big red dog

Clifford? is that you? What have they done to you boy?

May 24, 2024 Nic Reuben

13 comments

A close-up of a battle-damaged capital ship in Homeworld 3 against a backdrop of floating wreckage

Feature

Supporters only | Nando's does difficulty better than videogames

How do we solve the easy/normal/hard problem?

May 17, 2024 Nic Reuben

18 comments

A spice plume emanates from the landscape while an Ornithopter flies nearby in Dune: Awakening.

News

Rumours point to Total War: Star Wars in the works at Creative Assembly

Rumours lead to hype, etc

May 17, 2024 Nic Reuben

84 comments

Spaceship action in a Homeworld 3 screenshot.

Feature

Homeworld 3’s performance is uneven, but can be spared the worst of spacefight slowdown

Set course for the settings menu

May 15, 2024 James Archer

1 comment

A comparison between various big lizards in Total War: Warhammer 3

News

Total War Warhammer 3’s frost wyrms are just shrinking because they’re cold, I swear, and other changes in new hotfix

The Dwarf's new grudge system now requires a little less breathless violence to appease

May 15, 2024 Nic Reuben

1 comment

Farmers till a wheat field in Manor Lords.

Feature

What did a medieval peasant’s raw, sour breath sound like? Manor Lords’ composers tell us

“Greg’s got a fantastic ear.”

May 13, 2024 Nic Reuben

7 comments

An enemy ship gets a good lasering in Homeworld 3

Review

Homeworld 3 review: a lavish and often gripping RTS that is overly reliant on playing the hits

I was tempted to exclusively call it the 'mommy ship' so consider yourselves lucky

May 10, 2024 Nic Reuben

70 comments

A pointy ship passes in front of a planet in Stellaris' The Machine Age expansion

News

Stellaris director insists “ethical use of AI is very important to us” after generating voices in latest DLC

“We're pretty good at exploring dystopian sci-fi and don't want to end up there ourselves”

May 10, 2024 Matt Jarvis

38 comments

A line of soldiers in Manor Lords crossing the countryside with a flag

News

Manor Lords gets its first big patch, with new taxes, animations and changes to trading

Also puts a stop to "overly high ale consumption"

May 10, 2024 Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

1 comment

A screenshot of a sprawling Manor Lords town looked in a green meadow.

Guide

Best Manor Lords mods

Enhance your Manor Lords experience with these useful mods

May 10, 2024 Jeremy Blum

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