REVIEW | STAR WARS: ZERO COMPANY | STRATEGY FINDS ITS STAR WARS

Star Wars has spent most of its gaming life selling scale. Star Destroyers crossing the sky, lightsabers carving through rooms, armies colliding while John Williams or somebody doing a very convincing impression of him makes sure you understand that Something Important Is Happening. star wars zero company chooses almost the opposite approach. Its best moments happen when the galaxy temporarily stops mattering and your entire attention shrinks to...

PUBLISHED | 3O.O8.IIO26

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CLICK & PLAY | PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: TIDES OF WAR

A modest pirate stronghold, several inexperienced crews and a sea crowded with captains who already believe it belongs to them provide the starting point for Pirates of the Caribbean: Tides of War. This free-to-play browser strategy game uses Disney’s familiar pirate universe as the setting for a persistent campaign of construction, resource gathering, naval expansion and multiplayer rivalry. Jack Sparrow, Will Turner, Captain Barbossa and other characters...

PUBLISHED | 14.O8.IIO26

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STAR TREK: VOYAGER | ACROSS THE UNKNOWN | FLYING INTO 1.7

Star Trek: Voyager – Across the Unknown has received Update 1.7, bringing the long-awaited Delta Flyer into the game as a fully integrated new mechanic rather than a simple visual addition. Players can construct the vessel inside Voyager’s Shuttlebay after upgrading the room to level three, although only one Delta Flyer can be built during a run. Once completed, it can accompany Voyager as a combat ally without reducing or dividing the rewards earned after...

PUBLISHED | 12.O8.IIO26

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REVIEW | CORSAIR COVE | PARADISE NEEDS SUPPLY LINES

A wooden settlement climbs the side of a tropical cliff while ships cross water so clear and inviting that managing another production bottleneck briefly stops feeling important. Rope bridges hang between rock faces, elevators carry goods toward higher platforms, pirates wander between taverns and workshops, and the entire bay resembles a pirate postcard that has somehow come to life. Corsair Cove understands the immediate attraction of its setting...

PUBLISHED | 3O.O7.IIO26

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CLICK & PLAY | NEPTUNE’S PRIDE | THE GALAXY NEVER SLEEPS

A fleet leaves one star and begins a journey that may take several real-world hours to complete. By the time it arrives, the neighboring empire may still be an ally, may have quietly reinforced the target or may have signed a secret agreement with someone preparing to attack from the opposite side of the galaxy. Neptune’s Pride is a browser-based multiplayer space strategy game from Iron Helmet Games, built around slow real-time expansion rather than...

PUBLISHED | 3O.O7.IIO26

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PREVIEW | ANVIL EMPIRES | FROM OPEN FIELD TO FORTIFIED KINGDOM

A fortress does not appear because one commander selected it from a construction menu, and an army does not remain effective because supplies arrive automatically from an invisible economy. Every wall, weapon, meal, transport route and siege engine in Anvil Empires is intended to exist because real players gathered the materials, organized the labour and carried the finished equipment toward a war that may continue for weeks. Siege Camp, the studio behind...

PUBLISHED | 29.O7.IIO26

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TERRA INVICTA: DARK SKIES DLC | TWENTY MORE YEARS TO PREPARE

An alien invasion does not need to change for the entire war to become unfamiliar. Change the Earth waiting beneath it, move the opening decades backward or shatter civilization long before the first extraterrestrial probe appears, and every political alliance, research priority and journey into space develops under different pressure. Terra Invicta: Dark Skies, the first major DLC for Pavonis Interactive’s grand-strategy invasion simulator, is now available on PC...

PUBLISHED | 28.O7.2O26

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PREVIEW | ZEROSPACE | STARCRAFT AMBITION, RPG IDEAS

A fleet gathers above the Orion Sector while rival civilizations, mercenary armies and political interests prepare to decide who will control humanity’s next frontier. ZeroSpace enters Steam Early Access with ambitions far beyond delivering another competitive real-time strategy game. Its developers are attempting to combine traditional base building and large-scale battles with a cinematic campaign, crew relationships, dialogue choices, cooperative missions and...

PUBLISHED | 28.O7.IIO26

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POMPEII: THE LEGACY | SISCIAGAMES DELIVERS A MAJOR UPDATE

A public square can reveal more about a city than its walls, warehouses or military strength. Siscia Games has released Update v1.009.0 for Pompeii: The Legacy, introducing the Plaza as a new buildable city element while also delivering a substantial collection of interface changes, gameplay corrections, quality-of-life improvements, localization fixes and engine optimizations. The update arrived on July 20 and was presented by developer Željko Kos as more than...

PUBLISHED | 26.O7.IIO26

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CLICK & PLAY | MARTIN SADILEK'S OUTSPACE | COSMOS IN A TAB

A browser tab does not normally suggest enormous orbital stations, real-time fleet battles, industrial supply chains and journeys measured in actual travel time, yet that unlikely combination is precisely where Outspace establishes its identity. Created by Czech solo developer Martin Sadílek, this free online strategy game places players inside a persistent three-dimensional universe that runs without a conventional installation while attempting to preserve the...

PUBLISHED | 22.O7.IIO26

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