Strategy: Real-Time Strategy (Page 4)

News

Command & Conquer: The Ultimate Collection is the "first" collection to come to Steam, teases EA producer

Things that make you go, hmm…

March 10, 2024 Vikki Blake

The boxart for EA games The Saboteur, Command & Conquer - The Ultimate Collection, Sim City 3000 Unlimited, Dungeon Keeper 2, Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, and Populous lined up next to each other

News

EA classics including SimCity 3000 and Dungeon Keeper launch on Steam

Origin story.

March 8, 2024 Liv Ngan

An illustrated cut-scene from Cataclismo, showing a complex jumble of buildings on a mountain at night.

Feature

Cataclismo is a game of castle walls and terrible mistakes

Talking turkey.

March 5, 2024 Christian Donlan

Screenshot from the animated intro of Sonic Superstars of Sonic, Tails and Amy

News

Sega blames poor financial quarter on "weak" sales of recent games

But infinite wealth in the future.

Feb. 9, 2024 Ed Nightingale

Homeworld 3 ships flying above a planet in clear skies

News

Homeworld 3 demo available on Steam

UPDATE: But full game delayed again.

Feb. 8, 2024 Liv Ngan

the cast of final fantasy 7 rebirth on a mountain looking out at the large open area in front of them

Feature

What To Play | What to play this February 2024

It's a bumper month - here's what we recommended.

Feb. 1, 2024 Chris Tapsell

A squat, robust-looking castle close up and at night. Sconces light the wooden door and walls to either side of it. A small wooden footbridge leads over to the entrance.

Feature

Supporters | Five of the Best: Castles

Our forts.

Jan. 31, 2024 Robert Purchese

News

Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles gets March release date

Demo out end of this month.

Jan. 17, 2024 Ed Nightingale

Europa Universalis 4 map showing units placed on the land and water

News

Europa Universalis 4 subscription briefly skyrockets as publisher adjusts regional pricing

"There was, quite simply, a typo."

Jan. 17, 2024 Liv Ngan

Title artwork for Bloodborne: The Old Hunters. The player character sits before us on a chair, head bowed, sword held in scabbard across their lap. They wear typical Victorian travelling gear: long coat, long boots, tricornered hat. They sit alone in the middle of a large room lined by shelves and candles.

Feature

Supporters | Five of the Best: Secret levels

Shh.

Jan. 17, 2024 Robert Purchese

Two people from the Sea Peoples Sherden and Peleset factions added to Total War: Pharaoh

News

Total War: Pharaoh free update arrives next week

Formerly planned as paid DLC.

Jan. 16, 2024 Liv Ngan

A screenshot from the Resident Evil 2 remake showing Leon S. Kennedy wielding a knife as he tussles with a zombie.

News

Resident Evil 2 remake, Tiny Tina's Wonderlands headline January's PlayStation Plus Catalogue additions

Plus Shadow Tactics, Secret of Mana, more.

Jan. 10, 2024 Matt Wales

Montage of images from four games: Animal Well, Star Wars Dark Forces remaster, Harold Halibut, and FF7, behind the number 2024

Feature

The most exciting games of 2024

Year we go.

Jan. 4, 2024 Christian Donlan

An illustration showing the three friends of Mediterranea Inferno's story adopting a saintly pose, each with his own halo, amid a thick tangle of shadowy cacti.

Feature

Our personal top-five games of 2023

Mediterranea Inferno! Dredge! Hi-Fi! More!

Dec. 26, 2023 Robert Purchese

News

Peter Molyneux's Godus and Godus Wars are being removed from Steam

"We sincerely appreciate the incredible support from our players over the past decade."

Dec. 16, 2023 Vikki Blake

A screenshot from Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew showing a series of interlinking islands at night, a prominent skull-shaped formation illuminated near its centre.

News

Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew gets mod support in surprise final update

"Let your modding adventures set sail".

Dec. 15, 2023 Matt Wales

News

Creative Assembly apologises for "missteps" with Total War series, offers Pharaoh refunds

"We are listening."

Dec. 15, 2023 Ed Nightingale

Review

Against the Storm review - a perfectly chaotic city builder

Cloudy with a chance of mead halls.

Dec. 14, 2023 Ruth Cassidy

An illustrated image of a young woman running right to left in the hills, with musical notes trailing behind her.

Feature

What to play this December

Our recurring series curating the month ahead.

Dec. 4, 2023 Robert Purchese

News

Infinite Borders – "one of East Asia's most popular mobile strategy games" – is now available worldwide

New World Border.

Dec. 2, 2023 Vikki Blake

Three small fighter craft approach a distant mothership and huge storage facility in an asteroid field in space.

News

Over 20 years later, Homeworld 3 arrives in 2024

Delayed again slightly to March.

Dec. 1, 2023 Tom Phillips

A character holds a torch at night in Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin.

News

Planet Coaster developer Frontier refocusing on sims after low sales of Warhammer RTS

Three simulation games to launch over next three years.

Nov. 29, 2023 Tom Phillips

Teaser for the two DLC expansions for Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew featuring two new characters obscured by shadows

News

Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew developer announces final ever release

DLC drops shortly before studio closes.

Nov. 22, 2023 Liv Ngan

A screenshot from the underwater game Abzu, where a slight diver swims along with blue whales. There's a slightly simplified, illustrative look to the world.

Feature

Supporters | Five of the Best: Submerged worlds

Water conundrum.

Nov. 22, 2023 Robert Purchese

A skeletal-looking orc, with a huge spiky metal helmet, and a saw-edged sword, leers threateningly at the camera, so close you can almost smell its breath.

Review

Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin review - decent but disappointing strategy

Cruel, boys.

Nov. 22, 2023 Caelyn Ellis