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Tempest Rising brings back memories of Command & Conquer

By Liam Dawe, Aug 16, 2023

Tempest Rising is an upcoming base-building RTS from Slipgate Ironworks and 2B Games with publishing via THQ Nordic and 3D Realms and a first playable preview is out with the first GDF mission.

Heart of the Machine from Arcen Games dropping Native Linux for Proton

By Liam Dawe, Aug 14, 2023

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Arcen Games developers of AI War, The Last Federation, Bionic Dues have said they're no longer doing Native Linux support for their upcoming game Heart of the Machine and will instead rely on Proton.

OpenRA has a new playtest with another Red Alert mission

By Liam Dawe, Aug 9, 2023

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The OpenRA developers are steadily working towards the next stable releasing to continue supporting Red Alert, Command & Conquer and Dune 2000 on modern platforms with full cross-platform play.

Heroes of Might and Magic III game engine VCMI 1.3 out now

By Liam Dawe, Aug 7, 2023

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Here's another fun open source reimplementation for you: VCMI is for running Heroes of Might and Magic III on modern systems with plenty of enhancements and a new release just went out.

Warhammer 40,000: Gladius devs new game ZEPHON has a demo up

By Liam Dawe, Aug 3, 2023

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ZEPHON is the upcoming strategy game from Proxy Studios who created Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War and Pandora: First Contact. For a limited time you can check out the first demo for ZEPHON.

Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition gets a free starter edition

By Liam Dawe, Aug 3, 2023

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Oh how I do love a good RTS. Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition now has a special free starter edition available on Steam.

Tactical RPG 'Arcadian Atlas' is out now

By Liam Dawe, Jul 31, 2023

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Arcadian Atlas is a 2D isometric tactical role playing game about the choices people make in pursuit of the things they love, and the havoc it wreaks on a kingdom.

Check out the upgraded demo for Cyber Knights: Flashpoint

By Liam Dawe, Jul 25, 2023

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Cyber Knights: Flashpoint is an upcoming squad tactics heist RPG, from Trese Brothers who created Star Traders: Frontiers and Templar Battleforce.

Xenonauts 2 is looking good on desktop Linux and Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, Jul 24, 2023

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The invasion continues. Xenonauts 2 is now in Early Access from Goldhawk Interactive and Hooded Horse and I've taken a look to see how it runs on desktop Linux and Steam Deck.

Airships: Conquer the Skies gets a DLC adding in captains and governors

By Liam Dawe, Jul 24, 2023

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Have you played Airships: Conquer the Skies? It's a game about building fearsome airships and land vehicles to give you the edge in massive aerial battles.

Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine fheroes2 v1.0.6 out now

By Liam Dawe, Jul 17, 2023

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fheroes2 continues to improve the classic Heroes of Might and Magic II, with a new release available now with plenty of tweaks and improvements.

MicroProse now publishing Dying Breed a retro RTS like Command & Conquer

By Liam Dawe, Jul 6, 2023

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Announced today, Dying Breed from Sarnayer that blends together the classic style and gameplay in the original Command & Conquer but with Zombies is now being published by MicroProse.

Character-driven tactical RPG 'Arcadian Atlas' releasing July 27th

By Liam Dawe, Jul 5, 2023

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If you love your turn-based tactical RPGs with an interesting story to follow, anything perhaps like Final Fantasy Tactics and the like you'll want to take a look at Arcadian Atlas.

Command & Conquer - Combined Arms - the huge OpenRA mod adds more missions

By Liam Dawe, Jul 4, 2023

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Easily one of my favourite game packs made with OpenRA is Command & Conquer - Combined Arms, bundling together the Allies, Soviets, Nod, GDI and the Scrin. A new release is out in v0.91 expanding the content a fair bit.

Aliens: Dark Descent is very real-time XCOM and I love it

By Liam Dawe, Jun 28, 2023

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Finally, another Aliens game to sink my teeth into. I've been playing Aliens: Dark Descent and overall I'm pretty damn happy with the experience.

Open source Theme Hospital game engine CorsixTH v0.67 gets a first Beta

By Liam Dawe, Jun 27, 2023

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Oh goodie, goodbye again free time. Remember the classic Theme Hospital? CorsixTH is a free, open source and cross-platform game engine to keep it looking good on modern systems and a new release is getting close.

The King's Campaign will be playable on Steam Deck and Linux desktop at release

By Liam Dawe, Jun 26, 2023

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The King's Campaign from Reverie World Studios and Bad Logic Studios is releasing July 13th, and they've recently detailed work to improve it on Steam Deck.

Pixel art RTS TFC: The Fertile Crescent adds in factions and dynamic music

By Liam Dawe, Jun 20, 2023

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TFC: The Fertile Crescent is a great fast-paced pixel-art take on an RTS, a little in the spirit of Age of Empires and similar games. The latest update is the biggest yet adding in a faction system.

Crusader Kings III: Wards & Wardens releases August 22 focusing on child rulers

By Liam Dawe, Jun 20, 2023

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Crusader Kings III is expanding again with a new event pack in Crusader Kings III: Wards & Wardens releasing on August 22nd that will focus on your children.

Dark Chess now has a Native Linux version available

By Liam Dawe, Jun 19, 2023

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Originally released on Steam back in February, Dark Chess now has a Native Linux version available and it brings some interesting sounding adjustments to the classic to really change how you play.

Category: Strategy