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Some thoughts on 'Codex of Victory', the mix of turn-based and real time strategy

By Liam Dawe, 20 Mar 2017

I've spent some time playing the strategy game 'Codex of Victory' now it's fully released and it's quite surprising.

Some thoughts on Hard West

By Hamish, 17 Mar 2017

Hard West is a hard game to recommend to anyone unwilling to subject themselves to a trial by fire. If it were a horse I would say that it tried to buck me at every possible opportunity. It almost succeeded too.

Hyper Knights, a surprisingly fun and cheap mix of strategy and action

By Liam Dawe, 15 Mar 2017

I picked up a copy of Hyper Knights on a whim and it turns out this Early Access mix of strategy and action is actually quite good.

The 'Australian Summer' update for Civilization VI is now live on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 14 Mar 2017

As expected, although not in the same day I wrote about Aspyr teasing it, the 'Australian Summer' update for Civilization VI is now live on Linux.

Cossacks 3 for Linux has been delayed, yet again

By Liam Dawe, 14 Mar 2017

I really hope this is for the last time, but in all fairness the delay isn't too long this time. Cossacks 3 for Linux has been delayed until the 29th of March.

MachiaVillain, a mix of Dungeon Keeper and Rimworld is coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 10 Mar 2017

Now this has me excited! In MachiaVillain you are the villian, specifically you're building an evil mansion to trap innocent victims.

Stellaris is to gain some really useful features in the free patch coming soon

By Liam Dawe, 9 Mar 2017

Stellaris is a game I want to put a lot more time into, but lots of annoyances along with not enough content keep me from it. It sounds like the new DLC and free patch will fix a lot.

NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics, a shoot 'em up redesigned like a turn-based strategy game

By Liam Dawe, 9 Mar 2017

NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics sounds like an interesting game. It's done in the style of old shoot 'em up games, but turned into a turn-based strategy. A tactical shoot 'em up, if you will.

Faeria, the rather good free to play turn-based card battler has a final release and now official Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 8 Mar 2017

I've been waiting on this for a while now! Faeria is a free to play (don't pass it up yet) turn-based battler using cards.

Some thoughts on Blueprint Tycoon, the resource management sim

By Liam Dawe, 8 Mar 2017

I was gifted a copy of Blueprint Tycoon by a GOL follower a little while ago, so it's about time I took a proper look at it.

Crusader Kings 2: Monks and Mystics, now available

By BTRE, 7 Mar 2017

The latest expansion to the sprawling medieval grand strategy game has been released. Secret societies and orders are at the forefront of this one and, as always, a big free patch has arrived to all owners of the base game.

Codex of Victory, a turn-based strategy with real-time base building elements comes to Linux this month

By Liam Dawe, 3 Mar 2017

The developers of Codex of Victory emailed in to let me know that their turn-based strategy with real-time base building elements will release this month with day-1 Linux support.

Steel Division: Normandy 44 RTS announced by Paradox & Eugen Systems (UPDATED)

By Liam Dawe, 1 Mar 2017

Paradox & Eugen Systems have today announced their new RTS 'Steel Division: Normandy 44' and it will have Linux support. UPDATE: It will not have Linux support.

Total War: WARHAMMER has two free new content packs available (UPDATED)

By Liam Dawe, 1 Mar 2017

Total War: WARHAMMER has two new free content packs available to download and one of them has quite a few features! UPDATE: They are now actually live!