After five years, super realistic RTS game with near-spotless reviews hits 1.0
It’s hard to imagine how XCOM 2, Firaxis’ peerless tactics game, could possibly be any more nerve-racking. But what if, instead of turn-based, it all took place in real time?…
Dieselpunk RTS Grit and Valor makes XCOM 2 seem friendly, and you can try it now
There are a lot of games centred on World War II, but precious few of them have mechs. I know I know, historical accuracy etc and so forth, I like…
Map-shifting mech RTS game Axon TD Uprising adds new PvP mode
Adapting your plans to suit the environment is fundamental to many of the best RTS games, but in Axon TD: Uprising you’re capable of shifting the very map itself to…
Tempest Rising Preview: An RTS That Takes Me Back to the ‘90s
The developers of Tempest Rising told us they set out to create a nostalgic real-time strategy (RTS) game that evoked the classics of the 90s and 2000s, with quality-of-life improvements…
Annihilate the Spance is a new space RTS game with “endless” units
Outer space seems like the ideal arena for an RTS game. An enormous expanse that lends itself to beautiful backdrops and offers up so much freedom for futuristic sci-fi themes…
Command and Conquer style RTS Broken Arrow has hit 800,000 wishlists already
The two classic Command and Conquer games - Tiberian Dawn and Red Alert - are still, to this day, my favorites in the entire RTS genre. But there are levels…
Supreme Commander remains one of the PC’s greatest RTS games, and it’s just $4
Command and Conquer. StarCraft Brood War. Age of Empires 2. The history of the PC is filled with magnificent, memorable RTS games - but I’ll always have a particular affection…
Dark Moon is a dynamic lunar RTS game that you can playtest right now
In the vast majority of base-building strategy games, things are pretty static. Sure, you can usually expand your reach far and wide or build multiple settlements, but everything tends to…
Age of Empires dev worries RTS genre “hasn’t changed much” in 20 years
Do real-time strategy games need a serious shake-up? Developer Dave Pottinger, who worked on Halo Wars and Age of Empires thinks so, and that the RTS genre has barely changed…
There’s no better RTS game than Command and Conquer, and it’s literally $2 now
The mechanics aren’t the most complex. That particular plaudit belongs to Civilization 6, or maybe Stellaris. Similarly, the strategies you have to use and the tactics of your enemies aren’t…