Right now the human race is pondering ways of achieving ways to leave our solar system and colonize other planets. Theories on how to terraform Mars or to set up a base on the moon are thrown around constantly. Despite the fact that we’ve yet to sort out our own planet, we already want to travel through space and seek out new planets and life. Stellaris, the new strategy game from genre veteran Paradox, lets you take control of humans or an alien race who embarking on their first forays into the universe, guiding them through the process of setting up a galactic empire, building a military, colonizing new planets, researching powerful technology, handling diplomacy and declaring way. It’s big and flawed and sometimes ugly, but at its core Stellaris is a compelling experience.
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How F*cking Good Is Civilization V!?
NOTE: this article does contain a few pieces of strong language. You have been warned. Just recently I ventured back into the shady and delightful world of PC gaming, having been away for some considerable time due to a simple yet fatal flaw keeping me away from it: a lack of money. Those of you…
The Merits OF XCOM: Enemy Unknown And How It Saved Me By Beating Me Viciously
Warning: a small amount foul language is used in this article. I’m going through a phase that I’m sure almost all gamers go through at one time or another. I keep looking at my shelves of games, my eyes rolling over the numerous fantastic titles I have, my mind reeling off what I love about…
How to Get a Job (Using Video Game Skills)
Games may improve our reflexes, increase our attention to detail and entertain the hell out of us, but when it comes to the real world many of the things that we’ve learned from our years of gaming are a bit useless, especially when it comes to the black art of trying to get a job…
Play Reality: How Videogames Are Changing Everything – Book Review
Release Date: Out Now! Authors: Jayne Gackenbach, PD.D, Teace Snyder, FTW! Pages: 100 As the newest media on the scene, videogames are almost continuously under scrutiny from both the media and from the general public. They’re often blamed for random acts of violence around the world, accused of making kids into lazy slobs and turning grown adults into…
L.A. Noire – Review
Release Date: Out Now! Developer: Team Bondi Publisher: Rockstar Singleplayer: Yes Splitscreen: No Multiplayer: No PEGI: 18+ It’s an all too rare time when we can speak of “performances” in games, of the subtle movements of the face that can convey so much more emotion than a thousand words. In this respect films have it…
Call of Duty Elite Service Announced. Multiplayer Remains Free.
Activision today announced their latest plans for one of the biggest names in gaming: Call of Duty. The shooter series is already notorious for its pricing tactics with Modern Warfare 2 and Black Ops retailing at a higher price than most other games, along with map packs usually costing more than other packs on the…
COD: Black Ops: Escalation Map Pack – Review
To ensure that Black Ops isn’t fading from your memory just yet, Treyarch have returned with the games second map pack which comes with four new competitive multiplayer and a Zombies map to boot, but this lovely package comes at big cost; a whopping 1200MSP to be exact. Worth it?
Interview – DJArcas, Creator of Fortresscraft
On its very first day Fortresscraft became the best selling Indie game in the history of the Xbox 360 by selling a whopping 16,000 thousand copies. In just seven days it generated more revenue than previous record holder, I MAED A GAM3 W1TH 1N IT!!!1, made in an entire year. If you want even more statistics…
Gears of War 3 Beta Now Available
It’s time for an incredibly short news post: the Gears of War 3 Beta is now available to download for those that still own the Epic edition of Bulletstorm. Simply stick Bulletstorm in the disc tray and load it up. Once you’ve downloaded the update the Gears 3 MP Beta button will be unlocked at the…
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