We’ve talked a lot about 2013 in the video game space, but we’ve not really discussed much of the future. Given that the ...

Whether you’re a member of the PC Gaming Master Race or a couch-based console junkie, 2013 had a lot to offer in the ...

The temptation to just keep throwing more “stuff” into a strategy game can be very strong. More options! More maps! More items! It’s ...

I’ve been playing a lot of XCOM: Enemy Within lately and marveling at its use of acronyms. There’s MELD, EXALT, and MECs, not ...

In 1994’s XCOM: UFO Defense, you built bases all over the world to defend against the alien menace, upgrading them all along the ...

Lead Designer Ananda Gupta discusses the new resource, MELD, with The Escapist. When I heard there was another XCOM in the works I ...

Whether it’s clashing bushi and samurai in Japan’s Warring States period or English longbowmen and French knights in the Middle Ages, Creative Assembly’s ...

At the start of most game interviews with developers, they will ask if I played their game. Most of the time, I say ...

For many people, the Civilization series is the gold standard of turn-based strategy games. Civ V was a relatively simple 4X game you ...

Omerta is the best crappy game you’ll ever play. In case that’s not clear: It’s not good. Omerta‘s tactical battle mechanics are a ...

Almost a decade ago, the original Fire Emblem came out on the Game Boy Advance. This was actually the 7th game in the ...

It sucks when your character dies in a videogame, but it sucks even more when it happens during the opening cinematic. Mustachioed General ...