Tag Archives: Strategy

Up to four games for Android, PC, Mac, and Linux are on offer in the latest Humble Bundle collection, which the charitable video game organization is calling its most “cross-platformiest bundle ever”. Available now where fine Humble Bundles are sold (hint: its website (opens in new tab)), the Humble Bundle …

December may offer the true climax of the holiday season, but in terms of new game releases, it’s very much the calm after the storm. Most of the giant blockbusters of the season made their way out between September and November, but the final month of 2011 isn’t barren by …

PC gaming has gone through a shift in the past few years. While analysts have been predicting its demise at the hands of pirates and consoles, the industry has adapted not by charging more, but by charging less. Now, publishers that scrambled to adapt their business to support console development …

Riot Games has released a Champion Spotlight for the newest champion to enter the league: Graves, the Outlaw. The gunslinger has some moves in common with other ranged characters like Miss Fortune, but his focus on close-range fighting makes him look fairly unique among ranged champions. As the video shows, …

We came, we saw, we conquered. And then we needlessly slaughtered our remaining foes while the game’s disturbingly cheerful victory music played in the background. Yes, we’ve been plotting and planning our way through Age of Empires Online, but we’re waiting to do a live test before we sign off …

League of Legends’ upcoming map is different. How different? Well, if the 5v5 Summoner’s Rift is a football field, and the 3v3 Twisted Treeline is a rugby field, then the 5v5 Crystal Scar, with its new Dominion game mode, is more akin to laser tag arena than anything we’ve seen …

Square Enix announced over Twitter (opens in new tab) that the long-awaited iPhone port of PSOne classic Final Fantasy Tactics will hit the app store this Thursday for $14.99. It’s not a universal port, and the company says the iPad version is still coming, but it’s “at least 1 month …

In an industry where technology marches relentlessly forward, developers that don’t adapt get left behind. A delicious new bit of tech comes along (like Rockstar’s Euphoria physics) and immediately makes the old way (like bodies that tumble as Tetris blocks) look positively antiquated. We admit, we’re spoiled, but who wants …

After last week’s combo of big titles like Shadows of the Damned (opens in new tab) and FEAR 3 (opens in new tab), it looks like gaming is entering its annual summer drought of retail releases. There are still promising smaller games like Catherine, El Shaddai, and Earth Defense Force …

When LEGO first introduced its real-time strategy game, LEGO Battles, the brick-stacking icon reminded us it can do more than the popular movie spin-off games that have grown into a golden goose franchise for the company. It proved that resource gathering, base building and amassing an army of fighters was …