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Prevent “Casualties of War” With the New XCOM: Enemy Unknown Trailer

by 266 days ago

While we wait until 2014 or so for the new XCOM first person shooter, 2K and Firaxis  Games, developers of the classic Civilization series, bring us a proper XCOM strategy …

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Steam Daily Deals for July 20th

by 303 days ago

Experience teaches us that in a fight between psychics and ghosts, the audience loses.  Most productions sidestep the issue by having the fight occur by proxy: Ghost Obi-Wan, Tangina, and …

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Amazon’s Summer Sale Begins

by 322 days ago

Take a moment to verify which digitally distributed version of Max Payne 3 you're choosing to buy for 50%-off this week, as Amazon has separate listings for the Steam and …

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Of Diplomacy and Espionage in Civ V: Gods and Kings

by 323 days ago

If the combat AI remains the most disappointing part of the Civilization V experience, the Gods & Kings expansion renovates the diplomacy system into one of the best.  It might …

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Civilization V: Gods and Kings Wartime Impressions

by 329 days ago

My civilization should be a smoldering ruin by now.  The Siamese, Polynesians, and the Indians have joined forces with their confederacy of city states to take me down.  In Civilization …

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Civilization V: Gods and Kings First Impressions

by 332 days ago

It’ll probably be a week or two before I feel familiar enough with the new Gods & Kings expansion pack for Civilization V to decide whether I like it or …

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Spies and Prophets Abound in New Civ 5 Developer Diary

by 335 days ago

One day before the release of the first full Civilization V expansion Gods & Kings, Firaxis developers Dennis Shirk and Ed Beach are back to discuss what customizable religions, espionage, …

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Lead Your Civ To Greatness with Civilization V: Gods & Kings

by 340 days ago

The expansion pack for Civilization V, Gods & Kings, is set to release in less than a week. To help give gamers an early look at all of the ways …

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XCOM: Enemy Unknown Video Shows Off Tactical Combat

by 348 days ago

After how well Civilization V  from Firaxis Games turned out, we have strong reason to be excited about XCOM: Enemy Unknown  which releases on October 9th for the Xbox 360, …

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Civilization V Goes Free-to-Play for a Weekend

by 360 days ago

If the 4X action of Warlock: Master of the Arcane wasn't enough for you, 2K and Firaxis Games have announced a free weekend for their popular title of the same …

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XCOM: Enemy Unknown Digs Deep

by 361 days ago

The best location for my first X-COM base might be the very first strategic pointer I took from a gaming magazine.  Central Europe had the highest concentration of participating nations …

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XCOM Dev: Permadeath is Good

by 383 days ago

The lack of a clear successor to the original X-COM has been one of the game industry's biggest mysteries for almost two decades now.  Even the company that produced the …

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