A confession: In my entire life, I have never played a single Anno game.  Oh sure, I am, at least, aware of the Anno series. The long-running strategy franchise is terrifically influential to many PC gamers, and it's hard not ...

It’s a tricky thing to maintain a long-running crossover franchise. On one hand, you need to take measures in order to attract newcomers. Whether it’s changing up the roster or lowering the barrier of entry, there are steps deve...

I just can't trust myself with some games, and simulation and strategy titles definitely fall into that category. The open beta for Anno 1800 is up and running on PC, but I'm afraid of what'll happen if I start playing. A "few minutes" turn...

Everyone's favorite board game is coming to Nintendo Switch! Asmodee Digital, the king of digital board game publishing, will be releasing Settlers of Catan for Switch on June 20, 2019. For the few who may not be aware of Settlers of Catan,...

While Civilization VI mixed-up quite a bit about the mechanics of the series, one of the more contentious changes among fans dealt with the visuals. Some people were turned off by the cartoonish look of the game and longed to have something...

The 4X genre is kinda hard to reinvent, the gameplay loop is hardwired into the genres name. You eXplore, you eXpand, you eXploit, and you eXterminate, badda bing badda boom. The only thing that really changes in the 4X genre is the setting...

As if we needed an excuse to sacrifice even more of our free time to Civilization VI, the time-sink strategy game now has cross-platform saves on Steam and Nintendo Switch. You can start playing hunched up real close to the warm glow of you...

After successfully playing around with industrial espionage in Gunpoint and spaceship heists in Heat Signature, designer Tom Francis is moving onto [checks notes...] wizards? Yeah, wizards. It makes a weird sort of sense. His next project, ...

Most of the marketing around Total War: Three Kingdoms, Creative Assembly's upcoming, Lu Bu themed installment in the Total War series, has been focused on the "romance" mode that the game has. Selecting that option allows you to experience...

Some games aren't afraid to chew you up and spit you back out. Darkest Dungeon, a turn-based roguelike RPG in which psychological stresses and all manner of status afflictions can bring down an otherwise promising party of adventurers, is o...

We'll have to hold out a little longer than expected for the next main Fire Emblem game. Nintendo confirmed that Fire Emblem: Three Houses will now arrive on July 26, 2019 for Nintendo Switch. On the bright side, now I'll have more time to...

We've heard of recent ports getting a sort of renewed vigor when they launch on Switch, but this is something else entirely. MuHa Games is reporting that their strategy title Thea: The Awakening, a rather obscure game that got buried in a s...

As Benjamin Franklin once said, "By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail." This was likely a mentality that visionary tactician Sun Tzu shared, but never wrote down so I can't quote him for this lede. Philosophical ramblings aside,...

Two Point Hospital has received an update that adds Steam workshop integration to the mix. Through the power of modern-day wizardry, fans can create and share their own mods through Steam's network to augment their experience. To kick off y...

While I haven't jumped on Wargroove yet, I'm super thankful Chucklefish has given Advance Wars fans something fresh to chew on. Don't get me wrong, I'll never grow bored of revisiting Intelligent Systems' uncomplicated turn-based GBA titles...

[Update: I made an error with the announcement of this DLC. The "United Front with Squad 7" pack was available with the collector's edition of Valkyria Chronicles 4 on consoles and eventually came to digital storefronts on December 23, 2018...

The Mario & Luigi series for me has always been a nice palette cleanser from the more nitty, gritty, stat-heavy RPGs that found their way onto my DS and 3DS. Where many RPGs bank on a player's appreciation for the minutia of buildi...

On Sunday, Bandai Namco aired a trailer within their free-to-play title Mobile Suit Gundam: Battle Operation 2 for a new, upcoming Gundam game. The new title turned out to be SD Gundam G Generation Cross Rays. Only offering a tease at the s...

Just before the turn to 2019, Star Control: Origins was removed from Steam and GOG due to a DMCA takedown notice from two of the creators behind the original series. Publisher of Origins, Stardock, took to the Steam community forums to to l...

With its upcoming release just over two months away, Bandai Namco has released a second trailer for Super Robot Wars T. Showing off footage of previously confirmed and new characters, the trailer also confirms the systems returning in this ...

Into the Breach leaves nothing to chance, nothing to luck. It tells you exactly what it's going to do, all the while daring you to stop it. And most of the time you can't. How frustrating yet fair. Into the Breach is Subset Games'...

[Update: Since the article has gone up, Bandai Namco has confirmed that the release date for Asia, which includes the version with English subtitles, will also be on March 20 for both systems. The pre-order bonuses are the same as Japan's, ...

The hilariously offbeat Two Point Hospital is getting some DLC today with the likes of Bigfoot. Along with featuring the mythical monster, this new DLC will contain a brand new selection of hospital in the "Point Mountains" region. These ho...

Back when I reviewed Planet Coaster, I brought up that Parkitect was just starting to take shape. Well, about two years later, that shape is solidified and the game has left Early Access. I've been following the game pretty closely, re...

The good people of Facepunch Studios are about to let their cutesy robotic turn-based tactics game Clatter out into the world. Some robots breathe fire, others bombard from afar, and when all else fails, there's nothing a well-timed rocket ...