505 Games, 1C Company, Best Way and Digitalmindsoft announced that a multiplayer beta test will be launch for the upcoming RTS game Men of War.

Men of War takes place during the height of World War II. The story unfolds across three different campaigns played out through the eyes of Soviet, Allied and German soldiers. Each campaign has its own structured timeline, telling a different story of WWII spanning across Russia, North Africa, Ukraine, Greece, Germany, Italy and the Pacific. The main Soviet campaign sees two student comrades, Smirnov and Kuznetzov, join the army and quickly become brothers in arms as they rise through the ranks and experience the rigours of war.

Silverlode Interactive has announced that it has now launched Saga, a new Massive-Multiplayer Online Real-Time Strategy (MMORTS) game set in a fantasy world with over 1000 online quests.

JanaLee Stocks played Saga from Swedish developer SagaGames. This massively multiplayer online game puts a slight twist in the genre by incorporating some real-time strategy elements, like unit building. So how does this merger of two genres pan out? The author shares her opinion.

Read the Saga review.

An unknown source has confirmed to Videgaming247 that Relic is currently working on Dawn of War 2, a sequel to 2004's epic RTS set in the Warhammer 40k universe.

Silverlorde Interactive announced this morning that it has opened its servers to all players for SAGA, the persistent World MMORTS. The first open beta test client can now be downloaded from Strategy Informer.

Slitherine announced this afternoon that it's developing a new hex-based strategy from the Commander series called Commander: Napoleon at War. No release date was given.

Sequel to the well-received "Glory of the Roman Empire", Imperium Romanum is another entry into the well established Roman Empire-based RTS genre. Emmanuel Brown plays and weighs this game developed by the RTS-centered Bulgarian company, Haemimont Games. Does this game expand the boundaries of the genre? Does it represent the genre well? Read the review to see what the author thinks.

Read the Imperium Romanum review.

We interviewed Boyan Ivanov and Boyan Spasov, game designers at Haemimont Games, about their upcoming RTS Imperium Romanum. Read the interview as we ask about game play changes and choices.

Read the Imperium Romanum interview.

A demo of Spaceforce Captains has been released. This turn-based strategy game, developed by Provox Games, "invites you to explore and conquer an entirely new space". Game play features include strategy, resource gathering and role-playing.

Download the Spaceforce Captains demo.

Space Hulk 1.0 full game released. Based on a 1989 board game set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, the original game (1993) was a first-person shooter. Since then, Teardown has decided to release a version of the game more true to the original board game. This version uses the Allegro Gaming Library as a basis for the build.

Download Space Hulk 1.0.