1st March 2006, 2006 The Battle for Wesnoth
The Battle for Wesnoth is a turn-based strategy game with a fantasy theme. Build up a great army, gradually turning raw recruits into hardened veterans. In later games, recall your toughest warriors and form a deadly host against whom none can stand! Choose units from a large pool of specialists, and hand-pick a force with the right strengths...
Genre: Strategy
1st March 2006, 2006 Dune 2000
Dune 2000 places you in the role of a military commander for either of three factions warring for the right to rule the planet Arrakis, a.k.a. Dune. In the world of Dune (based on Frank Herbert's excellently classic novels), interstellar travel is made possible by the ingesting of Spice. Spice, unfortunately, is found on only one planet, that of...
Genre: Strategy
27th February 2006, 2006 Steel Panthers: Main Battle Tank
Players can fight large or small tactical battles covering the years 1946-2020 with 74 nations. (90 when we release ver2.0). There are 36 scenarios and 1 special linked campaigns , expanded and extremely detailed OOB's, improved graphics, long Campaigns and 15 levels of terrain on maps that can now be set from a minimum of 20 hexes wide and 40...
Genre: Strategy
27th February 2006, 2006 Genesis
Genesis has evolved out of Wizards and Warlocks developed by independent game company Blue Gecko Entertainment – creators of Galactica , an MMO space conquest game. A new round called Osiris is accepting player sign ups now and will start on Thursday March 2nd. During this Beta round magic spell casting will be introduced. The...
Genre: Strategy
27th February 2006, 2006 Mount & Blade
Mount&Blade is a single-player, third- or first-person action/role-playing game with a focus on medieval combat. Developed by the Turkish development house TaleWorlds Entertainment, the BETA version of the game has received acclaim worldwide by gamers impressed by everything from the realistic horseback combat to the sandbox gameplay. The latter...
Genre: Strategy
25th February 2006, 2006 Panzer Command: Winter Storm
3D World War II Tactical Combat! Germans and Soviets! A historical operation that had the opportunity for offense and defense for both sides in the midst of a strategic turning point for the Eastern Front. This game has some splendid visuals in addition to having historical stats and tactics. It also has a campaign for each side, which allows...
Genre: Strategy
19th February 2006, 2006 Europa Universalis III
Europa Universalis III delves deeply into the areas of exploration, trade, warfare and diplomacy. This soon-to-be classic PC Strategy title will be characterized by immense depth and historical content that charge its challenging gameplay with incredible replayability value.
Key features:
Players can enjoy over 300 years...
Genre: Strategy Our score: 9.2
11th February 2006, 2006 Frontline Nation
Unprecedented war is upon modern Europe. Former alliances have withered and every nation is now on their own. Nationalism and militarism dominates the politics, which has allowed sinister leaders to take charge. Secretly they build their armies and make up plans how to annihilate their enemies. Rule over one of the countries, and use your...
Genre: Strategy
8th February 2006, 2006 Starport Galactic Empires
As captain of your own ship the path to victory is as open as the space around you. Trade, fight, and found planet bases to generate enough power and wealth to control the galaxy. Arm and outfit your ship with cargo holds, weapons, and shields of various types and strengths and remember, the greater the risk, the greater the reward. ...
Genre: Strategy
8th February 2006, 2006 Empire of Magic
Set in a fantasy realm where dragons are the deadly pets of evil overlords and armies of armour clad knights do battle with skeletons and demons, the player is immediately immersed into a world where even the initial training mission can present a serious life or death situation!
Genre: Strategy
3rd February 2006, 2006 Cult of Mithras
Cult of Mithras takes you on an epic journey through Roman mythology. Can you keep the gods happy and find your way to Elysium? A downloadable mini expansion for Legion Arena.
Genre: Strategy
30th January 2006, 2006 Alliance: Future Combat
The year is 2008. The area between Iran, Afghanistan, India and China has become the Democratic Republic of North Djombystan (DRND). Seeking financial aid from the United States, DRND's leaders allowed the US military to build a top-secret subterranean base on their territory. But even DRND's government is unaware that the heavily fortified base...
Genre: Strategy
25th January 2006, 2006 Star Trek: Legacy
Star Trek: Legacy places you in the role of the Admiral of a task force of warships, which you control in small and large-scale battles. Test your strategic and tactical skills in real-time combat featuring authentic spaceships, full damage modeling, and spectacular visual effects. The storyline in Legacy spans the entire Star Trek Universe,...
Genre: Strategy Our score: 6.3
24th January 2006, 2006 PSI: Syberian Conflict
In 1908 spaceship carrying being of powerful alien race - Evolons crash-lands on Earth. Humans named this incident Tunguska meteorite. After more than half a century rescue expedition arrives. It's main task is to find their leader. However, they encounter unforeseen obstacle - natives. Appearance of aliens in Siberian tundra in the height of...
Genre: Strategy
23rd January 2006, 2006 Glory of the Roman Empire
Glory of the Roman Empire is an empire-building simulation set during the height of the glorious Roman Empire in which the player assumes the roles of city planner, governor and military leader. Successful players will need planning skills, economic savvy and -- should those fail -- military might. Glory of the Roman Empire will challenge gamers...
Genre: Strategy Our score: 8.0
21st January 2006, 2006 Medieval 2: Total War
Set between 1080 and 1503, one of the most formative and fractious periods in European history, Medieval 2: Total War plunges you into a turbulent era of religious conflict, brutal hand-to-hand warfare and political cunning. Battle will rage across Europe, the Middle East and eventually the New World as you encounter the mysterious Aztecs. A...
Genre: Strategy Our score: 9.3
21st January 2006, 2006 DEFCON
Global Thermonuclear War is imminent. Be sure you're not the one to lose.
Genre: Strategy Our score: 8.3
19th January 2006, 2006 Close Combat RAF Regiment
CCRAFRegt is a modification of CCM (Close Combat Marine) under License from Destineer, for the British RAF Regiment, and will become part of their training programme as a TDS (Tactical Decision-making Simulator) at the Squad or Small Team level. This is also part of the ongoing work on our own engine Synision© powering a new simulation...
Genre: Strategy
17th January 2006, 2006 Birth of America
Scope of the game covers all of North America, from Florida to Quebec and New England to Mississipi, from 1755 to 1783. Game map is divided into more than 700 provinces, with a great diversity of terrain, climates and civilization levels. There are two camps fighting each other in all of the game's 10 scenarios. Game turns correspond to...
Genre: Strategy Our score: 6.2
8th January 2006, 2006 Massive Assault Network 2
Massive Assault Network 2 is tailored to get players immersed in instant online play action: game can be started with a single mouse click now and AI opponents make sure player always has someone to fight with. Being offered as "game for smart strategic players" Massive Assault Network 2 will not let casual gamers down: friendly online AI...
Genre: Strategy Our score: 7.8
26th December 2005, 2005 Command & Conquer The First Decade
Command & Conquer The First Decade is more than just another title in the C&C series. This is a monumental milestone in the lineage of the franchise—marking ten remarkable years of passionate fan dedication from one of the largest gaming communities.
Genre: Strategy Our score: 7.7
21st December 2005, 2005 Modern Naval Battles- World War II at Sea
Attack, Defend, Plan and Organize your fleet and then Attack some more! Modern Naval Battles – World War Two at Sea is an easy, fast and fun game offering accessable gameplay, a host of options and tons of naval action! Modern Naval Battles- World War II at Sea is based off the Dan Verssen Games’s Modern Naval Battles Card Game....
Genre: Strategy
16th December 2005, 2005 Galactic Dream
Galactic Dream, a space-based strategy game in which four species are fighting for their very survival. This game brings you the shaped wings of your very galactic dreams: you will command star-ships and terrifying space monsters in real time, choosing your side next to the in fatuous Terran Galactic Federation, Aldarian Warfleets, Sandking...
Genre: Strategy
14th December 2005, 2005 UFO: Afterlight
UFO: Afterlight is a mixture of squad based tactical action and global strategy with the gamer controlling the actions of elite ground troops, and the running and construction of an intricate network of interlinking bases while collecting resources.
UFO: Afterlight takes us to Mars, where a human colony has been built with the help of...
Genre: Strategy Our score: 8.0
11th December 2005, 2005 Hamwars
Hamwars is an MMO RTS allowing players to compete against each other in a massive generated universe. The game supports both small games on a short time scale with a handful of players (in the vein of traditional board games) and massive games with hundreds of players on a more persistant basis. The RTS aspect involves managing and developing...
Genre: Strategy
7th December 2005, 2005 1914 - The Great War
The player takes on the career of an officer in World War I. This main character is assigned by his superior to various posts along the fighting fronts of Western Europe, where he must prove his strategic abilities. The game features two campaigns consisting of 15 exciting missions each, all based on original battles. To begin with, players must...
Genre: Strategy
7th December 2005, 2005 Act of War: High Treason
With the first expansion pack for the critically acclaimed Act of War: Direct Action, Eugen Systems and Atari are introducing a massive amount of new features and content to enhance and extend the overall experience.
Naval Combat
The new naval combat in provides a fully-fledged modern naval RTS within Act of War. With over a dozen...
Genre: Strategy
6th December 2005, 2005 101: The Airborne Invasion of Normandy
101 simulates the chaos of an airborne drop very well, and the level of detail is tremendous.
Genre: Strategy
5th December 2005, 2005 War Plan Orange: Dreadnaughts in the pacific 1922-1930
The year is 1922, World War I has come to a close but tensions still run high. The United States, fearing the worst, developed a system of plans for a potential war in the Pacific against Japan. In the real world most of these plans never saw the light of day, but in War Plan Orange: Dreadnoughts in the Pacific 1922-1930, the conflicts that...
Genre: Strategy
4th December 2005, 2005 A Fistful Of Gold
Somewhere in Europe, twilight of the Middle Ages. A king has died leaving no heir and the whole country plunged in chaos. Law is being made by the strongest and justice has hidden in little towns, ruled by self-appointed sheriffs. They're nowhere close to a decency, but at least under their greedy supervision people get some degree of safety. ...
Genre: Strategy
3rd December 2005, 2005 Inhabited Island: The Earthling
The story unfolds, after Maxim destroyed the Center (Central Broadcast Station) and the Land of Fathers army was defeated in the North. Having lost effect of mind control transmissions, the most part of inhabitants faced collective hangover and fell into state, similar to coma. The Khontis seized the opportunity and attacked the country from the...
Genre: Strategy
2nd December 2005, 2005 Total Annihilation Sequel
It's being developed in Korea by Phantagram. No more info available.
Genre: Strategy
2nd December 2005, 2005 Battlestations: Midway
Battlestations: Midway is a real-time 3D tactical/strategy game that adapts the naval battles of the Second World War. It introduces how the naval warfare changed during WW2 - from the dreadnaughts protecting the memory of Battle of Jutland to the forerunners of modern carriers. The player may control different vessels in real or hypothetical...
Genre: Strategy
11th November 2005, 2005 Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space
Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space is a grand space opera that will take you from a down and out starship captain to an amazing intergalactic hero whose renown travels light speed ahead of you! Set in a randomly generated universe of endless possibilities, this single-player experience will let you explore new worlds, meet exotic aliens,...
Genre: Strategy Our score: 7.0
4th November 2005, 2005 Maelstrom
Maelstrom takes place on the devastated future Earth of 2040 where an alien invasion has triggered an apocalyptic ecological disaster. In this savaged world water has become the most valuable of resources and divided the remaining humans into two factions. Now, they must wage war against the invaders and each other in a desperate struggle for...
Genre: Strategy Our score: 8.2
27th October 2005, 2005 Quantum Legacy: Initial Tactics
The Quantum Legacy universe will include two titles. The first is "Quantum Legacy: Initial Tactics". The final release will contain a complex single player story and death-match multiplayer options. In addition to being a true 3D, crossplatform RTS experience playable within any browser or as a standalone product, it will also feature a...
Genre: Strategy
25th October 2005, 2005 Horse & Musket 2: Prussia's Glory
Prussia's Frederick the Great (1712-1786) came to power in 1740 as ruler of a small country in Europe that would soon dominate the world stage and influence European history for decades to pass. A brilliant mind, Frederick sponsored such intellectuals as Voltaire at his court, and even gave the construction of the pianos of Silbermann a helping...
Genre: Strategy Our score: 5.3
25th October 2005, 2005 Horse and Musket
Directly descended from the highly acclaimed Dragoon and winner of the prestigious Charles S. Roberts award for Best Pre-20th Century Era Computer Wargame, Horse and Musket is the wargamer's dream game of 18th century warfare. Covering the entire spectrum of conflict during the era players will be immersed in the battlefields of yesterday from...
Genre: Strategy
22nd October 2005, 2005 Dynasty Warriors 4 Hyper
Grudge and a new rebellion mutiny bring an end to the four hundred year reign of the Han dynasty. The once noble empire of China crumbles into three warring states. In this latest of the Dynasty Warriors saga, honour and loyalty in the face of adversity serve as the game's theme. Obligations to one's lords and allies guide these ancient warriors...
Genre: Strategy
17th October 2005, 2005 The Star and the Crescent
On October 6th, 1973, the Jewish state of Israel was attacked by the coordinated forces of Egypt and Syria, with an additional nine Arab states actively supporting the actions of Egypt and Syria. The launch of the attack came on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, Yom Kippur, which the war later became known as. The Israelis faced...
Genre: Strategy Our score: 5.0
