29th April The Golden Horde
The Golden Horde isn’t your traditional run-of-the-mill real-time strategy game, and I’m not talking about its period setting.
Genre: Strategy | Our score: 6.8
21st April Fantasy Wars
Fantasy Wars is very pleasant to play, its easy to both play briefly and walk away, or to completely lose track of time in the 'just-one-more-turn' scenario.
Genre: Strategy | Our score: 7.2
14th April Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath
Kane's Wrath is a commendable expansion to an already-impressive game.
Genre: Strategy | Our score: 8.0
14th April Europa Universalis: Rome
Europa Universalis: Rome likes to you give you plenty to think about aside from just what province is next on your shopping list.
Genre: Strategy | Our score: 8.2
26th March Lost Empire: Immortals
Pollux have ensured that there is enough size and depth in Immortals to ensnare the PC 4X fan.
Genre: Strategy | Our score: 7.2
4th March Band of Bugs
All in all Band of Bugs was a good play, though how much replayability for the price tag it has is yet to be seen.
Genre: Strategy | Our score: 7.0
28th February Saga
Saga has moved away from the typical MMORPG to an MMO strategy and world building game...
Genre: Strategy | Our score: 8.0
21st February Imperium Romanum
Whilst Imperium Romanum doesn't do anything to reinvent the genre as a whole, it's certainly a well-refined product that's worth a look to veteran and first time players.
Genre: Strategy | Our score: 7.8
1st February SunAge
When I first saw the descriptions of SunAge this was a game that I wanted to like.
Genre: Strategy | Our score: 5.8
24th January Universe at War: Earth Assault
Petroglyph, encompassing many veterans of real-time strategy, has set their sights on the Universe but first they just couldn't resist raising a little trouble on our little blue and green planet.
Genre: Strategy | Our score: 8.2
10th December 2007 Empire Earth III
Empire Earth is striking the globe once again in this third reiteration, and this time around the whole World is up for a scrap.
Genre: Strategy | Our score: 5.8
20th September 2007 Blitzkrieg 2: Liberation
Unlike many other more generic games of its type, the whole Blitzkrieg corpus prides itself on its attention to historical detail.
Genre: Strategy | Our score: 6.7
17th September 2007 Sword of the Stars: Born of Blood
Sword of the Stars is unique from other turn-based space empire titles out there, the enormous sizes of the galaxies and their shapes set it apart.
Genre: Strategy | Our score: 7.7
3rd September 2007 UFO: Trilogy
The UFO series has gone from mediocre beginnings to something exciting. Now four years and three games down the line we have a shiny new trilogy pack.
Genre: Strategy | Our score: 7.5
29th August 2007 Galactic Assault: Prisoner of Power
It seems we have yet another laboured genre emerging: the futuristic, post-apocalyptic, stranded on an alien planet, turn based strategy-'em-up.
Genre: Strategy | Our score: 6.2
2nd August 2007 Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword
Corporations, espionage, scenarios, mods, empires, leaders, units, and wonders - Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword is one impressive expansion.
Genre: Strategy | Our score: 9.0
19th July 2007 DEFCON
Defcon is a deceptively simple multiplayer strategy game, the objective of which is simply to kill as much of the opposition civilian population as possible.
Genre: Strategy | Our score: 8.3
7th June 2007 Pacific Storm: Allies
Pacific Storm: Allies is an update to the original Pacific Storm release from last year. This was a war game that took a different approach to the theatre of war.
Genre: Strategy | Our score: 7.3
22nd May 2007 UFO: Extraterrestrials
The game retains the high replayablility factor of the classic games combined with updated graphics and smooth game play.
Genre: Strategy | Our score: 7.2
10th May 2007 Sparta: Ancient Wars
Many RTS games start off deliberately small, allowing gamers the room to find their directorial feet, and Ancient Wars: Sparta is no different.
Genre: Strategy | Our score: 4.8
10th May 2007 War Front: Turning Point
War Front: Turning Point really doesn’t do anything new for RTS games but it does take a neat story idea and combine it with some pretty cool units.
Genre: Strategy | Our score: 6.8
30th April 2007 Genesis Rising: The Universal
A confusing mixture of great ideas going unexplored and unusual gameplay elements poorly implemented, it's difficult to decide whether Genesis Rising is uniquely fascinating or a cerebral irritation.
Genre: Strategy | Our score: 5.3
20th April 2007 Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
Command and Conquer 3 - Tiberium Wars is a great addition to the franchise and many fans will be breathing a sigh of relief as it returns to more traditional roots.
Genre: Strategy | Our score: 8.8
4th April 2007 Galactic Civilizations II: Dark Avatar
If you're a fan of Dread Lords, then this expansion should absolutely be on your list to pick up as soon as possible.
Genre: Strategy | Our score: 9.0
30th March 2007 Making History: The Calm & The Storm
Making History the Calm and the Storm is the kind of game that a history buff, a war gamer, or the micro-managing gamer can really appreciate.
Genre: Strategy | Our score: 7.0
19th March 2007 Frontline: Fields of Thunder
Frontline: Fields Of Thunder details the biggest tank battle in the history with such devastating realism that you'll probably emerge from your room with specks of mud and blood.
Genre: Strategy | Our score: 8.0
23rd February 2007 Supreme Commander
It's big, it's beautiful, it's tense, it's fast, it's fun. Supreme Commander is the type of creation that makes you proud to be a gamer.
Genre: Strategy | Our score: 9.3
12th February 2007 Europa Universalis III
Paradox has been the soul of historical computer strategy gaming and with Europa Universalis 3 it proves to remain so for years to come.
Genre: Strategy | Our score: 9.2
9th February 2007 Maelstrom
KDV and Codemasters has a lot to be proud of in their latest creation, Maelstrom is a beautiful game filled with a lot of strategic talent and plenty of room for big pretty explosions.
Genre: Strategy | Our score: 8.2
25th January 2007 UFO: Afterlight
UFO: Afterlight is a great game that you'll find yourself unable to step away from because you have to research one thing more, or expand to one more territory.
Genre: Strategy | Our score: 8.0
15th January 2007 Ancient Empires Lux
Overall this is a great game. It's easily picked up and played for a few hours with a lot of options for replaying.
Genre: Strategy | Our score: 6.8
9th January 2007 Caesar IV
After a long 8 year break, Sierra has brought back one of the greatest city builders around.
Genre: Strategy | Our score: 7.8
3rd January 2007 Lord of the Rings: TBFME II - Rise of the Witch-king
The Rise of the Witch-king is a great expansion and worthy of the franchise as a whole.
Genre: Strategy | Our score: 7.8
28th December 2006 Empire at War: Forces of Corruption
Forces of Corruption is an absolute must-have for fans of Empire At War, it adds great new features and fantastic new units.
Genre: Strategy | Our score: 8.0
18th December 2006 Space Empires: V
SEV doesn't bring anything new to the table but it is a refinement of the genre.
Genre: Strategy | Our score: 7.0
15th December 2006 Star Trek: Legacy
The game comes with a network multiplayer mode, but given the lack of strategic elements within the game that really doesn't count for much.
Genre: Strategy | Our score: 6.3
7th December 2006 Blitzkrieg 2: Fall of the Reich
FoTR is a fairly run of the mill expansion pack that offers few new incentives in terms of missions or units, and it's not something for every WWII RTS gamer to snatch up.
Genre: Strategy | Our score: 6.8
6th December 2006 Massive Assault Network 2
Massive Assault Network 2 is a welcome addition to the strategy genre, offering a few new ideas sprinkled over a solid base of classic turn-based gameplay.
Genre: Strategy | Our score: 7.8
5th December 2006 Buccaneer's Bounty
Among this years offerings is the Cinemaware compilation of Buccaneer's Bounty, a set of three RTS/action games of trading, sailing, fighting and pirates.
Genre: Strategy | Our score: 6.8
1st December 2006 Warhammer: Mark of Chaos
Defend the Empires lands from the unrelenting, leaderless hordes of chaos or thrust your dark will and serve the Chaos gods themselves.
Genre: Strategy | Our score: 8.2
