Strategy game news for Linux, SteamOS, Steam Deck - page 27

Minesweeper inspired game DemonCrawl gets an auto-sweeping online Arena mode

By Liam Dawe, 5 Jul 2021

It's Minesweeper, but not as you know it. DemonCrawl was already unique with the roguelite dungeon-crawling styled placed on top of the classic Minesweeper gameplay and now it's got a brand new mode.

Massive scale city-builder Songs of Syx gets a new world map, Total War styled conquests

By Liam Dawe, 2 Jul 2021

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After the initial Early Access success where Songs of Syx managed to quickly shift over 11,000 copies the developer has been toiling away on a massive update that's now in Beta.

Command & Conquer - Combined Arms blends many factions into one big package

By Liam Dawe, 2 Jul 2021

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Love your classic RTS games? I sure do and thanks to the power of the OpenRA game engine reimplementation you can try out Command & Conquer - Combined Arms which bundles many factions from different C&C games together.

The popular board game Brass: Birmingham gets the digital treatment

By Liam Dawe, 1 Jul 2021

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Brass: Birmingham, a popular board game that had a big and successful crowdfunding campaign which was the sequel to Martin Wallace's original game Brass has now been made into a digital game.

Planetary Annihilation: TITANS gets a new series of Fusion Updates

By Liam Dawe, 24 Jun 2021

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For a while now the newer team who have kept Planetary Annihilation: TITANS alive have been gradually updating the game as part of the "Unicorn" series, which they say is now over and it's time for Fusion.

Pawn of the Dead is a fun Zombie twist on Chess in the style of Battle Chess

By Liam Dawe, 21 Jun 2021

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Love Chess but want something a little different? Pawn of the Dead seems like it could be exactly what you want.

Prison Architect: Second Chances expansion and free update The Pen out now

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jun 2021

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Paradox Interactive and Double Eleven have released the latest Prison Architect expansion with Prison Architect: Second Chances and the free The Pen update for everyone.

Master of Orion inspired strategy Remnants of the Precursors had a new release

By Liam Dawe, 15 Jun 2021

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The original Master of Orion was certainly something special, and I personally put endless hours into the sequel. Remnants of the Precursors aims to play into your nostalgia and try to modernize the original mechanics.

Free and open source Settlers II inspired strategy game Widelands 1.0 is out now

By Liam Dawe, 15 Jun 2021

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The day is finally here after nearly 20 years, Widelands is a strategy game heavily inspired by the classic Settlers II and the big 1.0 release is out now.

Firaxis Games launch the Civilization VI Anthology Edition to get it all

By Liam Dawe, 14 Jun 2021

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Civilization VI Anthology Edition was recently launched as the easiest way to get all current DLC released along with the fulll game for Civilization VI.

Awesome pixel-art RTS The Fertile Crescent gets animals, waypoints and better performance

By Liam Dawe, 10 Jun 2021

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I will never miss an opportunity to mention The Fertile Crescent, a quality indie RTS with some wonderful pixel-art work that feels like a retro Age of Empires.

Widelands, the Settlers II inspired strategy game has a 1.0 Release Candidate out

By Liam Dawe, 9 Jun 2021

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Remember Settlers II? Well, Widelands has been going for a long time as a free and open source game inspired by it and they're progressing towards the big 1.0 release.

Crusader Kings III gets another nice free update with AI & Warfare Improvements

By Liam Dawe, 9 Jun 2021

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Paradox are continuing to expand the excellent Crusader Kings III with another free update out now, which expands the game in a few nice ways.

fheroes2 for playing Heroes of Might & Magic II adds The Price of Loyalty campaign support

By Liam Dawe, 8 Jun 2021

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fheroes2 is a game engine reimplementation project we highlighted recently for playing Heroes of Might & Magic II on modern systems, and they have a big new release available.

Wasteland 3: The Battle of Steeltown is out now with Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 4 Jun 2021

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inXile Entertainment have released Wasteland 3: The Battle of Steeltown, the first major expansion for their post-apocalyptic RPG and it's quite a big one.

The final DLC for Total War: WARHAMMER II will be The Silence & The Fury

By Liam Dawe, 4 Jun 2021

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Total War: WARHAMMER II - The Silence & The Fury is the name of the final DLC for the popular strategy game, since work will be shifted over to Total War: WARHAMMER III.

Total War: ROME REMASTERED gets a small first patch, devs looking into AI improvements

By Liam Dawe, 2 Jun 2021

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Total War: ROME REMASTERED had a bit of a rocky start to life but Feral Interactive, Creative Assembly and SEGA are planning to keep improving it which sounds good.

Creators of Warhammer 40K Gladius have announced their new 4x strategy ZEPHON

By Liam Dawe, 2 Jun 2021

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Proxy Studios, developer of Warhammer 40,000: Gladius and Pandora: First Contact have just recently announced their brand new upcoming 4x strategy game ZEPHON.

Free and open source RTS 0 A.D. Alpha 25 to release in June with feature-freeze imminent

By Liam Dawe, 31 May 2021

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Wildfire Games have given an update on the status of 0 A.D. Alpha 25, which they've now confirmed the feature freeze will begin on June 6 to focus on getting it release ready.

1998 classic strategy game Signus: The Artefact Wars sees a full open source release

By Liam Dawe, 31 May 2021

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Signus: The Artefact Wars, originally a commercial release in 1998 was later open sourced in 2002 and it just got an updated re-release with all the data too.

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