Warhammer Underworlds: Online – Warband: Stormsire’s CursebreakersSteel Sky Productions When Warhammer Underworlds: Online debuted almost exactly one year ago (April 21, 2021), it quickly gained a dedicated following who appreciated its highly strategic and nuanced gameplay. Not only has it managed to carve out its own niche (it’s one of the only card and dice…
Warhammer 40,000: BattlesectorBlack Lab Games / Slitherine Games Workshop has been accused by many for lending out its venerable Warhammer IPs a little too liberally. Indeed, many of the Warhammer 40,000 games I come across are digital versions of dumpster fires. However, one company that has captured the grimdark vibe of the Warhammer 40K universe…
FactorioWube Software LTD. Factorio, developed by Wube Software LTD., is a factory building game, with an emphasis on automation. In a reductive sense, the gameplay revolves around gathering resources and utilizing them to expand your factory base. You’ve just crash-landed on an alien planet and your goal is to ultimately build a rocket to launch…
Mr. PrepperRejected Games When Rejected Games first began working on their disaster preparation simulator, Mr. Prepper, back in 2019, they couldn’t have imagined just how timely it would become. After all, the thing that was 2020 was right around the corner. It’s interesting how art (or in this case, a game) can sometimes imitate real…
Eximius: Seize the FrontlineAmmobox Studios Two of the most popular genres of games that play out in real-time are real-time strategy games (duh) and first-person shooters. While fans of both of these venerated genres have had untold amounts of popular titles to choose from throughout the decades, not too many game developers have attempted to…
Surviving MarsHaemimont Games / Abstraction Games When Surviving Mars debuted back in 2018, it quickly became a must play game for people who love both the colony management, and city-builder genres. I’ve never been much into these types of games but tried it out anyway and got hooked. One major thing that sets Surviving Mars…
Forza Horizon 4Playground Games / Microsoft Games Racing games, like fighting games, have sort of lost my interest—mainly because they’ve largely been super-formulaic in their implementation with little in the way of innovation over the last couple of decades. Therefore, I hadn’t even been curious about trying out any of the Forza Horizon titles. Plus,…
Stronghold: WarlordsFirefly Studios The original Stronghold game was something special. It debuted back in 2001 and there hadn’t ever been anything like it before—you build up a well…stronghold, in Medieval Britain and although there was conquest and expansion through military pursuits, there were also prominent economic and infrastructure development elements. One thing is for sure—the…
Fights in Tight SpacesGround Shatter / Mode 7 As an action movie connoisseur, I’ve pretty much seen it all. But one film series that stood out to me was The Raid. The often super tight-quarters martial arts action showcased in them (especially in the first film) were fast, brutal, and unrelenting. No, there were no…
Chivalry IITorn Banner Studios Chivalry: Medieval Warfare debuted back in 2012 and filled a gap within the gaming community—large-scale, massed medieval warfare with soldiers and knights battling it out in bloody combat. Since that time, only a few other games have vied for that throne, including standout, 2019’s Mordhau. But developer Torn Banner Studios wasn’t…