If you're looking for space 4X I recommend Galactic Civilizations II over Endless Space. I'd even recommend GC 3, but I don't know how big a fan of 4X games you are and it still needs some work and it is more expensive.

As I said before I'm not that much into 4x games... althought I could say that for almost every genre I play.

I'll look for some videos on Youtube to see how it plays.

Thanks.

@Rhonin: I've found a demo of Gal.Civ. 2! Now I have a better way to decide if I get the game or not. That's one the great things from the old times, that games had demos.

The News:

1-Mods

• Morrowind Rebirth 3.5 released, adds toilets http://www.pcgamer.com/morrowind-rebirth-35-released-adds-toilets/

• Super Mario ReMaker – PC Demo Now Available http://www.dsogaming.com/news/super-mario-remaker-pc-demo-now-available/

2-Gaming News

STEAM SURVEY – 29% OF STEAM USERS RUNNING WIN10, 54% OWNING NVIDIA GPU, 67% OWNING DX12 SYSTEM

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/steam-survey-29-of-steam-users-running-win10-54-owning-nvidia-gpu-67-owning-dx12-system/

Steam’s November 2015 Hardware Survey has been revealed and some really interesting details can be extracted from that survey. According to the monthly survey, 29% of Steam users are running Windows 10. And let us tell you this is a huge jump compared to Steam’s August stats. Back in August, 17% of Steam’s users were running Windows 10. Therefore, we’re looking at a 59% increase in just 3 months.

>>Check out zero's thread to better discuss about this story: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=211817

TWO NEW BATTLEBORN HEROES HAVE BEEN REVEALED

http://www.pcgamer.com/two-new-battleborn-heroes-have-been-revealed/

The two new Battleborn heroes revealed today on IGN are about as different from one another as they could possibly be. The shotgun-toting bruiser named Trevor Ghalt is a respected and well-liked military veteran who was among the first to recognize the grave threat facing the universe, while the stealthy assassin Deande served as the Spymaster for the Jennerit Empire for more than 1000 years before it fell under the control of the villainous usurper Lothar Rendain. But both are equally central to the game's story.

LIFE IS FEUDAL: YOUR OWN GETS WET AND COLD WITH NEW WEATHER EFFECTS

http://www.pcgamer.com/life-is-feudal-your-own-gets-wet-and-cold-with-new-weather-effects/

The medieval MMO Life is Feudal: Your Own has embraced its "realistic" bona fides a little more tightly with the addition of seasonal weather that have a real impact on the game. Rain is great for plant growth but livestock prefers sunny days, and of course snow can be fun in small doses but for the most part is just an all-around hassle.

>>Here's a video showing the new effects: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z4rvkQ5_rI

SPEEDRUNNER BEATS FALLOUT: NEW VEGAS IN 20 MINUTES

http://www.pcgamer.com/speedrunner-beats-fallout-new-vegas-in-20-minutes/

Want to see a guy beat Fallout: New Vegas in 20 minutes? Then you should watch this video of speedrunner Kungkobra, who set a new record by blowing through the entire thing in precisely 20 minutes and 47.6 seconds.

>>I don't know about you, but I've never fully understood the reason to do this speedrun things. Can't they just enjoy the game? Anyway, here's the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83Y0LK1yDnU

FAR CRY PRIMAL'S ESRB RATING PROMISES TORTURE, MUTILATION, AND SEX

http://www.pcgamer.com/far-cry-primals-esrb-rating-promises-torture-mutilation-and-sex/

Far Cry Primal has the potential to be legitimately interesting. It's “definitely a Far Cry game,” as we declared in our hands-on earlier this month, but it's set in the Mesolithic era, so you'll be playing as a primitive human hunter—a caveman, basically—armed with rocks, clubs, bows, and a pseudo-magical ability to tame and command animals. It also means that your motivations for killing will be different than in previous games in the series. As Creative Director Jean-Cristophe Guyot said in a recent developer's blog, “It's not war, but survival.”

CONSORTIUM: THE TOWER TRAILER REVEALS JANUARY KICKSTARTER DATE

http://www.pcgamer.com/consortium-the-tower-trailer-reveals-january-kickstarter-date/

The last time we checked in on Consortium: The Tower Prophecy, it was still called Consortium: The Tower Prophecy, and not just Consortium: The Tower, as it is now known. The ambitious sequel to Interdimensional Games' immersive sim Consortium (which is currently very cheap on Steam) has a new teaser trailer, one that reveals the date of the forthcoming Kickstarter campaign.

>>Here's the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWTWJYXZvq8

GOG HOLDS INTERPLAY SALE, BUT REMOVES DESCENT FROM STORE

http://www.pcgamer.com/gog-holds-interplay-sale-but-removes-descent-from-store/

Yeah yeah, Steam sale, but if you're in the mood for Old Games (the 'Good' part is debatable), you might want to check out GOG's Interplay sale. The retailer has discounted lots of classic/ancient PC games including MDK, Messiah, Stonekeep, Lionheart and....OK, so it's not the best sale in the world. I mainly find it interesting because of what's missing: namely, Descent 1, 2 and 3, which have mysteriously vanished from the store.

Hey Slimebeast! When you made those questions I told you what I knew back then:

But it turns out that i5 processors can also be overclocked!

http://www.kitguru.net/desktop-pc/gaming-rig/matthew-wilson/ocuk-now-has-8pack-approved-overclocked-bundles/

The first 8Pack Approved bundle features an Intel Core i3-6100 at 4.5GHz paired with an air or liquid CPU cooler of your choice, along with an Asus Z170-E motherboard and up to 16GB of DDR4 RAM clocked at 2666MHz for £283.97. The second bundle features the same motherboard and RAM but bumps the processor up to an Intel Core i5-6400 clocked at 4.4 GHz for £329.95.

The i5-6400 has a clockspeed of 2.7GHz and I doubt you'll be able to get a 4.4GHz overclock without water, but 3.2 or a bit higher shouldn't be impossible on air.

New info regarding AMD's next GPUs!
(I know I always post AMD news, but I can't post anything else until something leaks from Nvidia)

AMD’s Next-Generation Polaris GPU Architecture Codename Leaked

http://wccftech.com/amd-polaris-gpu-architecture-leaked/

AMD Polaris Next Generation Graphics Architecture is 2.5 Times ‘Brighter’ Than Its Predecessor

http://wccftech.com/amd-polaris-2-5-times/

@Gchip Polaris is 2.5 times brighter today than when Ptolemy observed it in 169 A.D

https://t.co/Qgf6C89dSN

— Raja Koduri (@RajaXg) November 26, 2015

To summarize all the names involved in AMD's next graphic cards:

• AMD's Next Family of cards_ Artic Islands
• Graphics Architecture_ Polaris (it can be the name given to GCN 2.0 to avoid confusion with previous GCN iterations)
• GPUs codenames_ Greenland (high end), Ellesmere (mid-range) and Baffin (low-end)

Let's go with the last news of the year:

1-Mods/Emulators

• Grand Theft Auto V – “The Pinacle Of V” Mod Has Been Shut Down Due To Fraud http://www.dsogaming.com/news/grand-theft-auto-v-the-pinacle-of-v-mod-has-been-shut-down-due-to-fraud/

• CEMU – Latest Version Brings Performance Improvements & Working Sound In Mario Kart 8 http://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/cemu-latest-version-brings-performance-improvements-working-sound-in-mario-kart-8/

2-Gaming News

IAN MURDOCK – CREATOR OF DEBIAN & CTO OF THE LINUX FOUNDATION – HAS DIED

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/ian-murdock-creator-of-debian-cto-of-the-linux-foundation-has-died/

It is with a heavy heart that I inform you that Ian Murdock passed away on Monday night. Not only is this a tragic loss for his family and friends, but a great loss for Linux and the entire Open Source community. I offer my condolences to his loved ones.

GALACTIC CIVILIZATIONS 2 GETS SURPRISE MASSIVE PATCH

http://www.pcgamer.com/galactic-civilizations-2-gets-surprise-massive-patch/

Galactic Civilizations II is one of the best 4X games I've played—and I've played two 4X games, the other being the equally excellent Civ IV. But, regardless, it is magnificent, as Tom Francis' gripping War Diaries attest. Out of the blue, a giant new patch has appeared for the decade-old game, made with the help of the presumably-still-thriving community. The patch actually arrived a couple of weeks ago, but you might have been too full of chocolates and booze to care or notice at the time—I know I was.

SOMETHING STRANGE IS HAPPENING IN THE STEAM WINTER SALE

http://www.pcgamer.com/something-strange-is-afoot-in-the-steam-winter-sale/

On the surface, the 2015 Steam Winter Sale seems fairly mundane as these things go: Good deals, cute comic, but nothing we haven't seen before. But maybe—just maybe—there's more to it than meets the eye. The Steam Sale Detectives on Reddit have discovered a rabbit hole, and at this point there's no telling how deep it goes.

NEW RAIN WORLD TRAILER SHOWS OFF SEVEN MINUTES OF GAMEPLAY

http://www.pcgamer.com/new-rain-world-trailer-shows-off-seven-minutes-of-gameplay/

Rain World follows the travels of a creature called a “slugcat” (which is pretty much exactly what it sounds like) as it struggles to survive in a grey, grimy, industrial world. Despite that unhappy description, it's a surprisingly beautiful game, and in a year-end “holiday update” on Kickstarter the developers say they're continuing to expand on that with “two huge late-game regions filled with unique creatures and art.”

>>Here's the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVWPtsSPhzk

OCULUS RIFT WILL BUNDLE VR PLATFORMER LUCKY'S TALE AT NO EXTRA CHARGE

http://www.pcgamer.com/oculus-rift-will-bundle-vr-platformer-luckys-tale-at-no-extra-charge/

When I think about VR gaming, I generally think about flying or driving sims—games in which I'm seated in some sort of cockpit. (You may recall that CCP touched on this topic last year.) Platformers? Not so much. But Oculus VR announced today that the Mario-inspired, “made-for-VR” platformer Lucky's Tale will not only be an Oculus Rift launch title, it will come bundled with the headset at no extra charge.

>>Here is the trailer of the games, since most of you haven't heard about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqEm1fXBWKg

FINAL FANTASY 9 IS FINALLY COMING TO PC

http://www.pcgamer.com/final-fantasy-9-is-finally-coming-to-pc/

Final Fantasy IX, the secret best Final Fantasy title, is coming to PC, only 15 years after it released for the original PlayStation. Square Enix announced the news on their Japanese site here (thanks, NeoGAF!), and while there's no guarantee it'll release in the West, the fact that you can view that site in English makes me hopeful.

>>Yes!!! Discuss about this great story at Acevil's thread: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=211852

ALBION ONLINE DITCHES FREE TO PLAY MODEL, CLOSED BETA EXTENDED BY SIX MONTHS

http://www.pcgamer.com/albion-online-ditches-free-to-play-model-closed-beta-extended-by-six-months/

There are three different 'Founders Packs' that will let you buy your way into Albion Online's closed beta, but the game itself was going to be Free To Play at launch—I say 'was', because those plans have now been ditched. Albion Online will instead be Buy To Play, AKA That Normal Payment Model That Most Games Have, as announced in a forum post yesterday.

Welcome back Basil! I missed you

And I agree that it's wonderful news. I've only played three Final Fantasy games (7, 9 and 10) and 9 is my favorite.

Also, to all of you guys, happy new year!

I've thought about that, but I don't know which one should I start with.

But now it will have to wait until I get FF 9.

Now that was unexpected. Time to test the changes, I guess.

So it will be either FF IV or FF VI.

I've been trying the GalCiv 2 demo (ah, the good old times!) to decide between that game or Endless Space, and so far I'm inclined to buy the second one because of the UI.

If you try it, could you please tell me if there's been some changes to the UI?