Stardock's Derek Paxton explains how a new 64-bit engine can revitalize strategy gaming
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When Stardock announced Galactic Civilization 3 would be built on a dedicated 64-bit strategy-engine, the first and most obvious questions was: why?
Strategy games aren’t known for being on the cutting-edge of gaming graphics, and even games like Rome 2: Total War or Civilization V don’t always seem as spectacular as the Battlefields and Skyrims of the world. But that’s misleading, Stardock vice president Derek Paxton says. In many ways, strategy games have a very different, and more difficult, task than even the most impressive of shooters or RPGs.
Steam update lets you download games while you’re playing. Spare Humble keys now giftable
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Humans are bad multitaskers. The number of times I’ve tried to drink tea and shower and ended up with a watery tea and scalded chest, well, it doesn’t bear mentioning. (Note to imitators: life was made much less burny after I invested in one of these.) Till now Steam has modelled itself on mankind in that regard, downloading one game while playing another, while possible, was unintuitive. The latest update to the Steam client fixes that little problem.
Other snippets of Steam news are that Humble now let you give away your spare Steam keys and Project CARS are developing a version of the game to run natively on SteamOS.
The Indie Strategy Bundle
Listen up, you wannabe armchair general! Do you have what it takes to… take on the world? Then you better hurry and grab the latest Indie Strategy Bundle. Up to 11 games are waiting to be thoroughly conquered.
Begin With Something Simple: Lords of Xulima Interview
Lords of Xulima is quite an impressive indie project and who better to chat about the game than creator, Jesus Arribas. You will learn how this turn-based, 2D isometric RPG came to be and much more.
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