Tim and Al welcome Peter from the Perafilozof YouTube channel to examine the future of real-time strategy gaming. https://criticalmovespodcast.com/listen The conversation tackles RTS development’s fundamental challenge: money. Publishers don’t trust the genre to be profitable despite a wave of indie titles in development. Peter lists over a dozen upcoming games...
Free-to-Play is a phrase which has, historically, carried some fairly negative connotations. Here at RTS HQ, we aim to highlight the best strategy games across the board, and today we’re focusing on free-to-play real-time strategy games. These titles offer a great way to dive into RTS games without the upfront...
The 2000s were a remarkable era for strategy games, a period when developers significantly advanced the genre by creating some of the most iconic and enduring titles in gaming history. These games not only defined a decade but also set the standards for future generations of strategy enthusiasts. From real-time...
From commanding vast armies to managing intricate economies, real-time strategy games have provided some of the most cerebral experiences in gaming history. With the ability to command vast armies from the past, modern day and the future, RTS games have captivated players for decades. Some classic titles, like StarCraft and...
This week’s strategy gaming news brings a release date for one of the bigger names in WWII tactics, a pair of games now available, and a couple of titles worth...
This week’s strategy gaming news is headlined by the return of one of the industry’s most recognisable and contentious figures, alongside a console port, a city builder launch, and an...
Blue Byte was founded in Düsseldorf in 1988 and had its first major success with Battle Isle in 1991, a hex-based turn-based tactics game released for Amiga and MS-DOS and...