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Assume ultimate control over one of three galactic powers. ... Read more

Assume ultimate control over one of three galactic powers. an ancient alien civilisation running from a terror of their own creation a loose coalition of traders forced to annex their own people or an exiled empire of powerful psionics bent on revenge. Will you lead them to salvation or condemn them to extinction? The choice is yours... In the future the survival of humanity stands on the edge of utter ruin as three powerful factions vie for control of the galaxy. Take command of one of three space-faring races as you work to establish your domination of the galaxy in Sins of a Solar Empire. Through a combination of diplomacy economic skill cultural influence and sheer military might you will establish order over your corner of the galaxy. Features: Explore and Conquer Star Systems: Amass and command epic fleets. Discover space anomalies and artifacts. Fortify and develop key planets. Build A Thriving Empire: Master culture and trade. Forge alliances and declare bounty. Research advanced technology. Dominate In Real Time: Smoothly zoom from metres to light years. Compete online in epic multiplayer. Save online games for later play. Minimize

Assume ultimate control over one of three galactic powers. ... Read more

Assume ultimate control over one of three galactic powers. an ancient alien civilisation running from a terror of their own creation a loose coalition of traders forced to annex their own people or an exiled empire of powerful psionics bent on revenge. Will you lead them to salvation or condemn them to extinction? The choice is yours... In the future the survival of humanity stands on the edge of utter ruin as three powerful factions vie for control of the galaxy. Take command of one of three space-faring races as you work to establish your domination of the galaxy in Sins of a Solar Empire. Through a combination of diplomacy economic skill cultural influence and sheer military might you will establish order over your corner of the galaxy. Features: Explore and Conquer Star Systems: Amass and command epic fleets. Discover space anomalies and artifacts. Fortify and develop key planets. Build A Thriving Empire: Master culture and trade. Forge alliances and declare bounty. Research advanced technology. Dominate In Real Time: Smoothly zoom from metres to light years. Compete online in epic multiplayer. Save online games for later play. Minimize

Assume ultimate control over one of three galactic powers. ... Read more

Assume ultimate control over one of three galactic powers. an ancient alien civilisation running from a terror of their own creation a loose coalition of traders forced to annex their own people or an exiled empire of powerful psionics bent on revenge. Will you lead them to salvation or condemn them to extinction? The choice is yours... In the future the survival of humanity stands on the edge of utter ruin as three powerful factions vie for control of the galaxy. Take command of one of three space-faring races as you work to establish your domination of the galaxy in Sins of a Solar Empire. Through a combination of diplomacy economic skill cultural influence and sheer military might you will establish order over your corner of the galaxy. Features: Explore and Conquer Star Systems: Amass and command epic fleets. Discover space anomalies and artifacts. Fortify and develop key planets. Build A Thriving Empire: Master culture and trade. Forge alliances and declare bounty. Research advanced technology. Dominate In Real Time: Smoothly zoom from metres to light years. Compete online in epic multiplayer. Save online games for later play. Minimize

Galactic Civilizations 2: Endless Universe is a comprehensi ... Read more

Galactic Civilizations 2: Endless Universe is a comprehensive, standalone expansion pack (no full version required to play) for the best-selling and award-winning space strategy game. Endless Universe builds on the epic story, following on from Dark Avatar and Twilight of Arnor - two expansion packs which have never before been released in Europe. New challenging and comprehensive campigns and units, as well as an improved visual appearance will give you the ultimate experience of conquering the Universe! Standalone Version - no Galactic Civilizations 2 full version required Two new and challenging campaigns New maps, units and scenarios Enhanced graphics and soundtrack Alternative map sizes and victory tasks Comprehensive editors - Maps, Scenarios, Planetary environments and Tech Tree Plus many more enhancements Minimize

Universal conquest, armed invasion of alien planets, Wookie ... Read more

Universal conquest, armed invasion of alien planets, Wookiees with hairy flares and X-Wing fighter squadrons. They're all in Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds and they're all, happily, superb. Star Wars games have had a chequered history on the PC, ranging wildly between the very good (X-Wing/TIE Fighter) and the utterly awful (Force Commander). It's great to see, then, that LucasArts are firmly back on track with their newest PC release, a real-time strategy affair based on the highly successful Age of Empires engine. There's nothing essentially new here for the hardened RTS gamer. Resources need to be mined, units built and technologies researched in the race to crush the opposition. All of this is handled in time-honoured format--build workers, cut down things, process the results through factories and hardware pops out at the end of the process. What gives this the edge is the Star Wars setting and the quality of the graphics, which are visually appealing and stay accurate to the wealth of Star Wars information that already exists. There are six basic "races": human Rebels, the Empire, Gungans, Wookiees, the Trade Federation and the Naboo, each with their own specific weapons and tools--there's nothing quite like sending a squadron of AT-ATs into battle and watching them smash the Alliance to bits. The sound helps massively here with dozens of samples included that sound very much as though they've been taken from the movies. In addition to the standard hardware afforded each side, Force alliances come into play and it's possible to side with either the Jedi or the Sith depending on your preference. It's also possible to conjure up Jedi Knights and Sith Dark Lords. Unit balancing is pretty good here, there are no invulnerable units, everything has definite strengths and weaknesses and if you think tactically there are ways around any problem, provided you have the resources. Tactically, the computer plays a nifty game and doesn't make too many silly mistakes making this a great one-player experience. Moving to the multiplayer game takes things to a whole new level, however, and provides genuinely exciting gaming. As an addition to the current family of Star Wars games, Galactic Battlegrounds is a real winner, combining depth of gameplay with a genre that's familiar to the vast majority of gamers. This is top stuff. --Redfoo Khanzada Minimize

The ancient Galactic Realm ruled from the Core Worlds of th ... Read more

The ancient Galactic Realm ruled from the Core Worlds of the galaxy is waning. Now the barbaric kingdoms that lie beyond the galactic frontier are amassing their strength choosing this pivotal moment to strike at the heart of the fading republic establishing new empires built upon the ashes of decaying civilizations. But these outer systems are not yet strong enough to engage the forces of the Core Worlds directly. The young kingdoms must first gnaw at the edges of the crumbling frontier developing new types of units and shrewder tactics. They must build up their energy resources to launch magnificent fleets and overwhelming ground forces. Then when the time is right they must strike at the galactic core itself claiming the most exalted planets for themselves. Core Worlds is a deck-building card game for 2-5 players. Each player controls a barbarian Star Empire represented by many cards. Throughout the game players will invade Worlds and draft new Units and Tactics into their Empires. Each card lists its Empire Points in the upper right corner. The player whose Empire contains the most Empire Points at the end of the game is the winner! Minimize

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Spore is your own personal universe in a box. In this univ ... Read more

Spore is your own personal universe in a box. In this universe you can create and evolve life establish tribes build civilisation and even sculpt entire worlds. In Spore you have a variety of creation tools at your disposal that allow you to customise nearly every aspect of your universe: creatures vehicles buildings and even spaceships. While Spore is a single player game your creations and other players' creations are automatically shared between your galaxy and theirs providing a limitless number of worlds to explore and play. The Spore universe is made up of five phases with different challenges and goals. You may choose to start with the cell phase and nurture one species from its humble aquatic origins to its evolution as sentient species. Or you may decide to start building tribbes or civilisations on multiple planets. What you do with your universe is up to you. Features: Sandbox Gameplay: Create our own personal universe where you can evolve life establish tribes build civilisations and even sculpt entire worlds. Evolutionary Gameplay: Lead your species through stages of evolution from pond-scum to galactic god in Spore's campaign mode. World Creators: Easy-to-use editors allow you to make everything from creatures and buildings to vehicles and spaceships. Shared Content: Spore automatically shares your creations with other players through the Internet. And in your game you'll explore and interact with a galaxy of content created by other players. Minimize

Sword of the Stars II: Lords of Winter is the full stand-al ... Read more

Sword of the Stars II: Lords of Winter is the full stand-alone follow-up to the hit 4X-styled Sword of the Stars franchise. The continuing storyline will reveal the dark secrets of the ancient force responsible for tampering with the races in the original Sword of the Stars. Sword of the Stars II: Lords of Winter will be a major step forward in 4X gameplay.In Sword of the Stars II gamers will be reaquainted with the original six races from Swords of the Stars I and its expansions as well as reveal the dark secret of the original series the Suul’ka – an ancient race that is responsible for tampering with the Liir Zuul and other races in the SotS universe!Not limited to another entire new race and their unique drive technology SotS2 will be a major step forward in the SotS approach to 4X gameplay taking the easy-to-learn-hard-to-master philosophy set out in SotS1 and following that path to a new standard in space strategy games.Features: Lead one of six playable factions including a completely new one as you strive for galactic dominance. Unravel highly detailed star systems featuring planetary orbits moons asteroid belts and different space terrain. Experience the new graphics engine. Choose between entirely new vessels or build your own with new levels of ship detail including specific sub-systems allowing for new fleet strategies and tactics. Explore an advanced technology system as the game begins in the Fusion era and moves beyond the Anti-matter era. Engage in fierce multiplayer battles with up to 8 players. Minimize

Sword of the Stars II: Lords of Winter is the full stand-al ... Read more

Sword of the Stars II: Lords of Winter is the full stand-alone follow-up to the hit 4X-styled Sword of the Stars franchise. The continuing storyline will reveal the dark secrets of the ancient force responsible for tampering with the races in the original Sword of the Stars. Sword of the Stars II: Lords of Winter will be a major step forward in 4X gameplay.In Sword of the Stars II gamers will be reaquainted with the original six races from Swords of the Stars I and its expansions as well as reveal the dark secret of the original series the Suul’ka – an ancient race that is responsible for tampering with the Liir Zuul and other races in the SotS universe!Not limited to another entire new race and their unique drive technology SotS2 will be a major step forward in the SotS approach to 4X gameplay taking the easy-to-learn-hard-to-master philosophy set out in SotS1 and following that path to a new standard in space strategy games.Features: Lead one of six playable factions including a completely new one as you strive for galactic dominance. Unravel highly detailed star systems featuring planetary orbits moons asteroid belts and different space terrain. Experience the new graphics engine. Choose between entirely new vessels or build your own with new levels of ship detail including specific sub-systems allowing for new fleet strategies and tactics. Explore an advanced technology system as the game begins in the Fusion era and moves beyond the Anti-matter era. Engage in fierce multiplayer battles with up to 8 players. Minimize

Sword of the Stars II: Lords of Winter is the full stand-al ... Read more

Sword of the Stars II: Lords of Winter is the full stand-alone follow-up to the hit 4X-styled Sword of the Stars franchise. The continuing storyline will reveal the dark secrets of the ancient force responsible for tampering with the races in the original Sword of the Stars. Sword of the Stars II: Lords of Winter will be a major step forward in 4X gameplay.In Sword of the Stars II gamers will be reaquainted with the original six races from Swords of the Stars I and its expansions as well as reveal the dark secret of the original series the Suul’ka – an ancient race that is responsible for tampering with the Liir Zuul and other races in the SotS universe!Not limited to another entire new race and their unique drive technology SotS2 will be a major step forward in the SotS approach to 4X gameplay taking the easy-to-learn-hard-to-master philosophy set out in SotS1 and following that path to a new standard in space strategy games.Features: Lead one of six playable factions including a completely new one as you strive for galactic dominance. Unravel highly detailed star systems featuring planetary orbits moons asteroid belts and different space terrain. Experience the new graphics engine. Choose between entirely new vessels or build your own with new levels of ship detail including specific sub-systems allowing for new fleet strategies and tactics. Explore an advanced technology system as the game begins in the Fusion era and moves beyond the Anti-matter era. Engage in fierce multiplayer battles with up to 8 players. Minimize

The ancient Galactic Realm ruled from the Core Worlds of th ... Read more

The ancient Galactic Realm ruled from the Core Worlds of the galaxy is waning. Now the barbaric kingdoms that lie beyond the galactic frontier are amassing their strength choosing this pivotal moment to strike at the heart of the fading republic establishing new empires built upon the ashes of decaying civilizations. But these outer systems are not yet strong enough to engage the forces of the Core Worlds directly. The young kingdoms must first gnaw at the edges of the crumbling frontier developing new types of units and shrewder tactics. They must build up their energy resources to launch magnificent fleets and overwhelming ground forces. Then when the time is right they must strike at the galactic core itself claiming the most exalted planets for themselves. Core Worlds is a deck-building card game for 2-5 players. Each player controls a barbarian Star Empire represented by many cards. Throughout the game players will invade Worlds and draft new Units and Tactics into their Empires. Each card lists its Empire Points in the upper right corner. The player whose Empire contains the most Empire Points at the end of the game is the winner! Minimize

Supreme Commander features: Brand new RTS from Chris Tayl ... Read more

Supreme Commander features: Brand new RTS from Chris Taylor. Planetary warfare on a Galactic scale-zoom from the tactical unit level all the way out to the full theatre of war in one seamless motion. Includes full naval, ground and air combat. 3 unique factions that each appeal to different player personalities with approximately 80 units/structures per faction. 3 story-driven single-player campaigns with a detailed and rich background history that weaves into gameplay. Intuitive & customizable gameplay interface with unsurpassed command and control features let you quickly and efficiently manoeuvre troops across the battle field. Also includes dual-monitor support! Robust multiplayer gaming with up to 8 players online plus co-op mode. Full-on community support including a map & mission editor, downloadable content and instant battle replay features. Forged Alliance features: New Playable Faction - A completely new playable faction will be available in multiplayer games and serve as the main threat during the new single-player campaign. This new threat is a cunning and devious race with advanced technology and are true masters of quantum technology. New weapons, new strategies, new conquests! New Units - 110 new land, sea, air, base and experimental units evolve armies to address strategic weaknesses or become the ultimate expressions of factional military doctrine. Warfare on an Epic Scale - Fully realized navies, orbital weaponry and advanced counter intelligence technologies give commanders unprecedented, deadly new capabilities in what is already the most strategic RTS on the market today. New Multiplayer Maps - New multiplayer battlefields provide new grounds for players to prove their supremacy. New Single Player Cam Minimize

Every so often, a game comes along that completely redefine ... Read more

Every so often, a game comes along that completely redefines a particular genre. In 1998, Half-Life ignited first-person shooters with its addictive blend of storytelling and action sequences. Homeworld, a polished, groundbreaking first-time effort from Relic Entertainment, attempts to change the way gamers play real-time strategy games. In the past, none of these 3-D games have accomplished the daunting task with the same gorgeous visuals and tactical gameplay as Homeworld. Upon the discovery of an ancient galactic map inscribed with the words "our home," the people of Kharak began construction of a massive mother ship and fleet to traverse the galaxy and reach their long-rumoured home world. Players construct, maintain, and control the Kharak fleet through 16 challenging single-player missions or against fellow humans on Sierra's WON.net online gaming service. During the solo campaign, you'll face literally 100s of enemy vessels. All friendly and enemy ships, ranging from small, yet dangerously quick interceptors to the powerful, though expensive destroyers and heavy cruisers, are rendered with exquisite detail; further, expect plenty of impressive visual effects, from the glowing ship exhaust to fiery explosions. Adding to the pluses, Homeworld's thoughtful interface design eases the intense--and often complicated-resource-gathering and combat situations. --Doug Radcliffe Minimize