The Manor Lords demo: our verdict
A few weeks back, the long awaited historical city-building RTS Manor Lords had a demo available through the Steam Next Fest. Oomzer, our in-house city-building connaisseur was looking forward to this for quite some time. What did he think of it? Read it below!
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Civilized Barbarians in 0 A.D.
We all know and love our Barbarians and simply can’t get enough of them. Swaying their axes into history and chopping down civilizations wherever they set foot. Well, not in 0 A.D.!
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Mod-ception – The Player developer in 0 A.D.
Part III of 0 A. D. A free open-source game of ancient warfare would not be open and free without a dedicated community. The community does not only play the game, but they can also tweak the game to their liking and they enthusiastically use this option!
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0 A.D. Part II: Bring in the Queens!
Today the second part of our 0 A.D. series! We take a look at a vital, but historically often overlooked, group of society: Women! Not only will we show some interesting historic characters, discuss the ‘standard’ citizen in this game, but also take a look at the limits of these ancient women.
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0 A.D. – The Renaissance of Ancient Video Games
Ever wanted to lay your eyes on a game in ‘Alpha Phase’? Ready for an RTS game that has the ambition to change the playing-field of historical games? Want to know what it looks like when Romans get ignored, but the Kush Empire and Mauryan Empire are cherished? In short, would you like to be surprised by a game that has been in development for over a decade? Read our series on this game now! Today: part I.
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Assassin’s Creed: Infinity
This week the news broke that Ubisoft is developing Assassin’s Creed: Infinity, a massive online platform that evolves over time. But what does this mean for the future of one of the most popular historical video games ever?
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Stratigraph: Battlefield 2042
It has been a while since we’ve written a Stratigraph, but the announcement of a new Battlefield title (2042) seemed like a good opportunity to get back into the flow. And like many big new games, something is definitely wrong with the new Battlefield. It looks cool, yes, but it’s theme is horrible and EA just went full Ubisoft: ‘it’s not political’ on us.
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Stratigraph: an Ode to Wikipedia
Last week (15th of January), Wikipedia celebrated its 20th anniversary. Those who watch some of our streams know that Wikipedia holds a special place in these play sessions, as we often need to look things up in the online encyclopedia (Wiki-crutch). Because of all that it’s done for us and you, here’s an ode to Wikipedia!
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Podcast Valhalla; a review
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla has now been released! To give their story a bit more context, Ubisoft also made a podcast about the time in which their new game is set. They promise us a ‘new story’ about the Vikings and use experts, comedians and atmospherical music to get this across, so what do we think?
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Being the Pater Familias in the Ancient Roman Republic
The game Citizen of Rome – Dynasty Ascendant allows you to live the life of a common Roman family, while you try to move up the social ladder. We asked the makers of the game some interesting questions!
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Stratigraph: Hades
We love Greek mythology and games. That is also why we love Hades. The game had been in early access for quite some time when it was released two weeks ago. Because there’s much to tell you about this game, here’s a Stratigraph!
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Pharaoh: revisiting the old, longing for the new.
Developer Dotume has announced that a complete remake of the ever-popular city-builder Pharaoh (1999) is set to be released in 2021. Pharaoh: A New Era promises to once again challenge us with missions, bring us in contact with the ancient Egyptian civilization, and built an amazing empire.
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Humankind’s Open Dev Scenario 1: Towers of Babylon
Amplitude, the studio behind sci-fi and fantasy strategy gaming darlings like Endless Space and Endless Legend, is now developing Humankind, their first entry in the foundation of the strategy genre: the historical 4X game. As you may know, 4X stands for EXploration, EXpansion, EXploitation, and EXtermination (yes, this genre has mechanics of empire and colonialism … Read More
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ArchaeoGaming Con
The ArchaeoGaming Con is upon us! From Thursday until Sunday, you can enjoy many interesting talks, discussions, playthroughs and presentations on anything related to archaeogaming. Check out the programme below!
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Attentat 1942 on mobile
You might have caught last week’s stream on Attentat 1942, a Czech Full Motion Video Game about World War 2 made by Charles Games. A story driven by historical research, you try to unveil the history of your grandfather, who was arrested in the wake of the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich in 1942. The game has been out on Steam for a couple of years, and is scheduled to make the jump to mobile devices as well. However, that’s where Google comes in and disappoints us all.
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Stratigraph: Far Cry 6 goes to ‘Cuba’
Ubisoft Forward, is the last in a long row of online E3 stand-ins. Alongside updates on Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla and Watchdogs: Legion, Ubisoft also announced Far Cry 6. This one is set in Yara, inspired by ‘Cuba’…. But what should we take away from this announcement (spoilers: I ain’t a fan)?
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Stratigraph: Ancient Cities
After years in development, Ancient Cities by Uncasual Games will go into closed beta on the 16th of July! If you haven’t supported the devs yet, this is your final chance to get into the closed beta.
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Stratigraph: our Steam Summer Sale rundown
It’s that time of year again: Steam is pillaging our wallets with discounts on almost every game! Until the 9th of July, they’re dishing out discounts left right and center during the Summer Sale. Because we really like games, here are some of our favorites you can pick up!
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Stratigraph: the Middle Ages in Modern Games Twitter Conference
We’re back with some medieval game stuff! But this time it’s no game to look out for: it’s a conference! More specifically, a conference on Twitter!
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Stratigraph: pulp archaeology for free!
Do you like pulp archaeology? Do you like punching Nazis? Do you like Indiana Jones? Do you like video games? Then you’ll like Pathway!
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Stratigraph: Inkulinati
I love the medieval times. I’m especially fond of manuscripts telling the tales of old, beautifully decorated with golden letters, lavish handwritings and drawings of animals. Like this as well? Then Inkulinati might be something for you to look at! Inkulinati is a turn based strategy game (we love those) based on the wonderful world … Read More
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Stratigraph: Old World and Early Access
Next to our weekly bulletins, we want to start sharing some more news and interesting stuff with you throughout the week. We’ll start of with some news on the development of Old World and it’s use of Early Access!
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