A group of Firaxis Games veterans has announced a brand new Maryland-based studio called Bit Reactor which will be focused on turn-based strategy games. Bit Reactor will be headed up by former Firaxis ...

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A new turn-based tactics game is always welcome, and it's even more so when it comes with a unique premise and art style. That seems to be the case with Dice Gambit, which combines XCOM-style strategy ...

Tactical combat fits into just about any videogame setting. The Commandos series takes place during the Second World War. Mimimi Productions set Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun in feudal Japan, ...

An all-new XCOM game gets announced 10 years after the widely acclaimed XCOM 2, but long-time fans might not be thrilled about what's on offer.

It’s a big week for tactics games. Tomorrow the XCOM: Chimera Squad spinoff releases (and we’ll have some impressions of it as well), and next Tuesday is the debut of Gears Tactics. If you’re a few ...

Few tactical shooters stack up to XCOM. The venerable sci-fi series is considered best-in-class for the genre, thanks to a formula calcified in the widely praised XCOM: Enemy Unknown and its equally ...

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From the moment 4-year-old Cameron first stepped out into Glimmer in Spyro 2, he knew video games were going to play a central role in the rest of his life. Though he never planned to make it the ...