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  • Let's endless party like its 1996. In space.

    Review: Ascendancy

    Let's endless party like its 1996. In space.

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  • Join Shaun in chomping cigars and exporting oil as Arcadian Rhythms returns to the tiny, multitudinous island nations of the Tropico series.

    Return to Tropico

    Join Shaun in chomping cigars and exporting oil as Arcadian Rhythms returns to the tiny, multitudinous island nations of the Tropico series.

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  • The concluding part of our Neptune's Pride diary series: a look back over the game and a reflection on Neptune's Pride itself.

    Across a Sea of Stars: Neptune’s Pride Game Diary #4

    The concluding part of our Neptune's Pride diary series: a look back over the game and a reflection on Neptune's Pride itself.

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  • The third part of our Neptune's Pride diary series. Apparently, nothing good lasts forever... not even on a galactic scale.

    Across a Sea of Stars: Neptune’s Pride Game Diary #3

    The third part of our Neptune's Pride diary series. Apparently, nothing good lasts forever... not even on a galactic scale.

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  • The second instalment in our Neptune's Pride diary series. Of all the unlikely things that could happen, we see the rise of a Galactic Peace Organisation.

    Across a Sea of Stars: Neptune’s Pride Game Diary #2

    The second instalment in our Neptune's Pride diary series. Of all the unlikely things that could happen, we see the rise of a Galactic Peace Organisation.

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  • Part of our Neptune's Pride diary series. Believe us: you've not seen a game of NP play out quite like this before.

    Across a Sea of Stars: Neptune’s Pride Game Diary #1

    Part of our Neptune's Pride diary series. Believe us: you've not seen a game of NP play out quite like this before.

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  • Oh, what a tangled web we weave.

    Jupiter’s Folly: An Experiential Review

    Oh, what a tangled web we weave.

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  • When it comes to politics I’m a pretty left-wing kinda guy. In fact I’ve been called “extreme left-wing” before now, just because one day I suggested that I was enamoured with the idea of communism...

    Power Corrupts: Tales of an RTS Tyrant

    When it comes to politics I’m a pretty left-wing kinda guy. In fact I’ve been called “extreme left-wing” before now, just because one day I suggested that I was enamoured with the idea of communism...

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  • Creative Director Darren Garrett answers some of our questions about Littleloud's downtrodden workforce-simulator, <i>Sweatshop</i>.

    On the Assembly Line: An Interview with Littleloud’s Darren Garrett

    Creative Director Darren Garrett answers some of our questions about Littleloud's downtrodden workforce-simulator, Sweatshop.

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  • There's one thing that EDF troopers, miniskirt and jetpack-equipped women, giant ants and city-sized alien spaceships have in common: they all fit neatly into hexes.

    Review: Global Defence Force Tactics (PS2)

    There's one thing that EDF troopers, miniskirt and jetpack-equipped women, giant ants and city-sized alien spaceships have in common: they all fit neatly into hexes.

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