Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity
Genre: Real Time Strategy
Developer: Ironclad Games
Publisher: Stardock Entertainment
Release Date: 2/9/2010
Back when the hype train for Sins of a Solar Empire was running back in 2007, it seemed the game was too good to be true. Take the best of the 4X turn based strategy genre and mix it with the [...]

One of the best new features in Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 is the revamped master league mode. Youth teams, training, finances, negotiations, and scouting have fundamentally changed this mode for the better (though I’d like the option to switch teams please, Konami).
So now you just booted up a game in the Master League and now [...]

Pro Evolution Soccer 2010
Genre: Sports
Developer: Konami
Publisher: Konami
Release Date: 10/23/2009
Note: All screenshots taken with high settings on PC which is equivlant to Xbox360 and PS3
Another year, another iteration of Pro Evolution Soccer is released. I think by now it’s pretty clear I’m hopelessly addicted to the specific game franchise and will probably review it every year [...]

Talk to any person familiar with football games about the PS2 era, they will most likely get a wistful look on their face as they recall the days they spent playing the several iterations of Pro Evolution Soccer released on Sony’s seminal system. Swift passes, outrageous dribbles, powerful long range shots and best of all: [...]

Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim
Genre: Strategy
Developer: 1C:Ino-Co
Publisher: Paradox Interactive
Release Date: 9/18/2009
The original Majesty came out nine years ago with its unique take on the whole “overlord” genre. Instead of being an evil overlord such as in Dungeon Keeper, you are a king of the fantasy Kingdom of Ardania and it is your job to [...]

Everyone knows about World Football’s (that’s Soccer to you Americans) greatest transfers. Players like Cristiano Ronaldo moving to Real Madrid for the ridiculous amount of 132 Million US dollars and Real Madrid President Perez boasting about a transfer budget in the vicinity of 800 million Euros, which means they can pretty much buy out every [...]

Championship Manager used to be a name that was held sacred by PC gamers all around the world (except in America for obvious reasons). A simple football management game programmed by two English brothers in their bedroom back in 1992 grew to be a global phenomenon with not one, but two releases that are contenders [...]

Everyone knows about World Football’s (that’s Soccer to you Americans) greatest transfers. Players like Cristiano Ronaldo moving to Real Madrid for the ridiculous amount of 132 Million US dollars and Real Madrid President Perez boasting about a transfer budget in the vicinity of 800 million Euros, which means they can pretty much buy out every [...]

Hearts of Iron III
Genre: Grand Strategy
Developer: Paradox Interactive
Publisher: Paradox Interactive
Release Date: 7/31/2009

Everyone knows about World Football’s (that’s Soccer to you Americans) greatest transfers. Players like Cristiano Ronaldo moving to Real Madrid for the ridiculous amount of 132 Million US dollars and Real Madrid President Perez boasting about a transfer budget in the vicinity of 800 million Euros, which means they can pretty much buy out every [...]

East India Company
Genre: Trading Sim
Developer: Nitro Games
Publisher: Paradox Interactive
Release Date: 7/31/2009
People these days are wary of companies getting anywhere near a monopoly, and for good reason; they usually proceed to act like prats when they do achieve it. But of course, no company has managed to achieve the supreme epitome of the monopoly that the [...]

Everyone knows about World Football’s (that’s Soccer to you Americans) greatest transfers. Players like Cristiano Ronaldo moving to Real Madrid for the ridiculous amount of 132 Million US dollars and Real Madrid President Perez boasting about a transfer budget in the vicinity of 800 million Euros which means they can pretty much buy out buy [...]

Everyone knows about World Football’s (that’s Soccer to you Americans) greatest transfers. Players like Cristiano Ronaldo moving to Real Madrid for the ridiculous amount of 132 Million US dollars and Real Madrid President Perez boasting about a transfer budget in the vicinity of 800 million Euros which means they can pretty much buy out buy [...]

Hearts of Iron III
Publisher: Paradox Interactive
Developer: Paradox Interactive
Genre: Grand Strategy
Release Date: Q3 2009
I won’t lie. One of the main reasons I joined Diehard GameFAN is to get free videogames, and the game I wanted most over all others is this one: Hearts of Iron III. Hearts of Iron II still stands as one of my [...]

Rune Factory Frontier
Genre: Life Simulation/ Dungeon Crawler
Developer: Neverland Co.
Publisher: XSEED Games
Release Date: 3/17/2009
I’ll be honest with you. I have not played a Harvest Moon game for years, the last being Harvest Moon: It’s a Wonderful Life on Gamecube back in 2004. Since that time there have been no less than ten Harvest Moon games released [...]

East India Company
Publisher: Paradox Interactive
Developer:Nitro games
Genre: Real Time Tactics/ Turn Based Strategy
Release Date: Q3 2009

Stalin vs. Martians
Genre: Real Time Strategy
Developer: Dreamlore/N Game/BWF
Publisher: Paradox Interactive
Release Date: 4/29/2009

” Sword of the Stars: Ultimate Collection
Genre:4X Strategy
Developer: Kerberos Productions
Publisher: Paradox Interactive
Release Date:4/17/2009

Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars Director’s Cut
Genre: Adventure
Developer: Revolution Software
Publisher: Ubisoft
Release Date:3/21/2009

I recently had a chance to interview Kim Soares, from Finnish developer Nitro Games, about their upcoming title East India Company (In which Mr. Soares is Lead Designer.).