Huge chess scandal ends with begrudging agreement as one grandmaster threatens to 'name names' regardless By Rich Stanton published 29 August 23 news World champion Magnus Carlsen had accused opponent Hans Niemann of cheating.
Some of Steam's best strategy games are on sale right now By Russell Adderson published 28 August 23 news Every good 4X player knows you have to buy stuff while the prices are low.
Chirper might actually be useful for keeping track of your citizens' 'Lifepaths' in Cities: Skylines 2 By Katie Wickens published 28 August 23 NEWS Stalk your Cims with the new Lifepath Journal feature.
Factorio's giant Space Age expansion is coming in 2024 By Jonathan Bolding published 26 August 23 News Build space platforms to explore four new worlds.
Homeworld 3's roguelike-inspired War Games mode is perfect for strategists in a hurry By Dominic Tarason published 25 August 23 Space race Time for a change of pace.
The next game from the Battle Brothers devs is a sci-fi tactical RPG that 'takes everything beloved' about their last game and 'improves it tenfold' By Joshua Wolens published 21 August 23 News Menace says it will "shake up the current norms of turn-based tactics games."
Sling cards to save the planet in this free ecological strategy game By Jonathan Bolding published 21 August 23 News The real-time card game has you finding a path to survive climate change
Another King of Dragon Pass successor, Six Ages 2, plunges its world into chaos By Jonathan Bolding published 20 August 23 News The cult-est of cult classic strategy series gets a third entry.
The makers of Hardspace Shipbreaker are trying to crack a new take on the roguelike deckbuilder By Wes Fenlon published 18 August 23 Exclusive In Earthless, Blackbird Interactive is searching for a new sci-fi strategy frontier.
Total War: Warhammer 3 DLC is getting more expensive and the community is rebelling: 'Remember they need us more than we need them' By Fraser Brown published 18 August 23 News The inevitable review-bombing backlash has already commenced.
The Lamplighters League takes a shot at approachable turn-based tactics that won't bury you in percentage symbols By Callum Bains published 17 August 23 hands-on But you might get burned by flaming mummies because your pulpy merc keeps snoozing on the job.
Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew review By Dominic Tarason published 16 August 23 Shiver me timbers! Superb squad-based stealth strategy that embraces the magic of save-scumming.
Gord review By Rick Lane published 15 August 23 GORD STIFF Don't sacrifice your time to this mediocre survival strategy game.
After 25 years this strategy city builder series is finally getting official mod support By Christopher Livingston published 11 August 23 News Mods make games better and cities bigger.
Total War Warhammer 3's Changeling campaign sounds like a game-changer By Jody Macgregor published 9 August 23 News "The Changeling doesn't simply play chess – he flips the board."
Draft up an autobattling army in the roguelike Tales & Tactics this week By Jonathan Bolding published 6 August 23 News A bit of Auto Chess, a bit of Slay the Spire, a lot of chaos.
Build and defend a nice little kingdom in microstrategy game Thronefall By Jonathan Bolding published 6 August 23 News It's from the developers who made chill city builder Islanders.
Check out the demo for this 4X where killer robots fight eldritch aliens on apocalyptic earth By Jonathan Bolding published 5 August 23 News The developers of Warhammer 40k: Gladius are branching out with Zephon.
One of our favourite games of 2021 is free, so I just spent an hour playing it rather than writing this By Rich Stanton published 4 August 23 news Loop Hero is that kinda game.
The PC game releases we're most excited about in August By Tyler Wilde published 1 August 23 📆 It's finally Baldur's Gate 3 time, but that won't be the only game competing for our attention this month.