AI War 2: Zenith Onslaught Review
AI War 2 is a game of strategy and suffering: a brutal journey against insurmountable odds. Sometimes things look so bleak you wonder if there is any point in going on, until a ray of light pierces through this dark cloud in the form of powerful allies and bonuses that can turn the tide in […]
Monday eXcursion: Warhammer – Vermintide 2
Unless you are striving to avoid all things geek, then surely you’ve heard of Warhammer. You know, that Warhammer. The glorious spawn of Games Workshops, whose name is synonymous with fantasy awesomeness, strategy and tactics games, and unfortunately questionable business practices. But it’s a hell of franchise any way you slice it. For decades, the […]
Podcast Episode #23: Huge News and a Planetfall Postmortem
Rob, Ben, and DasTactic sit down and discuss Age of Wonders: Planetfall at length after Triumph Studios declared that it would no longer be providing content updates for Planetfall. Before that, Rob delivers the latest in 4X news, and there are some BIG announcements. The eXplorminate News Network: https://www.reddit.com/r/eXNN The eXplorminate Podcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/eXplorminatepodcast News […]
Fortnightly 4X and Tactix News Roundup: May 31 – Jun 14, 2020
A Fortnight in News Shadow Empire Released: Ben took an incredibly deep dive in his review and will have his final critical thoughts soon, but needless to say, Shadow Empire is a fantastic game for the right gamer. Stay tuned for Ben’s follow-up coming soon! Humankind Delayed Until 2021, Offers Open Development Opportunities: As announced […]
Episode #6: Whatcha Playin?
The Weekly eXchange is dead. Long live The Weekly eXchange! In its place is a new, non-scheduled 4X gaming podcast, “The 4Xchange”. This podcast is already seeing a total revamp of its format. Instead of just news, each week we’ll have a topic we dive deep in to. Join Ben as this week’s host as […]
The 4Xchange Episode #5: Old World Early Access
The Weekly eXchange is dead. Long live The Weekly eXchange! In its place is a new, non-scheduled 4X gaming podcast, “The 4Xchange”. This podcast is already seeing a total revamp of its format. Instead of just news, each week we’ll have a topic we dive deep in to. Join Rob, Ben, and Drexy as they […]
Fortnightly 4X Gaming News Roundup: Apr 19 – May 3, 2020
A Fortnight in News Old World, Formerly “10 Crowns”, Releases Tomorrow: A game that we’re clearly a bit enamored with here at eXplorminate, Old World is set to release into Early Access at 11a EDT tomorrow, May 5th! As a gentle reminder, we’d love for those of you who plan to purchase Old World to […]
Fortnightly 4X Gaming News Roundup: Mar 22 – Apr 5, 2020
A Fortnight in News Interstellar Space: Genesis released v1.1 in “unstable beta” format: There are so many improvements made that it’d be hard to list them all and why should we when that link will list them all? Graphics, heroes, bug fixes and more! Check out Rob’s recent stream of v1.1 here (and stay tuned […]
Fortnightly 4X Gaming News Roundup: Feb 23 – Mar 8, 2020
A Fortnight in News First up, Alliance of the Sacred Suns received its “biggest update evah”, which is dubbed v.8.4. It adds approximately 70% of the military system, many, many UI updates and additions, new gameplay mechanics, and much more. Chris Park and Arcen Games released “The Spire Rises”, AI War 2’s first expansion, then […]
Episode #277: On My Own Again
Join Rob, as he delivers the week’s 4X news, which entails much more than expected! This episode was brought to you by Remnants of the Precursors. Download the free public beta on April 12th, 2020 (Easter) at www.RemnantsofthePrecursors.com, or search ROTP on Reddit. Outline: AI War II: The Spire eXpansion is out! Warhammer 40K: Gladius – Tau […]
