Interstellar Space: Genesis Q&A

Explorminate has made a conscious effort to reach out to as many of 4X studios as possible to find out more about their projects through a series of Q&A’s. That series continues today with Praxis Games and their upcoming title Interstellar Space: Genesis. Could you start by telling us about your team? The development team […]

Playlist Track #2: 5X and the Unofficial Code Patch Mods for Master of Orion 2016

The next track on our Modify Playlist is the combination of the 5X and the Unofficial Code Patch mod for Master of Orion: Conquer the Stars! We’ll focus on the 5X “Ultimate Balance Mod” (Steam Workshop Link) first! Creator “Spud Dastardly” has massively overhauled many aspects of the base game to make it bigger, better, […]

Episode #269: Happy New Year!

Join Rob and Nate as they cover the small amount of news that popped up this past week and talk about the FREE release of Remnants of the Precursors, a Master of Orion 1 modernization. Outline: Lord of Rigel Update Master of Orion Steam Thread Remnants of the Precursors Steam Thread Stellaris Steam Thread What […]

Best "Starter" 4X Games

Rob here! I see this question asked a lot on the 4X Gaming subreddit and I’ll occasionally get asked myself, “what’s the best 4X game for someone new to the genre?” and it’s about time we really sat down and thought about it. It’s honestly a hard question to answer, as most 4X games are […]

Weekly eXchange #225 – Biff? It Is, What It Is!

Join Nate and Troy as they bring you all the important information on all of your favorite 4X and strategy games! This week they talk about Age of Wonders: Planetfall, Driftland the Magic Revival, Thea 2: the Shattering, Alliance of the Sacred Suns, Galactic Civilizations 3: Retribution, Endless Space 2, Stellaris, Europa Universalis and much much more. […]

Weekly eXchange #207 – Updating Stuff…

Join Nate and Troy as they bring you all the important information on all of your favorite 4X and strategy games! This week they talk about Endless Space 2, Stellaris, Master of Orion: Conquer the Stars, Polaris Sector, Warhammer 40k Gladius: Relics of War, Age of Wonders: Planetfall and At the Gates and much much more. As well […]

Endless Legend: Inferno Review

Back in 2014, when eXplorminate first came on the scene, Endless Legend won our Game of the Year. It was a surprise win, and some wondered what we were thinking. Well, we can now tell you for certain what was on our minds: EL is an amazing turn-based, terrestrial, neo-fantasy 4X. It might be the […]

Strategic eXpanse #33 – 4th Anniversary Hangout Session!

eXplorminate turned four years old! So Nate, Troy, Joshua and Mark had a some fun hanging out and talking about 4X and gaming in general. They had A LOT of fun, so much so, that some strong language made it on the podcast. Listeners, beware!!! Thank you for following us for four years, because we […]

Weekly eXchange #199 – Thanks For Trying!

Join Nate and Troy as they bring you all the important information on all of your favorite 4X and strategy games! This week they talk about Stellaris, Master of Orion: Conquer the Stars, Age of Wonders: Planetfall, WH40k Gladius, Relics of War, Aggressors: Ancient Rome, Imperator: Rome, Total War: Warhammer 2 and much much more. As well […]

Weekly eXchange #195 – Messenger!

Join Nate and Troy as they bring you all the important information on all of your favorite 4X and strategy games! This week they talk about Star Ruler 2, Endless Space 2, Age of Wonders: Planetfall, WH40k Gladius: Relics of War, Endless Legend, Aggressors: Ancient Rome and much much more. As well as continued coverage for your […]