Upcoming Amplitude Expansions Announced!!!
On July 26th, Amplitude announced a pair of expansions for Endless Legend and Endless Space 2. The first expansion was Inferno. You can find our initial announcement for Inferno HERE. In its latest announcement, Amplitude revealed a new faction called The Kapaku. They were on the brink of extinction when the Endless brought them to […]
2017 End of Year Statistical eXamination Part 2
You can find part one of this article series and all associated charts HERE. eXplorminate is entering its fifth calendar year of existence, thus we now have four years of market data from our time to examine. It’s been a very exciting period for 4X. Some call it a Renaissance, others a Second Golden Age, […]
Nate Asked – Day 2
Greetings and Salutations eXplorminators, here is part two of the series. Enjoy Joshua Why talk about the games I’m not playing? I guess it says as much about the state of gaming today as those that I do put time into. It’s been a heck of a year for our favorite hobby, but that […]
Nate Asked – Day 1
Troy’s Reflection on the Last Year Nate asked the staff to write about games we wanted to play from the last year but couldn’t for whatever reason. I told him, there were no such games. For me, the last 12 months have been a bit of a hangover from the previous 12. From late 2015 […]
Dawn Of Andromeda Review
Sometimes, the timing of a video game release impacts the success of a game as much as the quality of the final product. Dawn of Andromeda, a pausable real-time 4X space game from Grey Wolf Entertainment, could be such a game. A little history lesson first – DoA is brought to you by the lead […]
All That Glitters Is Not Gold
With the release of Endless Space 2 (ES2), a wave in the space 4X ocean has crested. The “Big 4” space 4X games – Master of Orion: Conquer the Stars (MoO:CTS), Galactic Civilizations III (GalCiv3), Stellaris and ES2 – have all landed within the past year along with major expansions for GalCiv3 and Stellaris amidst […]
Endless Space 2 Review
Back in 2012, Amplitude Studios almost single-handedly resurrected the Space 4X genre from a cryogenic sleep with Endless Space. While it was not a perfect game by any means, its revolutionary mechanics and fantastic storylines made it an instant hit with turn-based strategy fans. To date, ES has sold well over a million copies on […]
Weekly eXchange #131 – Big Day!
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 Dawn of Andromeda, Galactic Civilizations 3: Crusade, Project Space Sector, Stellaris, Civilization 6, Eador: Imperium, Space Tyrant, Stellar Monarch, Phoenix points and much much more. As well as continued coverage for […]
Weekly eXchange #130 – Show Notes?
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 Galactic Civilizations 3: Crusade, Dawn of Andromeda, Master of Orion: Conquer the Stars, Stellaris, Phoenix points and much much more. As well as continued coverage for your other favorite 4X and […]
Stars In Shadow Review
In the Shadow of Orion The original Master of Orion, published by MicroProse waaaaaaay back in 1993, is undoubtedly a classic. I know that’s like spouting “the sky is blue” or “water is wet” around these parts. MoO1 spawned a great sequel and an arguably not-so-great sequel to that sequel. Although MoO didn’t officially create […]