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The Future of OSGs

March 4, 2012 by OliverGodfreed Filed Under: Facebook Games, Opinion Tagged With: , , ,

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There’s a new wave of games on Facebook that combine traditional RTS games such as Starcraft, with the persistence of an OSG, and a dash of Tower Defense in there for good measure. There are several of these games now, starting with Kixeye’s Backyard Monsters, Battle Pirates, and War Commander, and now Kabaam has entered the fray with Edgeworld.

Rather than review each of these games (as they are practically identical except for graphics) I wanted to take a look at the pros and cons of this hybrid genre, compared to your traditional Online Strategy Game. So, let’s go!

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Call of Gods Art Theft

December 2, 2011 by OliverGodfreed Filed Under: Opinion Tagged With: , , , , , , , , , ,

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There I was, foraging the ditial sea, when up from the waves came another ad for “Call of Gods”. Now, let me say that I played Call of Gods for about twenty minutes earlier this year, fooled into thinking it was an OSG. Since that day I have felt YooGames (who also run servers for strategy game Warflow) should refund those twenty minutes of my life, so I am actually quite pleased to break this scandal: See the Scandal!

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Lord of Ultima City Planning

November 20, 2011 by OliverGodfreed Filed Under: Opinion Tagged With: , , , , ,

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For me, one of the most exciting aspects of Civilization is deciding where to build my next city. Since each city’s production is determined by the surrounding terrain, it becomes an interesting spacial challenge and I have spent hours weighing the benifits of a few spots. Well, here I get the defensive bonus from being on a hill, but I loose the food bonus for the cattle. Here I gain access to the coast, but lose the iron resource… Read on!

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Ikariam Islands

November 12, 2011 by OliverGodfreed Filed Under: Opinion Tagged With:

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Ikariam is a world of islands. Not in the way that “every man is an island”, or that your planet in OGame is an island in a sea of stars, but literal islands. Each island hosts a number of cities and mines that are separate from the rest of the world, and the way these cities interact, and interact with other islands, is very unique to Ikariam and makes a fascinating Online Strategey Game. Read on!

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To The Victors Go The Spoils

November 8, 2011 by OliverGodfreed Filed Under: Opinion Tagged With: , ,

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Fair warning, this article is rather dense. But, sometimes it’s good to move beyond saying this game is good or this game is bad and be able to explain why. So, let’s take an academic look at a few models of resource production in online strategy games and see how they affect game-play. That is, how does a player’s resource production change throughout the course of the game, and what is the result? Shall we?

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EVE Online vs Starpires: Battling for Your Space Love

November 4, 2011 by Munchy Filed Under: News, Opinion

Starpires: sweet sleeper space strategy siege?

Indie game developer Bad Pug Games (try to say that three times fast) has recently launched to its full version, and so the inevitable comparisons must be made among space MMOs. Here we go.

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Castle Empire Online Beta

October 1, 2011 by OliverGodfreed Filed Under: News, Opinion Tagged With: , ,

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Earlier this year, Die Settlers Online, the browser version of the popular Settlers series, won Browser Based Strategy Game of the year. Previously only in German, the game has finally come to open beta in English. Read On

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Developers, Don’t Zynga Your Games

September 26, 2011 by Munchy Filed Under: Opinion Tagged With: , , ,

Where did this company go wrong?

Console gamers must deal with the Activision effect. The browser gaming world must deal with Zynga. Developers, will you lose your soul too? [Read more...]

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World of Warcraft on the fall

August 31, 2011 by Munchy Filed Under: News, Opinion Tagged With: , , , , ,

I mean, it's still a great game..

Subscription based games are going the way of the dodo, and even Blizzard admits it. But what does this have to do with online strategy games? Well..
Read on, brotha

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The New Cash Cow = Online Strategy Gaming

August 31, 2011 by Munchy Filed Under: News, Opinion Tagged With: , , , ,

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The writing was on the wall since the Starcraft series was monetized in the East, and it was only a matter of time before it engulfs the West. With the rise of high stakes million-dollar tournaments, it’s a whole new ball game. Keep Reading!

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