Sword of the Stars

Think turn-based strategy games are the sole domain of old school geeks who swoon in the presence of encyclopedic hotkey sheets? Think again.

Genre: Strategy
Release date: Aug 22, 2006
Published by: Destineer
Developed by: Kerberos Productions
Min system requirements: PIII 1GHz or equivalent, 512MB RAM, DirectX 8 video card
Recommended system: P4 1.5GHz or equivalent, 1GB RAM, 1GB HD space, DirectX 9 video card
Multiplayer Modes:
Offline
8 player VS
Online
8 player VS


Screenshots updated Aug 28, 2006
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Sword of the Stars: Born of Blood Patch 1.5.2... N4G
Lighthouse Interactive has released the latest patch for Sword of the Stars: Born of Blood, which...
News from N4G Jun 2, 2008
Lighthouse Interactive releases Sword of the... N4G
Lighthouse Interactive and developer Kerberos Productions, announced the release of the first demo...
News from N4G May 27, 2008
Sword of the Stars Collector's Edition Gone Gold N4G
From the article: Today leading Publisher Lighthouse Interactive and accomplished developer Kerberos...
News from N4G Apr 9, 2008
Sword of the Stars Collectors Edition Announced N4G
Lighthouse Interactive has announced plans to release a special collector's edition of Sword of the...
News from N4G Jan 29, 2008
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Jun 28, 2006
Sword of the Stars
3D space strategy finally returns to our orbit
Apr 7, 2006
You've always meant to try a turn-based strategy game, but in light of customary distractions (school, job, sex life... anything that plays like Doom), you've avoided the genre like Homer Simpson fleeing an athletic trainer. Turn-based games are for spreadsheet sissies, you say, secretly wishing they'd make one accessible enough to fit your fidgety lifestyle. Your clandestine wishes have indeed come true: Sword of the Stars is the best candidate in years to make "you go, I go" interstellar ...
Sword of the Stars
We built a space empire; now we never want to return to Earth
Aug 3, 2006
We've set aside weeks of leisure time to play the space strategy blender Sword of the Stars, and we were still caught dragging our sorry asses to bed in the wee hours of the morning. It's that good. Sword of the Stars is being developed by the core team that put together Homeworld: Cataclysm. While the Homeworld series may never be matched in terms of its sheer sense of wonder, lonely atmosphere and operatic space story, SOTS brings an entirely new brand of gameplay that is just as addictive, ...   » Read Full Sword of the Stars preview
ESRB Rating
Sword of the Stars is rated:
Everyone 10+
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