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This roguelike strategy game puts you in charge of a dieselpunk alt-WW2 mech squad, and its Steam Next Fest demo is wonderfully bite-sized
Hands-on Grit and Valor – 1949's dieselpunk mech theming is an interesting alt-WW2 twist, and I love how the roguelike structure makes each RTS skirmish feel like a tasty snack
EA is "releasing the fully recovered source code" for 4 classic Command & Conquer titles, and it's the best thing a major publisher can do for game preservation
News 5 years after part of the Command & Conquer and Red Alert source code was made public, it's now been "fully recovered" and released alongside the code for Generals and Renegade
The RTS genre "hasn’t changed much" says former Age of Empires developer, "you’re still playing the same game we’re playing 20 years ago"
News If it ain't broke, don't fix it
"We're obsessed": After quietly dropping the best trailer of 2024, bizarre-o strategy game shows off incredible destruction tech – "If you drive a car full speed into a medieval tavern, well..."
News Time-traveling medieval warfare with destruction physics like this? Yes please
Warcraft 2 just got its "first balance changes in 24 years," including a nerf RTS players have wanted since 1995
News New century, new patch
RTS classics Warcraft 1 and 2 are being delisted from GOG just weeks after Blizzard released remasters for them, but GOG is standing by its commitment to preserve them with updates
News GOG is also offering a discount for the games before they're delisted
After 14 years, StarCraft 2's "impossible mission" has been beaten by refining the "Archon Toilet" strategy to cram a group of units into a spot where they'll live until the end of time
News You can survive In Utter Darkness forever if you plan carefully enough
Warcraft 3: Reforged's 2.0 patch temporarily blocked access to the original RTS, with players who've owned the classic version for decades told that their license isn't valid
News Thankfully, it's not an intentional change
