Strategy Games

Another win for story-driven single-player games as superhero comedy Dispatch sells a "pretty good" 1 million copies in 10 days

Civilization 7 update brings pirates and "powerful" Ocean Tiles, but developer Firaxis won't say much more: "You'll notice smaller, less frequent updates while the team shifts into testing"

Firaxis says Civilization 7 is getting "dramatic changes" as it tests a way to basically bypass its divisive Ages system and let you play as one faction the whole game

Between "spider/bee stacking" to "independently realize dogs exist," the latest major update from Manor Lords indie publisher's sci-fi strategy RPG includes some of the best patch notes I've ever seen

Nintendo randomly reveals a big update for Pikmin 4, adding new difficulties and special Pikmin, but bizarrely no Switch 2 enhancements

Don't underestimate Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era's arena mode – it taught me how to win a campaign after 5 failed attempts

Creative Assembly teases "new historical and fantasy" Total War games to be revealed this year, promises it will fix Total War: Warhammer 3 in the meantime: "We’re sorry that the game entered this state"

30 years of strategy games later, Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era flies to 1 million wishlists on Steam thanks to a killer demo: "A truly incredible achievement"

I've been playing Heroes of Might and Magic since I was 6, and after putting 10 hours into Olden Era's huge Steam demo, the strategy series has never felt better

Breaking Bad's Aaron Paul has "always wanted" to be in a game, but The Boys-esque superhero comedy Dispatch was the first truly irresistible role: "Nothing really felt like the right fit"

Years before Fable, Peter Molyneux finished making proto-city builder Populous in 12 hours because he "forgot" to do it sooner: "There was no end of the game"

66-year-old Fable lead Peter Molyneux doesn't sound happy about it, but upcoming god game Masters of Albion might be his last ever: "I just haven't got the life energy left to do this again"

New Fire Emblem spin-off drops out of nowhere, mixing Among Us with evil furries, and I see why Nintendo made zero noise about it: "This is a contender for the worst game I've ever played"

Weeks after BioShock layoffs, 2K axes employees at Civilization and XCOM developer Firaxis for "adaptability, collaboration, and creativity," which is a pretty cold way of acknowledging the reported dozens of job losses

Menace is an XCOM-Warhammer hybrid that makes turn-based strategy feel like an immersive sim, and for the first time in my life I'm playing a game that seems made for me

Playing Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era has turned me into a Dungeon devotee, and I can't help but feel like I'm already seeing a strategy classic in the making

31 years later, XCOM creator Julian Gollop says strategy games are still "where my heart lies" and he wants to make them "more accessible and immersive" – his latest attempt is out today with co-op and Pikmin vibes