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4 dispatches on strategy.
The XCOM Architects Are Back, and They Brought Star Wars
Star Wars Zero Company launches August 27 — a turn-based tactics game built by Bit Reactor, the studio founded by Firaxis veterans who made XCOM. Here's what the discourse looks like heading into launch.
Culdcept BEGINS Arrives This Week: When Board Games Met Card Games, Nobody Was Ready
Culdcept BEGINS launches July 16 after a decade dormant. The series' hybrid board-card system once seemed niche—until the deckbuilder explosion made it relevant.
The Live-Service Graveyard Is Full. Sony Just Admitted Why.
Sony's June 2026 decision to keep single-player PS5 games off PC while launching live-service titles everywhere else codifies what game shutdowns already proved: the model is broken by saturation, not platform exclusivity.
Halo Campaign Evolved Adds New Missions. That's Actually a Statement.
Halo Studios is rebuilding the original game from the ground up on Unreal Engine 5 and adding three entirely new story missions. The risk here matters—here's why.