Blair Fraser:In the world of developing RTS games, there is nothing more painful than a sync bug. They consume vast amounts of time to track down and much of the engine design is focused around methodology to prevent them. Just because I think it's interesting I'm going to explain what they are and how they are typically caused.
Edward Angell of Gamer Professionals writes: 4x games have come a long way in the past few years. Let's talk about why they are successful and what we can look forward to in this epic genre.
The Steam Summer Sale is upon us! Stock up on some great strategy games!
XMNR: The Halo-themed Sins of a Solar Empire mod, Sins of the Prophets, received a significant new release on Sunday that upgrades the game to the Rebellion version of the main game and adds the Covenant and Flood as new factions.