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Kingdom Under Fire II combines RTS, MMO, cornrows

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2008-01-29 11:26:27 by admin in Video Games Blog
...RTS (LOI) for short Apart from sounding like a skin disease caused by washing your hands with a dirty eel, the MMOARTS demarcation points to all things epic, with thousands of (possibly cornrowed) players being able to clash on the battlefields, lay siege to enemy fortresses and otherwise "write their own epic poetry of war." Take care not...
 
Tags: fire, kingdom, fire universe, game, action rpg, interactive game software, action, highly intense action, recent kingdom
 
 
 
 
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COLUMN: 'Play Evolution': The Evolution of the Modern RTS

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2008-04-15 00:00:05 by jamesl in GameSetWatch
...RTS genre After the huge success of Starcraft and the large success of Warcraft 3, Blizzard stepped off the RTS stage and let THQ nudge their way into the spotlight with Dawn of War and Company of Heroes. But, despite their commercial and critical successes, neither franchise could hold a flame to Starcrafts ability to produce and maintain...
 
Tags: play, maintain competitive play, high-level play, play evolution, rts, heroes game, heroes, level, precise level
 
 
 
 
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Halo Wars will not be your traditional RTS

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2008-03-25 13:45:00 by Dustin Burg in Xbox 360 Fanboy
...RTS child is delivering on their promises and will be bringing something new to the console RTS market According to CVG , Halo Wars strays from the traditional console RTS controls as seen in Battle for Middle Earth and C&C , instead using a much more simplistic "paint" selection control scheme. Definitely a good thing. Ensemble is even...
 
Tags: halo wars, halo wars strays, ensemble, ensemble studios, console rts market, cvg, selection control scheme, time, time management
 
 
 
 
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Halo Wars, the best console RTS ever?

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2008-03-25 22:02:45 by Dan Haspert in That VideoGame Blog
...RTS genre is almost as old as computers themselves, and has been equally successful. It wasnt until recently though they started showing up on consoles with games like Battle for Middle Earth 2 and C&C3 paving the way for other games by proving that, while not the most ideal, the console controller can be a substitute for the mouse and...
 
Tags: halo wars, console rts, console rts games, games, ensemble, ensemble studios, rts tech, recent interview, halo franchise
 
 
 
 
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BattleForge: EA's Card-Based RTS

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2008-04-30 09:58:00 by Jean Snow in Wired: Game|Life
...rts announced BattleForge, a new "fantasy online real-time strategy" PC game that incorporates virtual collectible cards BattleForge is in development at EA Phenomic, creators of the SpellForce series of PC games (pictured above). EA acquired the German studio in 2006 The twist the game will bring to the RTS genre is that your armies will be...
 
Tags: rts, online, battles completely online, battleforge, physical cards, online client, cards, virtual collectible cards, magic online
 
 
 
 
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The 10 Games which put RTS gaming on the map (Part 2)

2008-06-17 16:53:18 by Editor in N4G.com : News Feed : gaming
 
With modern RTS classics like Company of Heroes having learnt from the mistakes made by earlier games, and with exciting games such as Starcraft 2 on the way, Gaming Verdict's RTS expert Nick takes a look at the 10 games which have defined the genre, going back over ten years of RTS history
 
Tags: games, modern rts classics, rts history, starcraft, heroes, verdict, genre, mistakes, company
 
 
 
 
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Godfather II has RTS elements

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2008-06-18 00:00:00 by Justin McElroy in Joystiq
...RTS elements and an Academy Award-winning performance from Robert DeNiro. Godfather II: The Game will possess at least some RTS elements, in addition to the Grand Theft Vito gameplay you remember from the first game The tidbit came from EA CEO John Riccitiello who said "it's almost like you're in an RTS, controlling the strategy of the...
 
Tags: rts elements, rts, riccitiello, ceo john riccitiello, godfather, game, strategy, dead space, redwood shores
 
 
 
 
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SEGA Announces Stormrise Multi-Platform Console RTS

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2008-07-11 21:10:40 by glitch in Wii60
...RTS yesterday called Stormrise . Catching my eye was the games plot, which is set in what is presumably the distant future where human evolution has split into two warring factions. A step away from the typical alien invasion theme, the premise sounds interesting in that one faction has retained the technological aspect of humanity, while the...
 
Tags: sega, total war, total war series, stormrise, console rts, games plot, official press release, multi-platform rts yesterday, fan
 
 
 
 
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PC-to-console RTS ports dont work, says Relic

2008-08-27 11:45:46 by patlike in videogaming247
 
Speaking to CVG, Relic producer Mark Noseworthy has pointed out the bleeding obvious: porting PC RTS games to console doesnt work because of the control method. We dont see porting a traditional PC RTS to console as a very good strategy because the controls, by definition, are incompatible with the game design, he said. To do RTS
 
Tags: rts, console, rts games, control method, game design, cvg, incompatible, obvious, strategy
 
 
 
 
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EndWar: Ready for a Voice-Controlled RTS?

2008-02-12 01:52:44 by abid in PS3 News | PS3 games reviews | PS3 Gaming Blog