real-time strategy Archives

Back to the Future: Why Tempest Rising is the RTS Lightning Bolt We’ve Been Waiting For

For a lot of us, the 90s were defined by the golden age of Real-Time Strategy games. We lived for the "Unit Ready" announcements and the thrill of dragging a…

Chris March 8, 2026

Gaming News

Steel, Smoke, and Strategy: Atre: Dominance Wars is the RTS Shake-up We’ve Been Waiting For

Let’s be honest for a second because the real-time strategy genre has been in a weird spot lately. For a while, it felt like we were either getting hyper-competitive click-fests…

Chris February 16, 2026

Retro-Games

The Ultimate Hero’s Journey: Warlords Battlecry III is on of the Best of RPG-RTS Hybrids

Release Date: May 17, 2004 Developer: Infinite Interactive Get It On: GOG The early 2000s saw an absolute explosion of the Real-Time Strategy genre. It was the era of Warcraft…

Chris January 29, 2026

Retro-Games

“More Gold, Your Majesty!”: Why We’re Still Obsessed with a Kingdom We Can’t Control

Release Date: March 21, 2000 Developer: Cyberlore Studios Get It On: GOG If you grew up gaming in the late nineties or early 2000s, you probably remember the stressful bliss…

Chris January 28, 2026