Sword of the Stars II Features

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Interview: We bring you the latest information on Sword of the Stars II...

So, with only four months to go, we decided to catch up with Martin Circulis and the guys over at Kerberos to see how Sword of the Stars II was getting along... Strategy Informer: So - until recently all you guys have had is really some tech demos and some pretty impressive talk (no offence). Now...

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Preview: We get an in-depth look with Sword of the Stars II...

Despite the impressive tech demos, the talks, the wish-lists and the dreams, you can never really get a 'feel' for a game without getting a complete build in your hands. As amazing as Kerberos has made Sword of the Stars II sound, do this kind of thing for long enough and you'll soon learn that keeping a "believe it when we see it" mentality is key. But with only four...

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Preview: The Lords of Winter are coming... for you... and you... but not you...

It must be nice to have single-handedly spawned an entire sub-genre of videogames. I wonder if Alan Emrich knew that the phrase he used when previewing Master of Orion back in 1993 would stick and go on to define its own class of games. Apparently he's still around somewhere, we should bring him in and ask him about that, would make a good read... what? The preview? Oh right,...