Considering the recent heat wave sweeping across the US, particularly in the Southwest, Steam’s annual summer sale really has come at an opportune time. With some areas of the states reaching temperatures exceeding 120 F (49 C), I’d say it’s definitely time to blast the AC and retreat into your gaming lair as often as […]
Game-Labs, the developer behind Naval Action, have recently released patch 10.00, providing new content and features for their popular naval combat sandbox. Notable among the new features are the “Forged Papers,” which allow captains the ability to swap nations should they regret their decision. Another change, which you’ll notice right off the bat, is that […]
Game-Labs’ expansive naval combat sim, Naval Action, continues to navigate its way through Early Access with a fair amount of success. Just visiting the Steam page shows, as of this writing, reviews firmly in the “Very Positive” and “Mostly Positive” categories. In fact, it’s because of these ratings that Game-Labs recently introduced four new ships […]
This week, April 11th, 2016, marks the final week for players to vote on the Player Ship Select 2016 poll for Naval Action. Those of you familiar with the previous poll winners, such as the Ingermanland and Santisima, will want to make sure and cast your vote this week. Out of the 15 ships available […]
Wargaming and Lesta Studio have continued churning out new updates and content for their popular World of Warships title since its release last September. Today, mini update 0.5.3.2 was released and brought with it a couple new camouflages, some visual updates, and, most importantly, a look at the new Russian cruisers. The type five and […]
Developer Game-Labs has pushed their highly anticipated naval combat sim, Naval Action, over to Steam’s Early Access Program. Early last year, SimHQ took a couple looks at Naval Action in its premature stages, but now, it seems, Game-Labs is getting ready for prime time. In brief, Naval Action is a very detailed naval combat sim […]
As gaming genres, Sim and Strategy have an interesting facet, aside from their own unique mechanics, that other gaming genres can’t really claim to possess: books, and by extension, actual learning potential. Before you start listing out all the Fantasy/Sci-fi books you’ve read which were clear inspirations for all the Fantasy/Sci-fi games you’ve played, let […]
Order of Battle Morning Sun Needs Beta Testers After the successful release of their Battle of Britain update, The Aristocrats, makers of Order of Battle: Pacific, are once again returning to the pacific theatre in their next expansion. This time they’ll be taking on the Second Sino-Japanese War: “Players take control over the Japanese forces […]
Command: Modern Air/Naval Operations is getting its first standalone expansion, and it’s set in a surprising, but intriguing, background: World War III. However, it’s probably not what you’re envisioning. Most of the time when games toy around the WWIII scenario, it’s set at some point in the future with fancy new tech, but developer Warfare […]
Wargaming and Lesta Studio, the developers behind the recently released World of Warships, have announced that the Russian destroyer branch (Soviet Tech Tree) will be joining the fray on October 19th. The line of destroyers will include: the famous Izyaslav, Gnevny, and Tashkent (The Blue Cruiser). The Soviet era destroyers bring powerful and very accurate […]
The Aristocrats, makers of Order of Battle: Pacific, have announced that on the 15th of this September, they’ll be releasing free content which covers the historic Battle of Britain. The update will cover the entire course of events from the “Channel Battles” all the way through the aftermath, and marks the 65th anniversary of the […]
Refuel your tanks and batten down the hatches, World of Warships and Armored Warfare are both having events this weekend – hopefully you don’t have to pick and choose which one to attend. Armored Warfare Starting Saturday the 29th until Monday the 31st, all players can jump in and earn two times the reputation and […]
