Strategy games have always performed the best on the pc platform.
From the tactical paramilitary setting in XCOM to the space fantasy in Starcraft.
These games have always been the most challenging and are built for gamers with intellect and
high dexterity.
And most of these games have very competitive multiplayer, but with full fledged story campaigns.
Let's take a look a the upcoming strategy games on PC.
XCOM 2� The latest XCOM slated for a November 2015
release takes players twenty years into the future where humanity has lost to the alien
threat that was attacking earth.
Players familiar with the strategy-based predecessor will take over, trying to reinstate the more-or-less
forgotten organization XCOM: a paramilitary branch of defense that is the only hope that
humanity has in fighting off its own extinction.
The release by 2K games should be one of the highlights the fall.
Shadowrun: Hong Kong
The Shadowrun series took the term cyberpunk and redefined it in a game format.
Now, the Hong Kong sequel set in 2056 is in the works with Harebrained Schemes at the
helm � their Kickstarter campaign features a number of screenshots, and while still manifesting
the 2D birds-eye platform that the original Shadowrun implemented.
The graphics, colors, and shadowing are indicative of how far technology has progressed.
Expect more magic, more weapons, and more cyberware.
Total War: Warhammer Sega has announced Total War: Warhammer.
Finally these two great series have been merged for a new tactical strategy game.
The previous Warhammer games were real time strategy, but this one should be epic in the
Total War engine.
The trailer shows some brilliant cutscenes of characters and player types we can expect
to see in game.
This rendition of Total War will still be very similar with turn based campaign strategy
and real time tactical battles.
But of course it will have the Warhammer fantasy themes of magic, monsters, and beasts.
Sega has revealed four factions: The Empire, The Greenskins, the Dwarves, and Vampire Counts.
With two additional standalone expansions, it will be a trilogy of games to create the
largest Total War experience ever.
Act of Aggression Act Of Aggression is taking players back to
the old school 90s style real time strategy games.
It�s the spiritual successor to the cult classic Act Of War, released in 2005.
The gameplay is extremely similar to Command & Conquer with the focus on modern warfare,
base building, resource gathering, and micromanagement combat.
There will be multiple types of resources.
Banks and prisoners of war can be captured for a supplementary source of income.
The game will also include superweapons and anti-superweapons for each of the factions.
Act Of Aggression is set to be in the 2020s, during which many states around the world
have gone bankrupt from a massive economic crisis.
This creates a group known as the Cartel which are private military contractors who infiltrate
government operations.
Act of Aggression will include two separate single player campaigns.
In one of the campaigns, players will be a head of a multinational military organization
created by the United Nations, known as the "Chimera".
The Chimera task force consists of super soldiers and are under UNO command, formed by personnel
that come from different countries of the UN.
Starcraft 2: Legacy of the Void Legacy of the Void will continue the campaign
focusing on the Protoss species.
There will be about 20 playable missions with players controlling Artanis as its main character.
Artanis will travel on the arkship Spear of Adun and interact with characters such as
Karax and Rohana.
The player will work with different protoss tribes and sects, helping some while opposing
others.
Each ally brings new technology and techniques.
The ultimate goal of the campaign is to unite the various tribes into a viable united force
that can ensure the protoss� survival.
The game will be released as a standalone expansion.
Anno 2205� Another one to look forward to from Ubisoft,
the acclaimed city-builder reimagines itself in space this time.
Like with all world-builders, the emphasis will be on collecting and maintaining resources
� players will colonize the Earth and set up Moon bases, where they will be able to
mine for minerals to help with their colonization efforts.
With thousands of potential hours of gameplay, it feels very much like Anno is attempting
to replicate some of the addictive charm of the Civilization franchise, while still holding
true to its own novel and original concepts.
The graphics and screenshots are also evidence of some spectacular graphics.
Don�t pick this game up if you have homework due.
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