A hands-on look at Nippon Ichi’s new squad based Strategy RPG.

While much of the hardcore gaming crowd has most likely migrated over to one of the next gen systems by now, fans of niche games still have a comfortable home on the PS2 thanks to game companies like Nippon Ichi and Atlus providing us with great games like Odin Sphere, GrimGrimoire, and the upcoming Persona 3 on a fairly consistent basis. Nippon Ichi’s next effort, Soul Nomad and the World Eaters, is the long awaited return to their Strategy RPG roots that fans have been waiting for ever since they had their fill of Disgaea 2. In fact, give Soul Nomad a quick glance and you’d probably think that it was in fact Disgaea 3. Despite visual similarities however, Soul Nomad and Disgaea are as different as night and day when it comes to how they are played.

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Civilization: Revolution was introduced during the Take 2 press event this morning by series creator Sid Meier. He led off the conference with a good bit of exuberance regarding the upcoming console version of the Civilization franchise.

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When worms go to war, no force on earth–except perhaps a good, strong rain shower–can stop them. The Worms series of turn-based strategy games has been around for more than a decade, and after making a series of unfortunate transitions to 3D, the Open Warfare series plays to the series’ 2D roots.

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One of the most anticipated sci-fi strategy title of the year has gone gold!

Tri Synergy (www.trisynergy.com) is proud to announce that their highly anticipated sci-fi strategy title, UFO: Extraterrestrials, has gone gold! UFO: Extraterrestrials combines fast-paced real time action on the strategic level with intense turn-based tactical battles.

To celebrate the arrival of the Gold-Master build of UFO: Extraterrestrials, Tri Synergy is releasing a sneak peek at the opening cinematic trailer in addition to a new bundle of screenshots, with more gameplay footage and screens to follow!

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