Paradox Interactive today released the “European Cities” expansion package for Cities in Motion 2, the transit-simulation strategy game from Colossal Order. Available on PC, Mac, and Linux computers, the latest Cities in Motion 2 addition allows players to take on the challenges of managing transit networks across three bustling European cities inspired by Liverpool, Düsseldorf, and Prague... more.

Ground Pounders, the turn-based, cross-platform, Sci-Fistrategy Wargame from Kerberos Productions is out of closed beta and is now available on Early Access (Tom's note: it came out on Valentine's Day, but it was a bit too late in the day for us to send out the announcement)! Early adopters will be able to download and destroy that Very Special Someone in a PC multiplayer match! Singleplayer match... more.

Dominions 4 takes a unique approach to the 4x strategy genre. It involves bringing forth your Pretender, which is much similar to a god or demigod. You also need to have an enormous army to accompany your false prophet to help spread his word. As you conquer the neighboring provinces and continue to build your army, word will spread throughout the land about your Pretender. By building shrines ... more.

Hot on the heels of the critically acclaimed indie release The Banner Saga, indie game development company Stoic, and publisher Versus Evil, today announced an art contest for fans based on their experience in the game, using runic inspired designs. “The Banner Saga has been applauded by reviewers and fans alike for the art style, something we are incredibly proud of. We’ve seen such gr... more.

A Beta version of the Total War: Rome II Assembly Kit, a suite of mod-tools specifically designed to help modders get creative with Rome II, is free to download now in the Tools section of Steam. The Assembly Kit contains a series of tools to help modders edit Rome II’s database and variants, and process data such as textures, models, animations and campaign-game start positions. A suite of... more.

Stoic, an independent game development company and Versus Evil, an independent game publisher, today announced the release of the highly anticipated Strategy RPG The Banner Saga on PC and Mac.  The game, a huge funding success on Kickstarter, was recently announced as an Independent Games Festival (IGF) finalist for Excellence in Visual Arts, with honorable mentions for Excellence in Audio ... more.

Paradox Interactive, a publisher of games that prevent monotony, today released the “Marvellous Monorails” expansion for Cities in Motion 2, the mass transit simulation game from Colossal Order. Available on PC, Mac, and, as of today, Linux computers, Cities in Motion 2 now allows players to add monorail vehicles and tracks to their growing cities. Marvelous Monorails is available for $9.99 o... more.

Paradox Interactive, a publisher of games and a jumper of turnstiles, today announced the forthcoming release of Marvellous Monorails, a new expansion for Cities in Motion 2, the transit-planning strategy game from Colossal Order. Paradox also announced that the entire Cities in Motion franchise will be released for Linux computers, allowing strategy and simulation fans to experience the game on ... more.

A new challenger appears! With the release of Rise of the Triad v1.3 - Interceptor Entertainment and Apogee Software have teamed up with Devolver Digital and Flying Wild Hog to add Shadow Warrior's Lo Wang to Rise of the Triad to engage in ludicrous multiplayer with the H.U.N.T Team on San Nicolas Island! Moreover, as a souvenir from his journey, Lo Wang will be bringing the legendary Ex... more.

llwinter is pleased to bring Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension to Steam for Mac, Windows, and Linux. Already the best selling Dominions game in the 15 year old franchise, Dominions 4 brings the race to ascend to godhood to a new level of depth by adding capture objectives, co-op mode, more units, more spells, and more gods to the already overflowing level of detail that Dominions is famous fo... more.