Europa Universalis IV is about as hardcore as strategy games come. I fancy myself an avid strategy gamer, but the EU series has always been one I have been afraid to really dedicate time to. It isn’t that I dislike the idea of the game. I actually love it, I just know that once I dig […]
Rise of Nations: Extended Edition Overview If you are not familiar with Rise of Nations the new version that just launched on Steam is going to be a great place to get started. The community, as of this writing, is small, active and helpful. This is a multiplayer game at its core, but it does include […]
A younger version of myself was obsessed with all things Rainbow 6. I was there when Wolfenstein, Doom, Blood, Quake, Hexen and every other “Unique FPS” showed up. I enjoyed them about as much as I could, but they never held my attention for long. Rainbow Six launched and all I knew of it was the fact that it […]
Close Combat: Gateway to Caen from Matrix games is launching today and you can jump in without having to go through a backlog of older titles. This was the first game in the Commandos or Company of Heroes style of game that really captured my imagination. While I am excited to get in and give the game a shot, there […]
I so, so, so wish I was here to make a “Get in tha choppa!” joke. That is about the level of cleverness that I can bring to the table. Since I am being denied my moment of comedy brilliance, I will instead put my glasses on and go “Clark Kent” all over the article. […]
Long Winded Introduction Hello dear readers! I am a new writer here at SimHQ and you are likely expecting a very simple, journalistic article as my first foray into writing on this site. Sadly, that is not what you are about to get. You are about to get a sales pitch, (an informative and honest […]
I am Sam Fisher. It’s midnight and I’m in Paraguay, where my mission is to infiltrate an international arms dealer’s sprawling hillside property. At least ten paramilitaries with assault rifles patrol the terraces to the rear of the house; I’ll need to bypass, kill or evade all of these in order to reach my first […]
