Strategy

Yet another Real Time Strategy game... Yet another WWII game... but unlike most WWII games, this one takes place on the *Eastern* Front! It is 1941, and Germany is launching Operation Barbarossa: the invasion of Russia. Finally, a game that captures the magnitude of this epic, 4-year-long battle that ultimately sealed the end of the 3rd Reich! As with the previous CC games, this one is incredibly researched. The sounds of the dozens of different weapons, the hundreds of unit types, the terrain... it is just amazing how much work went into drawing the sprites and the maps. Units can panic, be pinned, suppressed, surrender, regroup... you name it. There are flame tanks, snipers, bunkers, city fighting, winter/summer battles, different weather conditions, mine fields... pretty much anything that might normally happen on a battlefield can happen in this game. And the best parts: it covers the entire Eastern Front battle from 41-45, and it has good multiplayer support. I mean... if you play the Germans, your guys speak German, and if you play the Russians, they speak Russian. You just don't get more realistic than that. :)

Relive the infamous Battle of the Bulge as the Germans or Americans. This entry, fourth in the Close Combat series, introduces a Strategic map, features new units, and includes airstrikes.

Colonization puts you in the role of Viceroy of the New World. You are sent by your King and country to establish colonies in the newly-discovered Americas that lie to the west. You face many of the same challenges that faced colonial organizers of the time-competition from other Old World powers, strange native cultures, the problems of establishing profitable trade programs, and the problems of organizing an army from a rag-tag band of colonists. The game begins with the European discovery of the Americas (1500) and continues until approximately the time of the American Revolution (1800). In the beginning of the game you are given a trading/exploration ship and a small group of colonists. You have no knowledge of what lies ahead of your ship, so you must explore until you find a suitable spot to lay down your first colony. As your colonies grow larger and larger, you inevitably encounter native populations and are confronted with competing imperial powers from the Old World. To be successful in Colonization, you must balance your need for military might with your need for essentials. You must decide early what your strategy is and pursue it relentlessly, but be flexible enough to adjust to a changing situation. It is very important to have a consistent policy with the natives, because your handling of those relationships are critical. Finally, you must build a colonial society that has the infrastructure to survive a test by fire-the War of Independence. In Colonization, you have the chance to change history. As a colonial power, you decide the policies, you make the plans, you choose what is important and what is insignificant. Finally, you will be called upon to decide when to declare independence from your mother country.

Join American, British, Polish, French, Canadians, or the German army in WW2, from Invasion of France to the end of the war in this hybrid tactical wargame. Control 50 heavy weapons, 126 vehicles, 45 types of terrain, and 50 missions. Mission editor is included, limited only by your imagination. See all your units move and fight in full 3D, in a turn-based/simultaneous execution format. The latest version adds TCP/IP multiplayer support!

It's a classic real-time strategy game. There exist two parties, NOD and GDI. Both have different units and structures. The game features about 15 mission on each side. In most missions you have to build a base first to build new units and structures. Special harvesters collect the so-called Tiberium and convert it to money in a reffinery. The game features fmv after every mission.

The Russians are back in this sequel to Red Alert, but this time they mean business, as they go straight to their source of frustration, America. Choose your side and decide who takes control, in this all out war of survival. In this Collector's edition of Red Alert 2, you get an exclusive DVD, with never before seen art, behind the scenes footage of the cut scenes, plus re-mastered scenes and a documentary on the making of RA2. You also receive a soundtrack, featuring some of the great music found in RA2, and a pewter figurine of one of the many characters.

The 3rd part of the Command & Conquer series finally has a new graphics engine, a mixture of voxel and bitmap graphics. Of course a lot of new units were added, like hover tanks, subterrainian units or the Mammoth MKII, this time GDI and NOD fight again. The AI was also improved a little.

You ever played Cannon Fodder? This is much alike, the playing is much the same, only with much much better resolutions. It's time of World War II, and England has made and trained a small group of special elite forces called commandos. You can control up to 5 or 6 men at the same level. Every time you have lost any of your men, you must start all over again, or the end won't be affirmative, and you'll have to start all over it anyway, so it's good thing to save the games and rather often. You can click on any Nazi soldier to see the scope he sees while moving, split the screen onto 6 small ones, leaving the death-traps behind, sniper-shooting, flying planes, diving, driving trucks tanks and other vehicles, using boats, and more. The games is taken to the very tiny edge in detailed world, everything's there, and nicely inputed together.

The dirty 1/2 dozen are back, in all new dark. Ready for more covert operations, and secret missions. The new technologies are ready to be destroyed, and the nazi forces are now tougher than ever. Their guards are now trained for that commando scum. First time there were uneasy to sneak in, this time, it's impossible to sneak out. Will you come in?

Predecessor to the highly succesful (and more complex) Fantasy Empires. A tactical and strategic turn-based game of robotic combat, land conquest, and city siege.

SSI's Dark Legions is a strategy/action game similar to Archon and its remake Archon Ultra. An action/strategy game, in Dark Legions you will pitch your forces against that of a computer or human foe in a game board. When two pieces collide, they will be transfered to another board on which they will fight for survival. In the beginning of the game you will buy your forces with a predefined number of credits, and be able to purchase any of the 16 characters along with various kinds of traps and even rings to upgrade your creatures. In Dark Legions, the balance of power in the dark realm of Tahr Carog is broken. One of the two twin power orbs is lost, and the realm is in chaos. As the holder of one of the orbs, you must combat your opponent - the holder of the second power orb - until one of you loses his orb, and the other prevails. The holder of the two orbs will be granted immense power and immortality, so make sure you select and utilize your forces wisely.

Dune 2000 is a remake of the classic Dune 2 updated for Windows. In this Real-Time Strategy, you can play one of the three houses, the evil Harkonnen, the greed filled Ordos or the noble Atreides. Mine the planet for spice to buy your army and then wipe out the enemy factions.