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The turn-based, multiplayer strategy space is usually dominated by games that can feel slow and plodding. Turns often feel like they can take forever, or the wait for your turn to come back can be excruciating. There's also something to the die roll or coin-flippy nature of randomness that's added to these games that can feel like all agency has been taken away from you. BATALJ hopes to be the change the genre needs, in both regards.

Firaxis Games' Civilization series is one of the most iconic series on the planet. It revolutionized the 4X — or explore, expand, exploit, exterminate — strategy game way back in the early '90s. That it continues to thrive well into 2019 is just a testament to how remarkable of a game Civilization is.

Space is the final frontier for mankind. It's an endless bounty of new and weird locations that can possibly hold eons old secrets, or maybe actively kill us. If were ever going to find something cool out there, we can't let the fear of the latter hinder our pursuit of the former. System Era Softworks' latest game, Astroneer, agrees.

Artifact has had some time to percolate in the wild, so naturally there's been a lot of time to examine the card set. It didn't take long for some stand outs to make themselves known, but some of the better cards have sort of snuck up on the meta as well. For any beginner who just cracked open their initial packs of cards and are wondering where to go from there, this list is for you.

We've been playing shooters loosely based on Middle Eastern conflicts for a while now. The War of Terror created a video game bubble that wouldn't burst until the early/mid 2010s, where most shooters moved on to grappling hooks in space and what not. Nowadays, if you want to even make a dent while existing in that setting, you need to be doing something remarkable. Insurgency: Sandstorm is up to that challenge.

I probably don't have to remind you how good Ghosts 'n Goblins is, or how it revolutionized side-scrolling platformers from 1985 onward. From Castlevaina all the way to Shovel Knight, the road of one of the most popular genres in history is spotted with Ghosts 'n Goblins-shaped bricks. That said, there are still many unique elements from Ghosts 'n Goblins that haven't been replicated in a more pure form in a long time. Enter Casual Bit Games and Battle Princess Madelyn, a new standard bearer for the genre.

Valve's brand new card battle game, Artifact, is already turning heads. Its unique ruleset and daring departures from card game norms is making it the talk of the town. Even though it's not hard to learn, it can be difficult to get everything you need to know in your head after just one game. Hopefully, this guide can help you get your bearings.

Richard Garfield is one of those names you never knew was as important to gaming as it is until you point out all the projects he was involved in. Netrunner, the Battletech CCG, the Star Wars TCG, are just a handful of the many games he's overseen. He also created a little card game called Magic: The Gathering, so we can assume that he knows a thing or two about the genre. So when DOTA2 developer and video game tycoon Valve announced they were teaming up with this legend to make a new card game in the form of Artifact, people started talking.

It's mind-boggling how widely appreciated games in the Farming Simulator franchise are. They’re a cult hit that keeps getting bigger and bigger every year. Maybe there's just something about how farmers live that attracts gamers. Whatever the reason, Farming Simulator 2019 looks to take advantage of this growing market share by taking the series to a bigger scale than ever before.

Remember Warren Spector? He's quite possibly the inventor of the immersive sim subgenre. If you don't remember him, I'm sure you'll remember his legacy: Ultima VI, Thief, Deus Ex, System Shock, etc. If any of those names fill you with fondness, then I have some good news for you. Warren Spector is back, and at the helm of a brand new game that's cut from the same cloth of all of those gems. Underworld Ascendant has come to put the immersive sim back on the map.

It seems forever ago now, but the Cold War was one of the longest, most influential quasi-conflicts in world history. From the mid-60s to the early 90s, people in Europe, Asia, and North America woke up every day not knowing if the next would be the day the nukes fell. It was a tense time period that is often fodder for a lot of fiction, especially spy stuff. That being said, for a time period where there wasn't that much all-out fighting between global powers, there are a lot of war games about that very thing. Armored Brigade adds to the pile of games that ask "what if the Cold War heated up?"

Remember Rollcage? This 90s deep cut, brought to life by the creators of other such classics like Wipeout and Lemmings, was a racer where the track literally came at you from all angles. You raced double-sided cars across exotic landscapes, while pelting other racers with heavy ordinance to a soundtrack that Blade would kill vampires to. Falling off of the track was equally as dangerous as getting stuck behind off road terrain. At the very least Wired Productions remembers, and figured "what better time than right now, in the Year of our Lord 2018, to bring that experience back?" And thus, GRIP: Combat Racing was born.

You are probably familiar with The Walking Dead by now, as it is a global property that can't stop being everywhere at all times. But I don't mean the TV show with the guy who hallucinates and the lady with the katana that's been on for what feels like 20 years. I don't even mean the series of hit adventure games developed by the recently shuttered Telltale Games, or the comics which inspired it all. This new Walking Dead, Overkill's The Walking Dead, is a different animal completely.

Rockstar is one of the biggest development studios on the planet, known for a little game you may of heard of by the name of Grand Theft Auto V. Their next epic, however, might be the studio's most ambitious project yet. The sequel to one of the most critically acclaimed games of the last decade finally arrives with the western epic Red Dead Redemption 2.

We are approaching the final days before the launch of easily one of the most anticipated games of the year in Red Dead Redemption 2. As a sequel to one of the most well-regarded games ever, it has a lot to live up to. But it seems like developer Rockstar is up for the challenge, and in the process may just raise the quality bar for the entire game industry.

There had been almost no talk about the game before two months ago. Then, suddenly a tidal wave of info flooded the internet, hoping to fill in some (but not all) of the blanks regarding the next entry. We’ve rounded up some of the need-to-know items to help get you prepared for it.