Spacey Game News and Deals 2/25-26/13: Catching Up Edition

Hello everyone, and happy Tuesday! Sorry about the lack of news yesterday, had a dentist appointment and no time to put into this, sadly. Fun times! This mean I have news from today, yesterday and the weekend to cover, so let’s dive in!

• Endless Space – There’s a new screenshot of a new Automaton hero, Mizn Ora-Yur, from the upcoming Virtual Awakening expansion. I love the look of it.
• EVE Online – The Mittani has some great EVE-based articles such as the sin of sloth in the game, news on a new battle of U930, a look at the sovereignty system, some unrest in the Li3 federation and finally, an interview with the folks behind the EVE documentary called “A Tale of Internet Spaceships“,
• Freespace 2 – Speaking of The Mittani, they take at look at the BEST SPACE COMBAT SIM EVER in their Nostalgia files.
• Star Citizen – There’s a new update entitled, “Information as Currency; the Rise of the InfoAgent” which talks about this career path.
• SlipSpace – There’s a new dev video on their Kickstarter page that I sadly can’t embed, but it looks nifty!
• Rogue System – FlightSim.com has a nice little blurb about the game. Michael also posted some thoughts on Kickstarter and a small article on how hardcore the game is. Finally, there’s a new startup video, which I’ll embed below.
• StarMade – There’s both a quick status update that followed the release of a new test build for folks to try, including me. ;)
• Beyond Beyaan – Spider! (He is our hero) Also, the Kickstarter has less than a day left, so if you wanna kick in, now’s the time. :)
• StarLife – The devs have set up a new forum for y’all to chat about the game.
• Star Trek Online – There’s a small update covering a possible roleplaying code of conduct. They also have Friday screenshots, as well as a new starship spotlight video, which I’ll embed below.
• Miner Wars 2081 – According to a tweet on their Twitter feed, the devs have begun work on modding support, as well as releasing “99% of the game source code”. I wonder what that other 1% would be…
• StarStrategy – More screenshots of things going pew pew!
• Rules of Engagement 2 – Maurice — you know, one of the gentlement I just interviewed about the game — posted an old review of the game from OMNI magazine that’s a real treat to read.
• ZigFrak – The folks at TechZwn (odd name) have a review of the game for y’all to enjoy.
• Deep Space Settlement – There’s a cool new screenshot over on yfrog.
• Galaxial – There’s a new dev blog entry covering colony management that looks pretty awesome.
• Drox Operatove – There are some new tweets teasing features in the upcoming expansion.
• Space Nerds in Space – Thanks to Free Gamer for letting us know about this upcoming starship bridge simulator inspired by Artemis.
• Sword of the Stars II – Universal Gaming Reviews has a review and giveaway of the game.
• Strike Suit Zero – Speaking of giveaways, Space Sector is having one for this game.
• Epic Space Game – There’s a new post detailing the latest changes to the game.
• Star Command – There’s a new update apologizing for their lack of updates and then giving a small update on their Kickstarter.
• Longshot – The dad at Dad’s Gaming Addiction did an article on the game.
• AI War – Now that their latest game is released, Arcen can now return to patching this one. ;)
• Void of Darkness – This is a new Starflight-inspired game sent into me by reader John, so thanks John!
• Wing Commander – Podcast Partner Jim sent over this awesome video of a hard-rock cover of the game’s theme. This will totally be embedded below the cut.

Next up, sales, and there’s a good chunk of stuff! Steam is having several midweek sales, which includes the following:

• Space Empires IV Deluxe for $2.49 (A freaking STEAL)
• Space Empires V for $3.74
• Space Empires IV and V Pack for $4.99
• Gemini Wars for $6.79
• Stellar Impact for $2.49, or With DLC Bundle for $2.99

Finally, related news! First, since we cover older games here, I though that a new version of the Amiga emulator WinUAE being released was somewhat relevant, thanks to Indie Retro News for the update. Next, I missed this somehow but Artem Bank — the gentleman who composed the amazing music for Star Ruler — has two new bits of music out, “Facebook 5” and “Natural” which sound great. Finally, the Concept Ships blog has fantastic ships from Joseph Cross and a gorgeous orbiter concept from Rasmus Poulsen.

That’s it folks! WHEW! Thanks for visiting, and enjoy!