Top 5 Anticipated PC Strategy Games of 2010
The last few months of 2009 is looking rather dim for the world of PC Strategy games, unless of course you’re looking forward to Burger Rush or Dinertown Tycoon. So with that in mind, we’ve compiled a list of games that we would actually want to play AND will be out sometime in 2010.
Developed by Blueside, Kingdom under Fire II will make its début on the PC sometime next year. Details are still lacking but what we’ve seen of it so far is compelling enough to give it a nod here. The game is slated to have both a single play campaign and MMO mode and will fuse third person action style game play, ala Dynasty Warriors, with a unique command mode in which players can give orders, direct units of troops and call for reinforcements. The MMO side of the game it really what will set this title apart, if it’s done well.
The sequel to Paradox Interactive’s enormously complex title by the same name, Victoria 2 will put players in command of just about any nation on earth. Real-time Grand Strategy would be an apt term for most of Paradox’s RTS titles in case you’re unfamiliar with them. In Victoria 2, players will lead there nation through the 19th and 20th centuries, dealing with political movements, angry colonists, industrialization, world wars and a whole lot else. One of the great development strategies that Paradox has adopted is to work very closely with their player base, in development, to make sure they get the functions and features right in the eyes of their base. So, if you haven’t done so already, check out their forums and get ready to lose untold hours of sleep when this title hits in early 2010.
Arguably the first F2P MMORTS (I won’t do that again, I promise) to be developed by a major western developer, Society will fuse all the staples of a RTS with massive competition from up to 30,000 other players. The games developer, Stardock, is promising deep military, resource and political management mixed in with city building simulation. Players will be able to form Empires (ie Guilds) and help each other defend their territory. Stardock has also promised solutions for players defending their territory while they are offline. Best part of Society however is that it will not cost the player a dime to get on and play.
Not much is known about Supreme Commander 2 yet and it seems that Square Enix will be keeping a lid on the details until at least later this year but as the sequel to one of the most legendary RTS games of all time, Supreme Commander 2 has to be mentioned on this list. All the factions of the original title will be present and at least one unknown faction will be introduced. So until we know more, we will have to sit, wait and dream about what’s coming with Supreme Commander 2.
1. Starcraft 2: Wings of Liberty
I know, not very original for a list of titles to look forward to in 2010 but common, it’s STARCRAFT 2 (OMGOMGOMG!!?one!). Over a decade since the release of the original, the world is ready for the sequel and at least another decade of Zerg smashing mayhem. Wings of Lberty will focus primarily on the Terrans and specifically on Jim Raynor and his rag tag bunch of mercenaries who find themselves searching the galaxy for artifacts of the Xel’Naga. Blizzard has already made it clear that the game will have at least two expansions which will center around the Zerg and Protoss campaigns. The game will also introduce a slew of new units, heroes and locations for us to collectively drool over. With no official release date yet, other then a very general 2010, we will have to contain ourselves just a little bit longer.
