When Game of Thrones War for Westeros was announced, I couldn't believe what I was seeing. A Game of Thrones game that wasn’t a mobile cash grab.... but a REAL TIME STRATEGY game? What YEAR is it???

What's going on guys, just taking a look at this new RTS game no the horizon. Can't wait to play it for you all, let me know what you think.

Apparently it looks like it'll be fairly similar to Battle for Middle-Earth 2, which would be fantastic IMO. It's really disappointing that that game isn't around anymore due to rights issues.

As I was looking for this information for a friend who recently picked up the game, I couldn't find an easy to digest video about this! So I made it..

They thought they would play a normal 1h30min best of 5. Turns out, these 6 players battled for their life in The League for over 4 hours, including one game that lasted 3h. Let me take you on their journey!

1. Castle Blood Automatic
2. The Castle Arena
3. Fast Villager Defence

00:00 Beyond All Reason
01:41 Tempest Rising
03:01 Tacticus Sponsor
04:41 Age of Empires
05:50 Age of Mythology
06:47 Company of Heroes 3
08:06 Stormgate
08:45 Sins of a Solar Empire 2
09:44 Anno 117
10:15 The Scouring
10:48 Godsworn
11:23 Era One
12:04 Dying Breed
12:47 Crusader DE
13:27 ZeroSpace
14:24 Stronghold 4
14:50 Company of Heroes DE
15:43 Sanctuary Shattered Sun
16:15 Age of Respair
16:38 Game of Thrones War for Westeros
17:17 Falling Frontier
18:05 Total War
19:22 Dawn of War IV
20:21 Dinolords
20:55 DORF
21:27 Dust Front
21:59 Imperium Eternal
22:55 Wrap up

Here's the bundle with Zade's link: https://www.digiphile.co/collections/rts-renaissance?linkId=lp_354132&sourceId=zade-95&tenantId=digiphile

And without if you would prefer zero tracking. Though Zade gets a small cut if you use his link. (Presumably out of the platform cut?)

7 games, each unlocked at progressively increasing prices in order:

• $8 From Glory To Goo
• $10 9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far
• $12 Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition
• $14 Rogue Command
• $17 The Scouring
• $22 (2 games) Godsworn and Dungeons 4

The money is split at the same ratio for all of these. 75% to the partners (I assume this means the devs/publishers of the games), 20% to the platform (Digiphile), 5% to the Arbor Day Foundation charity.

Plus there is a $4 add-on that can be added separately from the above. Soundtracks for Godsworn, Rogue Command, and 9-Bit Armies, and a wallpaper representing the collective bundle. This add-on goes entirely to charity.

And a $3 optional inclusion of the normally $5 "The Canary and the Trader" expansion for Crusader, or $10 for the normally $15 "The Good, the Bad, and the Evil" expansion for Dungeons 4.

Everything except the wallpaper is a Steam key.

Age of Empires 2 pro player TheViper recorded lines for Norwegian units in the civ for the Kingdom of Denmark and Norway in the upcoming Baltic Powers DLC.

Sandy Petersen made DOOM. He co-designed Age of Empires. Across three long conversations, he's shared stories from behind the scenes at Ensemble Studios - the balance decisions, the accidents that became features, the corporate chaos.

Here's 24 of them in one place.

The Korean incident that nearly got Microsoft reps arrested. The balance decisions made on pure vibes. The bugs Ensemble decided to keep as features. The plan to fire the entire studio the day Halo Wars shipped. The mangonels that chop down forests - and what they were originally allowed to destroy. The bridges the programmers refused to build.

Let's Talk About the Age of Empires

Real-Time Strategy once ruled PC gaming with legends like StarCraft, Age of Empires, Warcraft, and Dawn of War. But over the years, the genre has faded. New RTS games launch… and fail. Why?

In this video, we break down:
✅ The Golden Age of RTS and how it shaped gaming
✅ How StarCraft kickstarted modern esports
✅ Why publishers abandoned RTS games
✅ Why most new RTS titles can’t capture the magic

From Command & Conquer to StarCraft II and Dawn of War III, we’ll explore the rise, fall, and potential comeback of RTS.

Rise and Fall: Civilizations at War was the third title by Stainless Steel Studios - the creators of Empire Earth. Unfortunately it didn't turn out that great, the developer went under and it was finished by the publisher. Not only did it have some really interesting ideas, it also had a story behind it that's often mispresented whenever it is retold. Let's look at the game, examine what happened in detail and see if the whole "amazing studio crushed by bad publisher" narrative holds up.

You don't want them to ruin all your hard work, after all.

Company of Heroes 3: Final Stand is coming later this month.

Rise and Fall: Civilizations at War is one of those games that would go insanely hard if you're 12. It's a bizarre game, and its got an equally bizarre development story. Let's see how it holds up 20 years later...

The multi-planet RTS game Planetary Annihilation: TITANS has been upgraded, adding co-op support to their fancy Galactic War mode.

I have this tendency to dial up things to 11 when I really think I need to make a point.

Relic's classic World War 2 RTS is getting a remake to celebrate for its 20th birthday

T90's Boar walks directly to his Town Center. Why does this happen?

It takes all sorts.

T90 might be wrong about autofarming but he’s a great guy keeping the age of empires scene alive like nobody else.

Crowd funding link: https://wolf-studios.tv/wss/boit/gameathlon-athens/crowdfunding/