Whoomp, there it is.
The plan was to stay on vacation straight through until the 5th, but all of these brilliant news bundles (and a couple of orphans) kept turning up on the doorstep at PT HQ high atop Mount Hexmap. I couldn’t very well just leave them out there in the cold, could I? So let’s post a little news. And don’t worry about those orphans — they’re now indentured copy-editors. I’m a job creator.
So here’s something for starters: a first peek at Starbase Orion 2.
Rocco Bowling coyly updated the Chimera Software website in June to give a prominent mention to (but no other information about) Starbase Orion 2, a sequel to Starbase Orion, his very highly-regarded iOS sci-fi empire-building game. Bowling still hasn’t said much about his plans for the new title, but bloodhound-like PT habitue Goose spotted a new video that materialized on Boxing Day on Chimera’s YouTube channel. It’s called Starbase Orion 2 Animation Test, and it suggests that the next 4X from Rocco Bowling will make the jump from 2D to 3D. It also suggests that Bowling is a big fan of Battlestar Galactica, as this video brings enough faux-handheld camera work and tribal drum music to make your own santeria ritual.
Who knows when this thing is coming out, but I’m thrilled to see it looking this sharp. Starbase Orion is the best 4X game going on mobile devices and has been for years — Starbase Orion 2 should blow us away.
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