Posts tagged “Jagged Alliance”

The ranks of the Jagged Alliance series, with its myriad sequels, remakes, expansion packs, mods-gone-pro, cancelled MMOs and unofficial spin-offs, rival only the So Solid Crew in terms of headspinning numbers and impossible-to-remember names. After a frankly turgid couple of decades, it's back once again for the one-time king of turn-based mercenary argy-bargy. Can Jagged Alliance: Rage score the Arnie-does-X-COM series a critical and/or commercial…

Tagged with Handy Games, Jagged Alliance, THQ Nordic, Jagged Alliance: Rage.

Sound the horns, ye scoundrels. Battle Brothers [official site], the turn-based strategy full of pointless deaths and bad decisions, has emerged from under the pile of corpses that litter the early access battlefield. After almost two years of mercenary mischief, the full release was today. If you’re not familiar with the man-hiring and hexagonal tile-based killing of the game, don’t fret. They’ve got a wee…

Tagged with Jagged Alliance, Overhype Studios, Battle Brothers.

As prophesied by the saintly words of the Very Reverend Adam Smith last week, Jagged Alliance is about to make its eighty millionth comeback, this time in the charge of Full Control, they of the new Space Hulk game, and via the medium of Crowdsourcing. I can only advise you to read that interview in the pursuit of fulsome details on the turn-based strategy remakequel,…

Tagged with full control studios, Jagged Alliance, jagged alliance: flashback, Kickstarter, Space Hulk.

JAGGED ALLIANCE! JAGGED ALLIANCE! JAGGED ALLIANCE! It's no good. I just don't have Alec's endurance when it comes to repeating words for any length of time. I do have a remarkable degree of stamina when it comes to dancing though and I plan to spend the next five minutes doing the Snoopy dance in celebration of the fact that Full Control, who are currently working…

Tagged with BitComposer, full control, Jagged Alliance, Space Hulk.

I had very mixed feelings about Jagged Alliance: Back In Action and not the kind that make for the emotional equivalent of a delicious bourbon-based beverage. This was more like a draught of nostalgic ambrosia that someone had spilled kerosene in. That I still drank it and would do so again speaks ill of my character. The recent patch siphons in something sweet and much…

Tagged with BitComposer, Jagged Alliance, Kalypso Media, Jagged Alliance: Back In Action.

Bland headlines, eh? Steam is now host to a demo for Jagged Alliance: Back In Action, so all those people who have been dismissive of the move to pausable real time can see if hats must be salted, peppered and devoured. Similarly, those who have laid out a welcome mat for Colonel Change can see what the blighter does once he's in their parlour, hanging…

Tagged with demo, free games, Jagged Alliance, Kalypso Media, Jagged Alliance: Back In Action.

When it was revealed that Jagged Alliance: Back In Action would use a 'plan & go' pausable action system rather than the turn-based trappings of yore, I expected the outcry to be loud and shrill. Mine was, until I played the game at which point I was forced to acknowledge that actual hands-on experience is more useful than spurious supposition. Who would have thought? I…

Tagged with Jagged Alliance, Kalypso Media, Jagged Alliance: Back In Action.

Edit: the fog of war info is conflicting and murky. Clarity is being sought. If you read my earlier impressions of Jagged Alliance: Back In Action, you may have noticed that there was no release date listed. February 9th is the day the game will unlock on Steam and today, news comes that February 14th will see a US retail launch, with information on boxed…

Tagged with Jagged Alliance, Kalypso Media, Jagged Alliance: Back In Action.

It's almost December now, and even though I've checked my hard drive thoroughly, again and again, there is no trace of Jagged Alliance: Back In Action on it. Which doesn't make any sense, given the game was supposed to be out on October 18th. Let me just check again. [Checks] Nope, there's half of an Alanis Morrisette album an ex left on there years ago,…

Tagged with BitComposer, Jagged Alliance, Jagged Alliance Online, Jagged Alliance: Back In Action.

Since we first heard about Jagged Alliance: Back In Action, one very important thing hasn't been entirely clear. As soon as I see evidence of a new tactical game, particularly if it's based on one I've previously attempted to legally wed, I have one question: are you turn-based, my darling? Back In Action has been coyly avoiding the answer to that question, claiming to be…

Tagged with bitmob, Jagged Alliance, Jagged Alliance: Back In Action.

Pining for something unquestionably PC amidst this recent torrent of sound, fury and pre-rendered chest-thumping? A new Jagged Alliance game should do the trick. Jagged Alliance: Back In Action is a "modernised remake" of the one-time X-COM heir apparent, and it now bears a release date. Somehow, 2011's ended up being a corker of a year for tactical strategy - this, Frozen Synapse and all…

Tagged with bitmob, Jagged Alliance, Jagged Alliance: Back In Action.