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Join Rob as he delivers the week's 4X news, which entails much more than expected! This episode was brought to you by Remnants of the Precursors . Download the free public beta on April 12th, 2020 (Easter) at www. RemnantsofthePrecursors.com , or search ROTP on Reddit. Outline: AI War II: The Spire eXpansion is out! Warhammer 40K: Gladius - Tau DLC is out! Master of Magic on Steam , Along with Cas...

Rob was lucky enough to sit down with Derek Paxton, now of Stardock, but formerly of Fall From Heaven 1/2 fame. If you're unfamiliar with Fall From Heaven, it was an incredibly detailed and well-received mod for Civilization 4 and is still considered one of the best mods for any game, ever. Rob and Derek talk about Derek's move into game development, the games he's worked on, and some hints at wha...

Join Rob, Ben, and Drexy as they deliver this week's 4X and strategy news and expand a bit this week, in a test of a new, more thorough format! Outline: AI War 2 v1.332 “The Extragalactic War Nears” Stellaris Dev Diary #170: Performance and Other Technical Issues Age of Wonders: Planetfall “Tyrannosaurus Rex” Update v1.200 Battlestar Galactica Deadlock Dev Diary #26 “Colonial Day” Dominus Galaxia...

Rob is outnumbered in this week's episode, but that doesn't matter, because he just joins in on the fun and Rob, Drexy, and Ben all update you on games like Age of Wonders: Planetfall, Interstellar Space: Genesis, Warhammer: 40K - Gladius, and much more. Outline: Interstellar Space: Genesis Graphics Overhaul Dev Diary and eXplorminate Article Stellaris Dev Diary #169: Origins Q&A Age of Wonder...

Join Rob and the British Ben as they discuss updates to many of your favorite 4X games, including Stellaris, Alliance of the Sacred Suns, Remnants of the Precursors and more! Outline: Stellaris Dev Diary #168: Diplomacy Q&A Humankind Developer’s Diary Video Alliance of the Sacred Suns Military System Outlined Stellar Monarch Update Astra Exodus Update and Future Plans Pax Nova Update Immortal...

Join Rob as he lays out the 4X news and presents your ears with a short and sweet roundup of what is to come at eXplorminate! Outline:  Astra Exodus Released, to Not-So-Favorable Reviews: https://store.steampowered.com/app/880750/Astra_Exodus/#app_reviews_hash Warhammer 40K: Gladius v1.4.6 Update: https://steamcommunity.com/gid/103582791460800057/announcements/detail/1710740767936096465 Stell...

Join Rob and special guest, Drexy, as they deliver the 4X gaming news you're looking for! Imperium: Greek Wars update: ( https://steamcommunity.com/games/1183470/announcements/detail/2977376900608183931 ) Astra Exodus update: ( https://steamcommunity.com/games/880750/announcements/detail/1692724456740783658 ) Alliance of the Sacred Suns update: ( https://steamcommunity.com/games/1113400/announceme...

Rob does his best to bring you the news that you want to hear about and also speaks about the return to eXplorminate's roots: 4X games.  WH40K Gladius: RoW update: ( https://steamcommunity.com/games/489630/announcements/detail/1705107447329605579 ) Interstellar Space: Genesis update: ( https://steamcommunity.com/games/984680/announcements/detail/1711864755137525664 ) Endless Day 2020: ( https...

Join Rob as he updates you on some recent developments with the site and the staff. We will likely be taking a couple weeks to regroup after some setbacks.

Join Rob and Nate as they cover the small amount of news that popped up this past week and talk about the FREE release of Remnants of the Precursors, a Master of Orion 1 modernization.  Outline: Lord of Rigel Update Master of Orion Steam Thread Remnants of the Precursors Steam Thread Stellaris Steam Thread What is…Secret Government? Topic #1 - Steam Tags Topic #2 - Most Anticipated Games of 2...

Join Rob and Nate as they discuss the newest information about At the Gates, Thea 2, Fantasy General 2, a game called Distant Worlds 2, and much more! Outline: At the Gates Update Thea 2 Update Humankind Game Awards Trailer Warhammer 40K Gladius Update Fantasy General 2 DLC Announced Distant Worlds 2 Update Astra Exodus Update/Releasing Jan 23rd Interstellar Space: Genesis Update Predestination Up...

Matt, aka Sabouts, is a content creator that publishes Let's Plays and other video content related to 4X and strategy games. He's recently reached 20,000 subscribers on his journey to take YouTube by storm and so we sat down with him as part of our new interview series, where we will speak with successful content creators and ask them all sorts of juicy questions related to our favorite genre.  Yo...

Join Rob and Nate as they discuss Stellaris, Astra Exodus, Slitherine's upcoming streaming marathon, and Amplitude Studios' Humankind being front and center at the Game Awards Show! They also discuss some of the site changes and Steam stuff.  Outline: Driftland: The Magic Revival Update Humankind Update Astra Exodus Update Stellaris Update Slitherine update - Jingle Bell Marathon on 12/19 Bat...

Join Rob and Nate as they publish the first Weekly eXchange on Anchor. FM and talk about Age of Wonders: Planetfall, Alliance of the Sacred Suns, Astra Exodus, and more. They also discuss the recent Steam sale, if you can call it that.  Outline: Age of Wonders: Planetfall Update Alliance of the Sacred Suns Update Astra Exodus Update Interstellar Space: Genesis Update Remnants of the Precursors Upd...

This week Rob and Nate bring you the 4X, strategy, and tactics news you expect, but with more audio issues than you'd probably like. Rob blames Nate. Outline: Driftland UpdateStellaris UpdateAstra Exodus Update Predestination Update Total War: Warhammer 2 Update Warlords on GoG What is...GloomhavenTopic #1 - Steam SaleTopic #2 - GotD survey

Join Rob and Nate as they discuss Humankind, At the Gates, Civilization 6, Dominions 5, the great news about Star Dynasties, and much more! Show Outline:Humankind update Civilization 6 updateAt the Gates update Dominions 5 update  Age of Wonders: Planetfall update Star Dynasties update   Astra Exodus update  Stellaris update Stellar Monarch update Battletech update  What is… Spire of Sorcery? Topi...

Join Rob and Nate as they discuss the new release of Age of Wonders: Planetfall - Revelations, Astra Exodus, Warhammer 40K: Gladius, Stars in Shadow, and more! Show Outline: Age of Wonders: Planetfall update Endless Legend update WH40K Gladius update Distant Worlds 2 UpdateAstra Exodus update Stellaris update Stars in Shadow update Starpoint Gemini 3 update What is… Command: Modern Operations? Top...

Join Rob as he sits down with Chris Park, the main - and currently ONLY - developer behind Arcen Games, a studio with a rich history of doing things differently. Chris opens up on what's gone wrong in the past and what's going right with AI War 2, their latest release that's been met with a positive reception! Stay tuned to eXplorminate later today, as our full review of AI War 2 will be released!...

It's time for the new Weekly eXchange, wherein we talk about Astra Exodus, Stellaris, Interstellar Space: Genesis, Alliance of the Sacred Suns and much, much more. Outline in lieu of notes, for now: Interstellar Space: Genesis Update Alliance of the Sacred Suns Story Update Pax Nova Update/Wiki Astra Exodus Update Stellaris Update Galactic Civilizations 3 Update Nate's Pipedream of an XCOM3 Update...

Join Rob and Nate as they discuss a new 4X game announcement, Thea 2, an update to a game that is somehow - and thankfully - still being updated, and much more! Outline Provided Until Notes Arrive: Imperium: Greek Wars Announced! Thea 2 Update Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes UpdateDriftland Update Gladius UpdateStellaris UpdateAstra Exodus UpdateImmortal Realms: Vampire Wars Now On SteamWhat...

Join Rob as he speaks with the married duo behind the extremely promising Wildermyth, Nate and Annie, of Worldwalker Games. Wildermyth is what you'd probably get if you mixed fantasy with XCOM tactics and threw in some seriously great character development. It'd appeal to just about anyone with a love for strategy RPGs or fantasy strategy games. The intro and outro song is from Wildermyth, titled...

Join Rob and Nate on All Hallow's Eve Eve as they discuss the updates to Interstellar Space: Genesis, Galactic Civilizations 3, Stellaris, and then go in to detail about some of the games they've been playing of late! Show outline, until notes are provided: Thea 2 update - (https://mailchi.mp/f5ff08d96802/muha-games-newsletter-issue-783333) Age of Wonders: Planetfall update - (https://steamcommuni...

Remember that remake of Master of Orion 1 made in Java? The free one? It's been a while since we've heard anything from Ray Fowler, the solo developer of that project, so Rob pinned him down for an update. Rob finally managed to wrench some good news out of him and learned a lot about the project in the process. You can download the Alpha here: https://rayfowler.itch.io/remnants-of-the-precursors

This week on the Weekly eXchange, Rob and Nate talk about PDXCon, Stellaris, Age of Wonders: Planetfall, Pax Nova, Crusader Kings 3, and much more, so tune in and let us know what you think! Notes:Before we begin: HUGE Shoutout to Drexy for his website help! Age of Wonders: Planetfall update – 02:26WH40K Gladius update – 05:09Stellar Monarch update – 07:27Astra Exodus update – 09:50Stars in Shadow...

Join Rob as he speaks with Steve Hawkins, the developer of Alliance of the Sacred Suns, about the origins of the game, its current state, and the direction it's headed in. Then be sure to check out www.eXplorminate.net for even more on this promising title!