It is always wonderful to see the stars at the night! Infact many belive star gazing inspires them to do creative things . For the universe lovers out there we have listed these space games for you:

Elite Dangerous: Elite Dangerous is a space-flight simulation game developed and published by Frontier Developments in 2017. Piloting a spaceship, the player explores a realistic 1:1 scale open-world representation of the Milky Way galaxy, with the gameplay being open-ended. The game is the first in the series to attempt to feature massively multiplayer gameplay, with players’ actions affecting the narrative story of the game’s persistent universe, while also retaining single-player options. Elite Dangerous is the fourth game in the Elite video game series, one of the longest-running video game franchises. It is the sequel to Frontier: First Encounters,released in 1995.

Platforms : Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4

Starpoint Gemini 3: Starpoint Gemini 3 is a space combat and role-playing video game developed by LGM Games, currently in early access mode and set for full release later in 2019. The game is the third instalment in the Starpoint Gemini series and a direct successor to Starpoint Gemini 2. The game is described as an open world, single player RPG, in which the player takes the role of Jonathan Bold, a space adventurer travelling the Gemini system. It will add two new planetary systems, apart from the existing Gemini and introduce interiors for the first time. The interiors will include bars, industrial halls and night clubs. The player’s ship will be accompanied by ADAH, a digital consciousness which controls the ship’s computer hardware. The player will also use a drone for exploration purposes in otherwise inaccessible areas.

Platforms: Microsoft Windows

Outer Wilds: Outer Wilds is a 2019 action-adventure game developed by Mobius Digital and published by Annapurna Interactive. In the game, the player-character finds themselves on a planet with only 22 minutes before the local sun goes supernova and kills them. The player continually repeats this 22-minute cycle by learning details that can help alter the outcome on later play throughs At the 2015 GDC Independent Games Festival, Outer Wilds won in the Seumas McNally Grand Prize and Excellence in Design categories. At 2015 GDC Independent Games Festival, Outer Wilds won in the Seumas McNally Grand Prize and Excellence in Design categories. The game was listed as one of the Best Games of 2019 by The New Yorker & The Washington Post it was awarded Best Adventure Game by IGN & PC Gamer. It was awarded the overall Game of The Year for 2019 by Polygon, Eurogamer, The Guardian and Giant Bomb.

Platforms: Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4

Endless Space 2: Endless Space 2 is a turn-based strategy, science fiction 4X game developed by Amplitude Studios. It is the sequel to Endless Space, which was released in 2012. The game had been made available through Steam’s early access program since October 2016. It was released on May 2017. At the beginning of the game, the player can choose from one of several races, each with their own perks and traits. They are then given control of a fledgling empire, which they must expand by conquering systems. Each system has up to five planets, with their own environments, climates, stats (which is production, food,), and sometimes anomalies. The game received its third major update on the 23 March 2018. It added the Vaulter civilization, pirate bases, and an Early Access version of multiplayer mode along with several new visual elements.

Platforms: Microsoft Windows, macOS

Rebel Galaxy: Rebel Galaxy is a space western-styled space trading and combat simulation single-player video game developed and published by two-person studio Double Damage Games. It was released  on October 20, 2015. Rebel Galaxy uses licensed blues rock and country rock tracks from artists including Blues Saraceno, Nick Nolan, The Blue News, and Abbas Premje.

Platforms: Microsoft Windows, OS X, PlayStation 4, Xbox One

Stellaris: Stellaris is a 4X grand strategy video game developed and published by Paradox Interactive. Stellaris’s gameplay revolves around space exploration, managing an empire, diplomacy, and space warfare with other spacefaring civilizations. It is a real-time grand strategy game set in space, beginning in the year 2200. Players take control of a species in its early stages of interstellar space exploration, right after the invention of faster-than-light (FTL) spaceship technology, ready to claim a place as one of “the species of the stars. On 21 June 2016, it was announced that the game had sold over 500,000 units

Platforms: Windows, OS X, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One

Space Engineers: Space Engineers is a voxel-based sandbox game set in space and on planets. It was developed and published by Czech Republic independent developer Keen Software House. In 2013, the initial developmental release of the game joined the Steam early access program. During the following years of active development, Space Engineers sold over one million units. In total as of 2019 the game has sold over 3.5 million copies.In May of 2015, for approximately a year and a half, the game’s source code was officially available and maintained by KSH to assist the modding community. On December 2016, the game entered Beta and was later officially released on February 2019.

Platforms: Microsoft Windows

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As we enter a new decade, we are observing maturity in the Indian gaming industry. Especially when it comes to gaming hardware has already started shaping the gaming space. But how many of us can access these hardware? Cloud gaming technology which was until last year not so reachable for the gaming community is on the verge in changing the mindset.

Many of us are unaware of the fact that in today’s time everything under online world is based out of cloud. The biggest example will be the last decade – from booking cabs, to shopping online, to watch content online everything has been disrupted by cloud technology. Last decade was the time when entire community was dominated by cloud technology and gaming was no exception.

Last  year the big players like Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Flipkart, Paytm rushed to adapt the cloud technology for gaming sector.

With high speed data connection, the gaming space is evolving and it has opened doors for some startups to experiment with unique ideas for cloud gaming. Bangalore based startup Vimobin Labs  is one such technology company which has recently raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding from FirstCheque with participation of angel investors such as Ranjit Radhakrishnan (CPO, Byjus), Farooq Adam (cofounder, Fynd), Shubh Malhotra (cofounder, Mobile Premier League (MPL)), Aprameya Radhakrishnan (CEO, Vokal, Ex CEO – TaxiForSure) and Aaryaman Vir from Prophetic Ventures to explore and evolve the cloud gaming scene in India.

Vimobin Labs co-founder and CEO Nikhil Prasad

In conversation AnimationXpress Vimobin Labs co-founder and CEO Nikhil Prasad shared   that gaming space in India has grown very fast and they are aiming to build the future of gaming which will revolutionise how games are consumed by the next billion gamers. He also added that they are aiming, “To offer gaming experience to the user who doesn’t have access to the right hardware. Today games are being made thinking of  the bigger gaming market like U.S South Korea, Japan and the average cost of the devices sold over in these countries are usually $400 to $500. Game developers are making games like PUBG and Fortnite and others keeping in mind to the hardware specifications of those gaming market. However the India story is different and the average cost of phone which are sold in India are $150 and it is drastically low, last year in Q3 the average phone sold was under Rs 12000 and therefore, the buying part is different. Then it’s become hard for Indian players to download and enjoy hardcore game uninterruptedly.”

Then he cited an example how during his computer gaming days owning a proper GPU was a dream. So to simplify the hardware hindrances Vimobin “is currently working on the technology where players can access heavy games like PUBG, Call of Duty, Age of Empires and others on cloud via one app, without worrying the phone space and the hardware specification  instead of downloading separate applications, which are too heavy for an average Android phone.”

Speaking of the market he highlighted the fact that the biggest hindrance right now in India with cloud gaming  is lack of awareness, players are finding hard to conceptualise the  idea, users impulse which will simplify and become easier  for audience to consume cloud gaming  with time. With the idea to make the ecosystem ready  for cloud gaming  Vimobin is currently expanding with new hires.

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Sony has already confirmed that the PS 5 would be coming out this year. While the a date or price have not been confirmed as of yet, the speculations are running high.

The PlayStation 4 is undoubtedly one of the most successful consoles in quite some time and PS 5 needs to outdo its predecessor and hence the specs are features would be something to keep an eye on.

These have been a few reported leaks on the features, dates and prices in the recent past.

According to one of the earliest leaks in mid 2019, published on Dexerto, the console will be coming near the end of 2020, November to be precise. Priced at $499 (around Rs. 34,500 approximately).

However there has been a fresh stir in the space. According to a recent leak from an anonymous user on 4chan, the upcoming console will be revealed on 5 February at the Sony Hall in New York City. Even though the reveal, according to the leak, is slated for February, the launch is still stated for October this year. However, pre-orders are rumoured to start with the launch event itself and the price is apparently identical to the aforementioned leak.

One of the major excitement point for the enthusiasts is the “backwards compatibility”, which is likely to allow players to play games of all the console’s previous editions.

Even though the leaks have not been confirmed by any sources, it is likely that we get some announcements from Sony soon.

Let’s hope!

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Ironcode Gaming is launching a new strategy game Tower of God for Steam on 18 January . In conversation with Animationxpress, Ironcode games CEO Pallav Nawani shares “Tower of God tells the story of a man who wants to change the choices he has made in his life. He decides to climb the unconquered Tower of God to have his one wish granted. It is a casual game for everyone who plays games for relaxation.”

The gameplay comprises of match-3 game with new gameplay mechanics which is based on strategy and also includes mini-games such as hidden object, jigsaw, memory and slider. “The player plays the Match-3 game to climb up the tower. In between there are mini games to freshen up the gameplay,” Nawani added.

The game will be available to play on PC, Mac, Linux and Android. It can be bought at Steam, itch and Ironcode’s official website as well. Nawani shares that the biggest concern for him while designing the game was to introduce something new in this casual game as casual gamers have played many match-3 games over the years side by side they also kept in mind that the players can still play the game and relax.

For that they have introduced new design elements, and have modified some old concepts to present it differently. The game also has difficulty levels which allowed the players “to play endless, untimed mode, while experienced players could play tougher levels in timed or move limited mode,” he added.

They have also taken care of the fact that while playing the game the player shouldn’t get bored before the game has to introduce something new. They have focused that the game in every level is fun to play, whether it is the first level or the last. He expressed, “For design we use good old pen and paper and spreadsheets, we document using Google docs and Google spreadsheets. That allows us to easily collaborate it online. For development; we use Unity as the game engine, and Affinity Studio and Blender for art.”

They started working on the game seven months back and the initial response has been good overall. He says “we are targeting people who play games to relax. While a lot of that audience has moved to mobile, that market is oversaturated. Fortunately, there are a sufficient number of people playing games on PC, so we are targeting those.”

He believes that the Indian games market is mobile first and the only profitable way is to have IPs and use them to make quick games that are cheap to make and monetize with ads. So game developers are finding strategy games are becoming successful and thus the developers are overflowing with strategy games. To inspire the budding developers he shares an insight for a successful game development he says, “It is crucial to analyse the industry before you start making the game, make sure there is an audience for your game before you commit to developing it.”

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HBO announced on Wednesday that it has approved a three-part animated series titled Aquaman: King of Atlantis for HBO Max. James Wan, the director of the 2018 live-action Aquaman film, will executive produce via his Atomic Monster production company. The announcement was made at the WarnerMedia Television Critics Association (TCA) day.

Aquaman director James Wan will exec produce the three-part series.

HBO Max’s not revealed whether Jason Momoa or any other cast members of the DC live-action film will lend their voices to the show or if it is even tied to it beyond being about Aquaman and Wan being involved.

Produced by Warner Bros. Animation, the series begins with Aquaman’s first day on the job as king of Atlantis and he’s got a LOT of catching up to do. Luckily, he has his two royal advisors to back him up – Vulko, the scholar, and Mera, the water controlling warrior-princess. Between dealing with unscrupulous surface dwellers, elder evils from beyond time and his own half-brother who wants to overthrow him, Aquaman is going to have to rise to the challenge and prove to his subjects, and to himself, that he’s the right man for the trident!

Along with Wan, Aquaman: King of Atlantis is executive produced by Atomic Monster’s Michael Clear (Annabelle Comes Home), Rob Hackett (Swamp Thing) and Sam Register (Teen Titans Go!).

Victor Courtright (ThunderCats Roar!) and Marly Halpern-Graser (Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) will serve as showrunners and co-executive producers.

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