2026-09-11 14:18 UTC · Community Announcements · John
1.70.2 Bug Fixes Fixed a crash on startup, and when pressing Apply in the Mods window, caused by mods whose gameoptions.txt leaves a blank line where a text settings default value belongs. Fixed a crash on startup for anyone with extracted main.dat files in their Defcon folder whose names differ only in capitalisation from the originals. A missing font file no longer closes the game, Defcon falls back to another font instead. Fixed a crash when connecting to a game in rare cases. Fixed a crash caused by the unit placement window and sidepanel. Screenshots with HDR enabled using the DirectX11 r
2026-08-24 08:49 UTC · Community Announcements · John
Defcon Beta Update AnnouncementWe would like to announce that, thanks to the hard efforts of Defcon fan, volunteer and skilled developers, Keiron McPhee and Jasmin Brumme, we have a new build of Defcon to test! The core experience remains pure DEFCON, but under the hood much has changed. There is a new graphics (DirectX, Metal and Vulkan) and sound subsystem (FAudio), hundreds of performance enhancements and bug fixes, and not least, native support for 64-bit cpus. Windows, Mac and Linux builds are available. We have put up a build for testing on the "beta" branch. You can switch to it by righ
2024-09-08 11:25 UTC · Community Announcements · John
Make Mac OS X 10.13 build the default. Should resolve "damaged and can't be opened" issue on recent Mac OS X.
2020-11-06 13:00 UTC · Rock, Paper, Shotgun · contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Graham Smith)
Looking back at it now, 2020 doesn’t feel like a banner year for strategy games, but that doesn’t mean there haven’t been a few gems. The list below – gathered by a panel of experts and regularly updated – contains games from as recently as 12 months ago alongside classics from as far back as 28 years ago. They’re all games we think you could play and love right now. (more…)
2020-01-29 16:34 UTC · Rock, Paper, Shotgun · contact@rockpapershotgun.com (RPS)
For a time it looked as though strategy games had sunk into a kind of deathly malaise, unsure which territory to claim next and which ones it should leave well and truly alone. Fast forward to 2020, though, and strategy games have never looked healthier, which is why we’ve compiled this best strategy games list of all time. Whether you want to conquer the depths of space, wage historical warfare or hulk around in big mechanical robots, there’s a strategy game for you below. (more…)
2019-11-25 17:08 UTC · Rock, Paper, Shotgun · contact@rockpapershotgun.com (RPS)
You’ll ocassionally find someone on the internet sounding off about how the strategy genre is dead. If you see such a person in the future, send them this list of the best strategy games ever made. (more…)
2018-06-28 11:00 UTC · Rock, Paper, Shotgun · contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Alec Meer)
An entirely objective ranking of the 50 best PC strategy games ever made, now freshened up to include everything from 2017 and 2018. From intricate, global-scale wargames to the tight thrills of guerrilla squads, the broad expanse of the genre contains something for everyone, and we’ve gathered the best of the best. The vast majority are available to buy digitally, a few are free to download and play forever. They’re all brilliant. (more…)
2018-03-15 21:00 UTC · Rock, Paper, Shotgun · contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Alister MacQuarrie)
Civilization VI: Rise and Fall wants to solve a problem. That problem is perpetual growth, and it plagues many 4X games. Whether your aim is world conquest or cultural hegemony, victory in Civilization and many of its cohorts depends on domination. However peacefully you try to play, you’re often straight-jacketed into a utilitarian-psychotic view where all resources and people are just raw material to be assimilated, Borg-like, until the whole map is monochrome. But as the early excitement of exploration and expansion ebbs to late game stagnation, the fun runs out. Historically, stagnat
2017-09-22 18:00 UTC · Rock, Paper, Shotgun · contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Brendan Caldwell)
Hello. This is Spawn Point, a new not-quite-regular feature in which we take a genre, series or other facet of gaming culture, and try to convince you to give it a shot. It might be those hero shooters you ve always wanted to get into, or that terrifying space game played by thousands of jerks. We ll briefly explain the thing, followed by some ways for you to breach it. First up, it s… the real-time strategy. (more…)
2017-05-17 17:00 UTC · Announcement · Valve
Today's Deal: Save 85% on DEFCON!* Look for the deals each day on the front page of Steam. Or follow us on twitter or Facebook for instant notifications wherever you are! *Offer ends Friday at 10AM Pacific Time
2017-02-15 12:44 UTC · Rock, Paper, Shotgun · contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Alice O'Connor)
2017-02-15 11:28 UTC · Community Announcements · elDiablo
Introversion joins the VR party! After Prison Architect, our most successful game is DEFCON - a nuclear war strategy game inspired by the 80s movie War games (If you've not seen it, so yourself a favour and check it out over the weekend) DEFCON VR allows you to spectate DEFCON games in the comfort of your own virtual War Room. Join others and marvel at total global annihilation as nuclear missiles arc over the globe on their path to destruction. Have a look as Chris, Mark, and Finlay show off the glory of nuclear doom. https://youtu.be/jaepnLVWedE We're giving away a prototype on steam, but if
2017-02-15 11:28 UTC · Community Announcements · elDiablo
Introversion joins the VR party! After Prison Architect, our most successful game is DEFCON - a nuclear war strategy game inspired by the 80s movie War games (If you've not seen it, so yourself a favour and check it out over the weekend) DEFCON VR allows you to spectate DEFCON games in the comfort of your own virtual War Room. Join others and marvel at total global annihilation as nuclear missiles arc over the globe on their path to destruction. Have a look as Chris, Mark, and Finlay show off the glory of nuclear doom. https://youtu.be/jaepnLVWedE We're giving away a prototype on steam, but if
2012-12-06 18:00 UTC · Announcement · Valve
Today's Deal: Save 75% on DEFCON! Look for the deals each day on the front page of Steam. Or follow us on twitter or Facebook for instant notifications wherever you are!
2012-08-28 17:05 UTC · Announcement · Valve
Some of the best-rated indie developers from Great Britain have come together to create the Best of British Indie Bundle during this week's Midweek Madness*! This Bundle includes: * Time Gentlemen, Please! and Ben There Dan That! Double Pack; * DEFCON; * Eufloria; * Gratuitious Space Battles; * Revenge of the Titans; * Frozen Synapse; *Offer ends Thursday at 4PM Pacific Time
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