Category: Cossacks 1

#CossacksBackToWarPreview Date of publish: 18/10/2020 19:16 CET The War for Ukrainian Independence? The War for Spanish Succession? Xebecs? Spakhs? No, this isn’t some painful pop quiz on European history; it’s just some of the campaigns and units you’ll find in last year’s Cossacks: European Wars. A real-time strategy game, Cossacks let you play out enormous […]

#CossacksArtofWarReview Date of publish: 16/10/2020 18:42 CET The scariest thing on earth is a historical strategy game. They are such nightmares that people are reportedly using them to rob banks. They’d burst in, wave the instruction manual around and yell, “NOBODY MOVE! I’VE GOT A HISTORICAL STRATEGY GAME AND I’M NOT AFRAID TO USE IT!” […]

#CossacksArtofWarPreview Date of publish: 14/10/2020 18:47 CET Coming soon from GSC and CDV is the Cossack’s add-on, Cossacks: Art of War. Cossacks was one of those RTS games that just seemed to pop out of nowhere and capture the imagination of RTS fans, especially here in Europe. It was inevitable we would see an expansion […]

#CossacksArtofWarPreview Date of publish: 14/10/2020 18:47 CET It was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness…it was not Age of Empires III, but with this expansion it is closer still. If you are a fan of Age of Empires/Age of Kings and you missed Cossacks: European Wars earlier this year, then you […]

#CossacksArtofWarPreview Date of publish: 13/10/2020 19:49 CET In the spring of this year, game company GSC released Cossacks: European Wars. The game was a big hit in most countries and is still quite high in the charts. Cossacks is a strategy game with real life events and real units. It is based between the 16th […]

#CossacksArtofWarPreview Date of publish: 13/10/2020 19:24 CET If historical strategy games are beardy, then Cossacks (please forgive the pathetically vague analogy) is the Will Riker of strategy games. It’s still a beard, it’s still got biscuit crumbs and coffee stains nestling in it, but it’s sharp, it’s dynamic and… it’s real-time. Cossacks featured all the […]

#CossacksArtofWarPreview Date of publish: 13/10/2020 18:43 CET If you have never played Cossacks, it is a great RTS similar to Age of Empires but set in Europe. You can play historical European battles and have massive amounts of units. Your peasants work to fund your massive armies and your aim is to destroy the enemy. […]

#CossacksArtofWarPreview Date of publish: 12/10/2020 19:00 CET Released in the spring of this year, Cossacks: European Wars was a real-time strategy game that featured traditional RTS gameplay in an unusual setting: Europe in the 16th through 18th centuries. Cossacks received mixed reviews but generated enough popularity to warrant a full-blown expansion pack from its creator, […]

#CossacksArtofWarPreview Date of publish: 12/10/2020 18:54 CET Battles get even bigger in this add-on to the successful musket-age RTS, Cossacks: European Wars. Most developers seem to specialise in one particular genre of gaming, rarely venturing too far beyond the warming glow of their trademark action-shoot ’em up, strategy game or RPG. Some make transitions to […]

Date of publish: 10/10/2020 19:03 CET Cossacks is an upcoming historical real-time strategy title from German game studio CDV. Taking place in Renaissance Europe, the game focuses on historical accuracy, but not at the expense of quick and addictive gameplay. It’s due out in April 2001, and based on the demo, the final version should […]