May 12, 2023 - TactiCon 2023 is in full swing, with the strategy-themed Steam-based event kicking off with a dedicated showcase showing off many of the highlights from the 100+ games participating in this year’s festivities. Hosted by creators ReneeSky and GamerZakh, the 55-minute-long program is available to watch on demand on the TactiCon YouTube channel:
Here is the complete list of games featured during the broadcast, as well as the announcements:
- Blade Prince Academy - developer Angel Corp and publisher Firesquid revealed the anime-style tactical RPG’s Kickstarter campaign and demo.
- Jumplight Odyssey - League of Geeks debuted a new trailer for its upcoming sci-fi colony sim.
- No Creeps Were Harmed TD - MinMax Games Ltd. showed off the first-ever gameplay footage for its recently announced tower defense game.
- Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew - Mimimi Games debuted a new Island showcase video for the upcoming stealth strategy game.
- Shardpunk: Verminfall - developer Clockwork Pile and publisher Retrovibe showed off new footage from the tactical RPG’s upcoming Rat Pack DLC.
- ENDLESS™ Dungeon - developer Amplitude Studios SAS and publisher SEGA want everyone to join the beta for their upcoming rogue-lite tactical action game.
- Reus 2 - Abbey Games announced a sequel to its iconic god game, partnering with publisher Firesquid to bring the ten-year-old series to new audiences.
- Mars Horizon 2: The Search for Life - developer Auroch Digital and publisher Secret Mode had more to share from the recently announced space management game.
- Men of War II - developer BestWay and publisher Fulqrum Publishing invited everyone to join the WW2 real-time strategy game’s open beta that’s running right now!
- Vagrus - The Riven Realms - Lost Pilgrims Studio shared more on its open world sRPG’s first major expansion, Sunfire and Moonshadow.
- Solium Infernum - League of Geeks' own Trent Kusters, co-founder and studio director, gave us an in-depth look at various features in the upcoming grand strategy game.
- Kriegsfront Tactics - Toge Productions had more to share on its upcoming procedural turn-based mecha squad tactics game, including a brand-new demo for the event.
- The Riftbreaker - EXOR Studios showed off more for the action strategy game’s upcoming Into The Dark expansion.
- Stickman Trenches - Big Play Games gave us an exclusive look at the WW1-themed real-time strategy game’s first major content update.
- Project Haven - Code Three Fifty One’s turn-based strategy and tactics game has a brand new demo available as part of TactiCon 2023.
- Star★Vaders - developer StarVaders Team has also created a new demo for its upcoming roguelike-deckbuilding tactical shoot-em-up game.
- Yield! - Billionworlds revealed new factions and units for its upcoming compact 4X game.
- Super Fantasy Kingdom - Feryaz Beer unveiled the first test for the upcoming fantasy roguelite city builder.
- The Settlings - The pixel art settlement builder and resource management game has added a unique map to the demo to try as part of TactiCon.
TactiCon 2023 runs until May 15 and is co-hosted by indie strategy publishers Hooded Horse and Firesquid. A complete list of panels and featured games is on the official TactiCon website. A press kit is available.
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About Hooded Horse Inc.™
Hooded Horse Inc. is a publisher of deep strategic and tactical games with people and partners worldwide. Starting in 2019 with a single title, Hooded Horse’s portfolio has grown to 21 games and counting. Our goal is to empower and support developers in doing what they love so that they can create world-class experiences for their audiences. From the distant past of Manor Lords and the haunted woods of Against the Storm, to the depths of space in Terra Invicta and Falling Frontier.
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Firesquid Games is an indie publisher focused on games that include strategizing and thinking in their broadest sense; from tactics to city-builders or any other game where the brain is the most important muscle. Firesquid works closely with developers to help them make the best game they can, and focuses on developing communities around their strategy games.
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