Category: Steampunk Games

City of Heroes Plans Steampunk Booster

April 29, 2011

The online game City of Heroes will soon be releasing their latest booster pack, this time with a steampunk theme.

The announcement came during a recent UStream Developer Chat and highlights were posted in the COH forums. For people who don’t feel like watching the full video, several screen shots (including the one I have here) are also posted in the forum thread.

Other details of the steampunk booster pack include:

• cog/bits aura
• animated steampunk backpacks
• steampunk rifle
• animated Victorian decor
• steampunk mechanical wings
• steam jump travel ability

Miniatures Game: Dystopian Wars

November 23, 2010

Spartan Games, the folks behind the space game Firestorm Armada and the fantasy naval game The Uncharted Seas (which has some steampunk elements itself), are rolling out a new game called Dystopian Wars. Set in an alternate 1870, it’s a steampunk world war, with some familiar nations and some not-so-familiar. The war is variously between Brittania, Prussia, Russia, the Federated States of America, the Empire of the Blazing Sun (Japan), the Ottoman Empire, the League of Italian States, and the Covenant of Antarctica. And, as with any world war, some countries are allies and some are enemies and some are neutral. It’s all laid out on their world map page. My favorite part is that not only is there an Antarctic country, but it is at war with everyone!

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