What are the best RTS games? Few things are as satisfying as building up an immense army and simply washing over your foes like a river over stones, erasing their existence as effortlessly as a click.

Retro RTS games prioritize strategy over speed, making them more accessible to average fans. Cataclismo's modular base-building system stands out, offering accessible gameplay with strategic depth.

Outer space seems like the ideal arena for an RTS game. An enormous expanse that lends itself to beautiful backdrops and offers up so much freedom for futuristic sci-fi themes to blossom, it’s ...

As Microsoft continues to remaster its now-expanded library of RTS games with re-releases of Starcraft, Warcraft and Age of Empires, there is a sense that the PC-staple gaming genre is stagnating.

Dave Pottinger has programming credits on all three Age of Empires games, was director of technology on Age of Mythology, and was lead designer on Halo Wars. He probably knows what he's talking ...