Last month Elemental: Reforged was announced, and now the first few dev diaries are available.

Elemental: Reforged is less of a new title really. It is a remake of the old 4X game Elemental: War Of Magic (designed by CFC member Kael), merging in the best mechanics from its successors Fallen Enchantress and the side off shot Sorcerer King. The game will come less with new graphics (Stardock saying they use old assets), but rather with a gameplay overhaul.

You can read the first of the available dev diaries here, and discuss them with us here.

The developers of Yield! Fall Of Rome have now released version 1.0 of their game, so it is not anymore early access.

Yield is a light-weight historic 4X game, set in the time when the Barbarians are invading Rome. You start with a single settler, develop technologies and expand over the map, as in all 4X games, but in a very cute graphics style, and not evening-filling, but rather a 4X game for in-between.

If you are curious, the game is right now on discount with 50% off, now for 9.99€. You can get it here, and discuss it with us here.

As mentioned by Gamespot, Endless Legend 2 now has a demo available.
This demo is available until August 18, while the early access has been postponed from August 7 to September 22.
In the demo you have 2 factions available, a 90 turns play limit, together with a few other restrictions.
Get the demo here, and discuss it with us here.

We’ve been for a while following the progress of “Folk Emerging“: A 4X game, which stops when civ starts, and starts… way before. In this turn-based strategy game you control a stone age tribe, make sure you feed your tribes-men and -women, and discover new technologies like fire and tool making.

Now the next phase for this game has started, and you can participate in the public beta and playtest it! You can request access via the Steam page here. We’d be curious to hear your experiences if you played it, please report back here (if allowed).

If you also interested to learn a bit more, RockPaperShotgun has published an article about Folk Emerging here.