Sid Meier's Civilization Beyond Earth - Hot News : Alpha Centauri sequel? Announced! Now with a trailer!

Probably the biggest news of the week has just hit the Indie Retro News HQ as Sid Meier is back with a new Alpha Centauri (1999), one of the greatest sci-fi turn based strategy games I've ever played. Sid Meier's Civilization Beyond Earth as it's titled, will not be a simple remake of Alpha Centauri but rather a "what would happen after Civilization V" (according to the devs). There will also be 3 types of planets from lush vegetation to airy decaying worlds. You will start with an Outpost and your only goal will be to survive! Are you alone on this world? Will you build cities upon the lush or decaying landscape? Will this be as good as the original? Who knows, but I'm sure many of us will be waiting for even more news on Beyond Earth!
Release date : Late 2014 Systems : PC, Mac, Linux - UPDATE : On further investigation, it seems as if this isn't a direct sequel, but the concept will be very similar, a representation of Civilization, but in space. UPDATE 2:  New Trailer!

Guild of Dungeoneering - A turn-based reverse rogue-like that lets you control the dungeon (Steam Greenlight)

Recruit adventurers to explore dungeons for the glory of your Guild. Build the dungeon room by room, fill it with monsters, traps and treasure .. and hope your dungeoneers have what it takes to return victorious! A dungeon exploration game where you don't get to control your adventurer directly. Instead you lay out the dungeon one room at a time, placing treasure and monsters to carefully guide your dungeoneer to victory.. unless he's got other ideas! - Developer Quote

Dev : Gambrinous Release Date : Mid 2014 (Free Alpha Demo available) Systems : PC,Mac,Linux

Heroes in the Fast Lane - A tribute to the PC classic Jones in the Fast Lane that needs your Steam Greenlight votes!

Game Type : Turn Based - Strategy
Developer :  Inconspicuous Creations
Game Quote : Heroes in the Fast Lane is a unique turn-based medieval fantasy life simulation time management strategy board game. It is a tribute to the PC classic Jones in the Fast Lane, but abandons the modern setting in favor of a magnificent fantasy world of swords, magic and adventure. Plan your every move, spend your time wisely, and grow your character from a lowly peasant nobody to eventually become the chosen hero of the kingdom who marries the princess in the end!
Systems : PC, Mac
Release : Q3 2014

Dark Quest - Hero Quest Inspired Turn Based Strategy RPG, needs your Steam Greenlight votes!

A long time ago in the days of the Amiga, a game called Hero Quest was released, which itself was a conversion of the great table top game. It was one of the best Isometric Amiga games of it's time, although it did have a number of system ports, even the Spectrum! Fast forward to now and we have DarkQuest, from Brain Seal Entertainment which is inspired by Hero Quest. You can even hear the slight variation music sound track in DarkQuest from the original title. This is a turn based fantasy rpg where you assume the role of a muscle bound barbarian on his quest to destroy the evil sorcerer.  The graphics are of high quality and i'm sure many Hero gamers will get that nostalgia vibe.

Dungeon Heroes - Spikey takes us back to the classic Dungeon Crawler RPG

Game Genre : Dungeon Crawler RPG

Developer : Spiky
Game Info : Dungeon Heroes is an RPG in the classic dungeon crawler style, a game that will appeal to many a retro and classic dungeon crawler fan. Although it is currently in development, a free version is available for you to try which features the first level of the dungeon and introduces the story to the main game. The developer has given us the choice of 9 characters to choose from, spell creation, tricky puzzles and intense boss fights, more especially for the final version.

Release : Alpha, Free
Systems : PC

Interplanetary - Wage wars from home planets (Steam Greenlight)

Game Type : Sci-Fi, Turn Based, Strategy

Developer : Team Jolly Roger

Game Info Quote : Interplanetary is a hard scifi turn-based strategy artillery game, where players wage wars by developing their home planets and firing their interplanetary barrages through the planetary system. Our goal is to have all the classic features a devoted strategy fan wants, but also introduce something fresh to the mix.

Release : 2014
Systems : PC, Mac, Linux

Heroes of a Broken Land - Turn based RPG with a classic Dungeon Crawler interface (+Demo)

Game Type : Turn Based RPG, Dungeon Crawler

Developer : Winged Pixel

Game Info Quote : Heroes of a Broken Land is a classic turn-based RPG, with first person dungeon crawling with a large world to explore, plus town management. Recruit multiple teams of heroes, and explore countless dungeons in the search for fame and fortune. Each game is procedurally generated and unique for countless possible adventures.

Release : Beta (£6.99)
Systems : PC, Mac, Linux

Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption - From the creators of the hit classic Quest for Glory teases a trailer and demo!

Game Type : Adventure, Turn Based RPG

Kickstarter Success : $409,150 pledged of a $400,000 goal

Developer, Project By : Lori & Corey Cole
Game Info Quote : Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption is a classic 2D role-playing adventure by award-winning game designers Corey and Lori Cole (Quest for Glory, Castle of Dr. Brain, etc.). Hero-U combines the rich character relationships, story and puzzles of a classic adventure game with the exploration and excitement of a role-playing game
Update : Although the final release was due by now, it looks as if we will have to wait a little longer. But not to worry as the developers have not only released a teaser trailer, they've also released a demo to keep you occupied while you wait.

Release : TBA
Systems : PC

Paper Sorcerer - A unique single player turn based RPG (Steam Greenlight+Demo)

Game Type : Adventure, Turn Based RPG

Kickstarter Success :  $13,151 pledged of a $5,000 goal

Developer, Project By : UltraRunAwayGames
Game Info Quote : Paper Sorcerer is a stylish single player turn based RPG focused on strategy, party-building, and environmental puzzles. Fight with the skills and spells you've learned in a battle system that emphasizes strategy over grinding. Assemble a party of monsters and dark creatures to fight alongside you. Explore and solve environmental puzzles to unlock secret paths and find extra loot! A double-sided adventure, an RPG with adventure game elements.

Release : Now $5 (Steam Greenlight TBA)
Systems : PC, Mac, Linux

Gridlock Tactics - Grid based tactical RPG from Parabole (Kickstarter)

Game Type : Grid Based, Tactical RPG, Multiplayer

Kickstarter Goal : $50,000

Developer : Parabole
Game Info : Gridlock Tactics is a grid and turn-based multiplayer tactical RPG that features several unique factions in a biopunk universe. Inspired by PlayStation era tactical games such as Final Fantasy Tactics, Disgaea and Front Mission. It also add moderns elements that can be found in more recent titles such as XCOM and Shadowrun Returns.

Release : Dec 2014
Systems : PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android

Battle Worlds: Kronos - Turn-based strategy game & kickstarter funded is now available

Game Type : Turn-Based Strategy
Game Info : The developers King Art Games have developed a pretty incredible looking Turn-Based Strategy title called Battle Worlds: Kronos. It's incredible in the fact that it looks almost like Battle Isle, but with beautiful graphics and impressive gameplay, which has been lacking these many years. What's more, it was a Kickstarter success with $260,235 pledged of a $120,000 goal, pretty impressive. But now you can play it, as it was released today on Gog, Gamersgate, Steam, and via the main website!
Systems : PC
Release : Now, £18.39

Pirate Code - Strategy on the high seas

Game Type : Strategy
Developer : Circuit Hive
Game Info Quote: The pirate strategy game from Circuit Hive has arrived! Stop an ancient evil while battling pirates accross a vast ocean with over 3 dozen islands. Build a powerful fleet by unlocking new ships and using your captains to teach new attacks to the crew. Follow an epic story and stop an ancient evil from controlling the seas.
Release : Oct 22nd 2013 ( $14.95 )
Systems : PC

Lords of Discord - Turn based Strategy in a Might and Magic style (Kickstarter)

Game Type : Turn Based Strategy
Developer/Project By : Herocraft
Kickstarter Goal : £60,000
Game Info Quote : Lords of Discord is a turn-based strategy game set in a fictional fantasy world, inhabited by two opposing races: Humans and Demons, as well as the odd goblin, orc, giant spider and other nefarious creatures. Lords of Discord has breathtaking gameplay, incredible graphics, hand drawn characters and a carefully detailed plot and in-game reality. Drawing inspiration from games like the Disciples and the Heroes of Might and Magic series.
Release : June 2014
Systems : PC, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS

Mighty Tactical Shooter - Retro inspired Shoot Em Up that's also Turn Based (SteamGreenlight)

Game Type : Tactical Turn Based Shoot Em Up
Game Info Quote : Make your way through multiple levels across four distinct themed chapters. Face challenges that wouldn’t be possible in any other type of shooter. Adopt new skills and tactics as the ship repairs, enemies diversify and the plot unfolds. A 2D side scrolling arcade shoot ‘em up, but turn based. An ultra-modern tactical UI, an 80’s arcade shooter theme, a sprinkle of physics, some smart level design inspired by classic shooters, a dark plot, some mild RPG-like progression, and you’ve got a tactical 2D shooter like no other. It’s about tactics, not reflex. Your move.
Release : TBA
Systems : PC,Mac,Linux

Edge Of Eternity - Space J-RPG (Kickstarter)

Game Type : J-RPG
Developer/Project By : Midgar Studio
Kickstarter Goal : $200,000
Developer Quote : Edge of Eternity is a Space J-RPG with an old school turn based combat system.
Game Info Quote : The end of peace for the world of Heryon has come to the edge. An alien civilization has invaded the world to conquer everything, and enslave anyone that would step into their ways, spreading chaos and death through a virus that turns people and animals into metal monsters. Daryon, the hero, is forced to leave after being haunted by his kind now turned into monsters. Left to the unknown, he decides to throws himself into a crusade of freedom and bravery, to save his world and discover his real origins. His devotion to the world of Heryon will lead him in an adventure he never expected. Edge of Eternity is a new RPG that will lead you to experience a unique and unusual universe. The action takes place in a world whose design combines some steampunk influence - the best Japanese RPG - and Medieval age influences.Through mysteries and softness, you will meet characters that will join in a very exciting adventure of action, explorations, revelations and unexpected situations. The game is also based on the great old fashion turn-based combat system, as a tribute to the best Final Fantasy.
Release : Nov 2014
Systems : PC,Other(?)

Underrail - Epic turn based isometric RPG inspired by classic RPG games is now on Steam!

Game Type : Turn-Based RPG
Developer : Dejan Radisic
Developer Game Quote : Underrail is an old school turn-based isometric indie role playing game that focuses on exploration and combat. The game is set in a distant future, when the life on the Earth’s surface has long since been made impossible and the remnants of humanity now dwell in the Underrail, a vast system of metro station-states that, it seems, are the last bastions of a fading race. The player takes control of one of the denizens of such a station-state whose life is about to become all that much more interesting and dangerous, as our protagonist is caught midst the conflicting factions of the Underrail as the violently struggle to survive in the harsh underground environment.
Release : Steam Early Access - £6.49
Systems : PC

Lords of Xulima - isometric, turn-based, single-player 2D rpg (Indiegogo)

Game Type : 2D,RPG
Developer/Project By : Numantian Games
IndieGoGo Goal : $10,000
Developer Quote :  A 2D isometric, turn-based Role-Playing Game with the depth and challenge of old-school classics and a modern, intuitive interface.
Game Info : A rather unusual game in the type of play style that Lords of Xulima brings to the gamer, as it's an isometric, turn-based, single-player 2D role-playing game. You'll be playing in a top down view while visiting locations and talking to npc's, then battling creatures in a dungeon crawl style turn based combat system. Slightly different in that most rpg battles are fought on the same screen. Lords of Xulima which is developed by Numantian Games, is set in a mythical lost continent called Xulima where the world makers lived in ancient times. The game features a challenging vast world where you will have to command and create a six characters party in an epic story between gods and men.
Release : Jan 2014
Systems : PC, MAC & Linux

Battle Isle - Another HIT classic but this time it's a Blue Byte Strategy (PC Playable)

Game Type : Turn Based Strategy
Launcher Developer :  The Company.pl 
Games Included :  Battle Isle, Battle Isle '93: The Moon of Chromos, Battle Isle: Scenario Disk 1 - Air-Land-Sea, Historyline 1914-1918
Game Info : I'd very surprised if anyone of this era hasn't heard of Battle Isle which was a series of turn-based tactics computer games developed in the 1990s by Blue Byte Software. Battle Isle also appeared on the PC anyway, but today it's the Amiga version. The game is hexed based, and you have the ability to move powerful war units onto different areas of the screen via the hexes. The game was fantastic fun for it's time and still is today, yet it was also a game that put the user deep in thought for his next move. Should the player move to surround his enemy or use all the weaponry at his means to pile in for a first strike. The missions also changed from attack, to defending a specific area. There's a lot more to this game and it all takes place on a fictional planet, Chromos. You can now play this game on your PC via a single file in a slightly higher graphical overtone, thanks to The Company.pl, which have just released/updated to version 2.6
Release : Available now FREE
Systems : PC

Ultimate Space Commando - An old-school turn-based strategy game that needs your votes!

Game Type : Turn Based Strategy, RPG
Developer : creatio49
Game Info Quote : Ultimate Space Commando (USC) is an old-school turn-based strategy game that focuses on actual field tactics as a small group of elite commandos become engaged in a deadly conflict with a yet unknown, but rather ravenous species of aliens. Make relevant strategic choices, develop tactics and equip your soldiers as you see fit, try to survive and give the aliens hell in the single-player Campaign. Build and customize 4-man squads to play various 'Single Missions', Scenarios and 'Defend the Base!' actions alone or in a hot-seat or TCP/IP multiplayer session with up to four players, either man vs. aliens, man vs. man or even mixed, with various objectives, official scoring system, and much more. A full-fledged and truly Random Map Generator makes every mission you play unique and challenging. USC is designed to be an 'easy to pick up, but hard to master' game.

Release : Release date: 2014 Q1 : Steam Greenlight, they need your votes!
Systems : PC

Tooth and Cog - Turn Based Strategy in a SteamPunk Universe (Kickstarter)

Game Type : RTS/Strategy/Multiplayer
Developer/Project By : Riveting Games
Kickstarter Goal : $40,000
Developer Quote : Multiplayer RTS/turn-based strategy hybrid in a steampunk universe - now with 4x [the] fun!
Game Info Quote : In Tooth and Cog, you are the leader of a group of survivors - yesterday, citizens of the many-layered technological marvel known affectionately as the Old City; today, the shell-shocked and bewildered refugees of an inexplicable, sudden, and total destruction. From the City outskirts where you find yourself at the start of the game, you must organize followers, raise their morale, cobble together a frontier economy, and lead them to explore and rebuild from the greater secrets and dangers buried in the rubble.  To claim greater heights for your followers and build a new society, you must navigate and neutralize the hazards of the Old City’s fallout. As your people venture into the crater and closer to the City core, you’re bound to find more useful buildings and equipment to repair, as well as any number of other valuable artifacts and relics from the Old City’s vast and arcane technology. That is, assuming others haven’t gotten to them first. Above all, one question is on the mind of every survivor: What the hell happened, and who’s to blame?
Release : Sept 2014
Systems : PC, Mac