The developer, Ironclad Games, later released two expansions for the game: Entrenchment and Diplomacy. It swept up awards, and critics lavished love and flowery praise upon it. The original Sins of a Solar Empire was quite a big deal with it launched on PC in 2008. However, I don’t think I’ll take the chance. I don’t know if that means you have to redeem the key through Steam before then or it becomes worthless. You only have until November 22 to claim a copy, and then keys expire. Afterward, simply click on the “get it now” button and a Steam key will be sent straight to your email inbox. First, you’ll need to sign up for an account and subscribe to the Humble Newsletter. Starting today at Humble, you can claim a copy of Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion and become the ruler of the galaxy for free. However, I might have something to satisfy you until then. Strategy fans are going to have to wait a while before Command & Conquer returns.

All this recent talk about real-time strategy games has gotten me antsy.

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