Pandora: First Contact

April 5, 2014 Proxy Studios Slitherine
Simulator Strategy
Linux PC Mac
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The ancient Messari return to Pandora with all their might, deploying portals and terrifying ion storms. From these portals come forces never before seen by mankind, and an infestation spreads across Pandora. The strongest factions are the ones that have to fear them most, but they will spare no one.About the GamePandora: First Contact is a science fiction 4X turn-based strategy game on a planetary scale.
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Release Date April 5, 2014
Developer Proxy Studios
Publisher Slitherine
Game Modes Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Themes Science fiction, 4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)
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