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Star Hammer: The Vanguard Prophecy

Platform(s): PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Genre: RPG/Strategy
Publisher: Slitherine
Release Date: Aug. 26, 2016

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'Star Hammer: The Vanguard Prophecy' Coming to Xbox One & PS4 Very Soon - Screens & Trailer

by Rainier on Aug. 25, 2016 @ 9:38 a.m. PDT

Star Hammer: The Vanguard Prophecy is a 3D tactical space battle game.

22nd Century – Exiled on Novus - a distant exoplanet - as Earth was not able to shelter humanity anymore, a few courageous settlers struggle to survive in one of the most dangerous places in the universe. Their First Contact War with the nautilid species is still fresh in everyone’s mind. Communicating with such aggressive aliens has never been an option. And the new furtive offensive they are preparing is another step towards bloody war!

In Star Hammer : The Vanguard Prophecy you will not only step into the shoes of a fleet commander – carefully selecting their spaceships and crew members – but also be at the spearhead of their squadron, maneuvering their capital ships like a hard-boiled captain!

The nautilid threat is as varied as it is innumerable and the game offers plenty of tactical situations in which players will have to take painful decisions. To succeed, players will need to be quick-learners to identify the weaknesses of the enemy and adopt an offensive behavior only when a clear breach appears. We have lost count of all the daredevil commanders who have already sacrificed all in the service of Humanity.


The game has had a tremendous amount of good press when it released on PC and iOS last year, but it took quite a while to upgrade the graphics and adapt the UI to the console systems. The whole concept of bringing a deep PC strategy game is not easy to translate into practice. Ease-of-use and accessibility are key to the console players to enjoy games, but we made it!

We really wanted to try and take a deep strategy game to console players and see what happens. Star Hammer is only the first foray into this mid-term experiment we are conducting. We have selected the releases that are easy enough to port (both technically and gameplay wise) and of course the ones with the right look and feel.

Key Features

  • Fight for Novus and decide the outcome of the Second Contact War with a branching story that boasts over 60 missions.
  • WeGo tactical combat in 3D space, with gameplay that rewards strategic positioning and fleet coordination. Give your commands, then watch the results in pausable realtime.
  • Take commandof a range of heavily armed  assault ships, including Raiders, Corvettes, Frigates, Destroyers, Battlecruisers and Dreadnoughts  - each with with their own weapons fitouts and unique functions.
  • Balance the energy coreof each ship to focus on impenetrable defences, breakneck piloting or devastating assaults.
  • Manage your crew’s personalities and morale to tailor your flagship’s advantage in battle. Every crew member you enlist has their own personality traits, abilities and stories.
  • Measure your actions against the War Scale. Will your command be a legacy of calculated tactical bombardments, or aggressive and reckless assaults?
  • Take part in an ongoing war with no turning back. Choose who will be saved, order reinforcements to replace destroyed veteran ships, and shape the future of mankind’s second home.


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