Balint Marczin and Brandon Casteel discuss all aspects of RTS games.
Along with key guests in the game industry and influencer scenes, the podcast delivers significant insights in the hopes of making a difference in the industry, and educating the public with insider information based on years and years of first-hand experience.
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ZeroSpace is a new indie RTS/RPG hybrid with great ambitions and a large feature set. We dive into some of our initial experiences in this discussion.
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30 Jun 2026
Tempest Rising's New Faction: The Veti
Tempest Rising is a C&C-like RTS by Slipgate Ironworks. In this podcast, we discus the Veti, who are the new upcoming faction - and who better to ask about them than the lead designer?
You can buy Tempest Rising on Steam here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1486920/Tempest_Rising/
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10 Apr 2026
Will D.O.R.F. (a C&C-like Indie RTS) Succeed?
D.O.R.F. is an upcoming RTS game broadly in the style of C&C games being developed by a small team of former modders. They just had a successful Kickstarter and are hitting goals nicely. Can their unique approach to game design work out alongside their great ambitions?
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20 Mar 2026
Two Warhammer 40k Strategy Games, One Audience?
Dawn of War 4 and Total War: Warhammer 40k are two strategy games with a very similar target audience, and to top that off, they are being simultaneously developed. We discuss what this means for the market, and how these games should be different from one another, and how they can play off of each others' strengths.
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6 Jun 2025
Would you rather have RTS remasters or remakes?
The hosts of RTS Masterminds Podcast weigh the pros and cons of game remasters versus remakes, considering Dawn of War Definitive Edition and Age of Mythology Retold.
18 May 2025
Tempest Rising: Interview with Lead Designer
Tempest Rising's release has been quite successful, and has been very well received by the RTS audience. Perfect time to interview Lead Designer Brandon Casteel about what kind of thinking went into the game!
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16 Sept 2024
Can Stormgate become the next-gen RTS it aims to be?
Frost Giant Studios has promised the next generation of RTS through Stormgate, but community sentiment has rapidly deteriorated since the early access release.
In this episode, we discuss what some key issues are.
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15 Jul 2024
Battle Aces: Can RTS go Mainstream?
Battle Aces is Uncapped Games' upcoming game aimed at bringing RTS to as wide of an audience as possible. Most complexities of the genre are not present, and you get to jump straight into the action. Matches last up to 10 minutes, and you get to control a flexible deck of units that you can exchange between matches.
Is this the way forward for RTS? We try to answer that in this episode.
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26 May 2024
Homeworld 3: Our Unfiltered Thoughts
Homeworld 3 was set up to be the most relevant RTS release of the year, and was highly anticipated - yet it has received cold reception. We discuss the game's strengths and issues in detail in this 1 hour long episode.
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28 Apr 2024
The RTS made by 2 people: Godsworn
Godsworn is an early access RTS mixing mythological fantasy with history, in the context of the northern crusades. In this episode of our podcast, we break down the game's systems and content, and discuss the pros and cons of the overall product.
Get the game: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1328990/Godsworn/
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26 Mar 2024
Why are RTS games like Stormgate so expensive to make?
In this episode, we go over cost considerations and development processes that new RTS games are subject to. As part of this, we especially focus on Stormgate's case.
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16 Oct 2023
Our thoughts on upcoming RTS games in 2023-2024
We give our thoughts on several upcoming RTS games, such as Homeworld 3, ZeroSpace, Terminator: Dark Fate, and The Last Train Home.
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16 Sept 2023
Will Realms of Ruin be good?
We took a deep dive into Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin!
Brandon's detailed impressions: https://waywardstrategy.com/2023/07/12/age-of-sigmar-realms-of-ruin-beta-impressions/
Post-beta dev article: https://www.aosrealmsofruin.com/news/open-beta-next-steps
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16 Jun 2023
Stormgate's Game Design
With Stormgate's gameplay reveal, we got our first glimpse at the upcoming RTS game. In this video, we discuss aspects of the game's design in detail.
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6 Jun 2023
Company of Heroes 3's Road to Redemption - Can it be Saved?
In this podcast we discuss the state and merits of Company of Heroes 3, as well as its possible future.
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6 Jun 2023
Single Player vs Multiplayer in Real Time Strategy Games
In this podcast we discuss the importance of single player and multiplayer in RTS games.
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