Light of Altair, the PC strategy title from developers Saintxi, has been available for download since late last year. Now the game will be hitting retail shelves on the 23rd of October thanks to Mamba Games who believe the game will do well in the open market.

Jason Codd commented “The Space Simulation market is very niche and the product has done extremely well on digital portals so we are confident that with a lack of this genre out there in retail we could have a little gem on our hands.”

Read El33tonline’s review of Light of Altair to find out more about the game.

I admit it. I have a soft spot for indie games. Now nothing says indie gaming like two brothers who go into business together to develop titles largely by themselves. Such is the case with brothers Tom and Simon de Rivaz who founded the London based SaintXi games studio in 2008. Despite having possibly one of the ugliest company logos I have ever seen, their debut game Light of Altair is a beautiful space economic and strategy title, surprisingly so, considering the size of the team involved and the selling price.

Continue reading El33tonline’s review of Light of Altair.