"Real-time strategy is back from the brink of death," I proclaimed prematurely. So naive. So filled with hope. But with good reason. Homeworld 3, Company of Heroes 3, Tempest Rising, Stormgate, Dune: Spice Wars, The Great War: Western Front—so many exciting games on the horizon, in all sorts of different configurations. It was dizzying. And this list just scraped the surface. I'd never been happier to be proven wrong.