<s>
Horizon	O
is	O
a	O
4X	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
Canadian	O
studio	O
L3O	O
Interactive	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Iceberg	O
Interactive	O
in	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
turn-based	O
and	O
follows	O
classic	O
4X	B-Application
gameplay	O
:	O
players	O
establish	O
an	O
empire	O
,	O
expand	O
by	O
colonizing	O
other	O
planets	O
,	O
research	O
new	O
technologies	O
,	O
and	O
work	O
toward	O
achieving	O
victory	O
through	O
means	O
such	O
as	O
war	O
or	O
diplomacy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Game	O
designer	O
Raffi	O
Parsekhian	O
was	O
inspired	O
by	O
Master	B-Application
of	I-Application
Orion	I-Application
and	O
the	O
space	O
opera	O
TV	O
show	O
Babylon	O
5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Richard	O
Cobbett	O
of	O
PC	O
Gamer	O
called	O
it	O
"	O
half	O
a	O
great	O
4X	B-Application
game	I-Application
,	O
dragged	O
screaming	O
into	O
the	O
nearest	O
black	O
hole	O
by	O
its	O
lesser	O
components	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
