In 1998 the GSC Game World studio tried to introduce itself to the Western video gaming market by making its first real-time strategy game. For that, the developers decided to make their own sequel to Warcraft II, using their own engine that would be used later for the Cossack games.
After the death of its emperor the Hesperian Empire breaks down and four races fight for the leadership. Each faction - Giants, Mages, Druids and Pygmies - can be played in their campaigns consisting of 20 missions. The missions goals are usually to destroy or protect something.
The units have special abilities and an inventory to store items like potions, money or spells which are left behind from defeated enemies. They also can be upgraded by moving them in the appropriate building (e.g. a blacksmith) and spending money. There is no classical base building.
The following games are included in the 25th Anniversary Collection:
- Age of Empires: Definitive Edition
- Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
- Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition - Lords of the West
- Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition - Dawn of the Dukes
- Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition - Dynasties of India
- Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
- Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - United States Civilization
- Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - Mexico Civilization
- Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - The African Royals
- Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - Knights of the Mediterranean
- Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition
The Premier Edition comes in a metal case and includes:
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3
Red Alert 3 Soundtrack CD
5 bonus multiplayer/skirmish maps
The making of Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 DVD
The Women of Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 poster
Exclusive item for Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning
Exclusive beta key to a future Command & Conquer game
You're about to engage in galactic war like there's no tomorrow. Fail and there won't be one. It's just you against the Donanji Marauders, the most lethal aliens in the universe. But if you take them on too soon, you can kiss your little Alliance good-bye. Better get your ships together. You've got planets, moons, space stations and bad manners to conquer. Crucial resources are spread over 21 uniquely designed missions. The good news is you decide your own path.
This collector's edition contains:
- Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
- 5 new multiplayer maps
- Unique unit skins.
- 5 wallpapers.
- Bonus DVD.
Only 100,000 copies of this package were published.
Conventionally styled 2D real-time strategy is set during the June 1944 D-day Allied invasion at Normandy. Players take command of an American infantry unit right in the thick of it all, to guide them through two historically based campaigns of 12 missions each. Factors such as 11 different character classes, several available buildings and fortifications, a day-and-night cycle, and changing weather conditions are designed to bring variety and challenge to the WWII-themed game
In May, 1941 the German Battleship Bismarck sailed into the North Atlantic to challenge the British control of the seas, and threaten her vital convoy routes. That journey would be the stuff of legends, as the Bismarck would blow up the HMS Hood off Iceland, before being run down while making a break for France. However, that was only a small part of the bitter battles fought between the Kriegsmarine and the Royal Navy during the war.
The war between Germany and Great Britain would not only be marked with the thunder of battleship guns, but the explosion of torpedoes launched from Schnellboot against coastal traffic in the English Channel.
In Kriegsmarine you can control the German fleet in actions like the Battle of Denmark Strait, North Cape, or Narvik. You can raid Allied shipping in the Atlantic, North Sea and Baltic while they try to hunt you down and stop you. You can also control the Allied navies leading the hunt to send the Kriegsmarine to the bottom of the ocean floor. The choice is up to you!
Quraish: The game is a 2005 real-time strategy 3D computer video game produced by Syrian video game production, Afkar Media. It is the second Arabic language-based game and a third person strategy game based on the early battles of Islam, primarily focusing on the Rashidun Caliphate's successful campaigns against the Eastern Roman Empire and the Sassanid dynasty of Persia.
Each of the four factions from the original game gets two new missions, a new unit, and a new building. The graphics and AI have been updated and GameSpy online support is now included. There is also a level editor for creating your own missions.
2089: Space Divided is a classic science fiction real-time strategy game in which you collect resources, build up your base, raise troops and destroy your opponents with tactical finesse.
Fire and Darkness is a cancelled three-dimensional real-time strategy video game developed by Singularity Software. The game consists of a player controlling one of two factions, and their main mission is to defeat the enemy faction to secure the planet's resources. Although the project was incomplete, it became the first game to win the Seumas McNally Grand Prize at the Independent Games Festival of 1999.