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Continue the excitement that made Warrior Kings a leading RTS. Warrior Kings: Battles is a full standalone game. It is set in the same world, Orbis, but 100 years after the events in the original Warrior Kings.

Set in a fantastical medieval world where small Kingdoms struggle for supremacy in a chaotic land of knights, and demons, you are the ruler of a new kingdom, born from the ashes of a once mighty realm.

To resurrect this realm to its former glory you must forge order out of chaos by uniting the fragmented lands into a single, mighty empire under the rule of one warrior king.. you.

But first you must secure your own kingdom. Build castles to master the land, harness and exploit your resources to build and sustain your economic power and military strength.

However, there is one final twist on the path to victory for a Warrior King: you must choose the path you follow carefully.. will you take the Pagan, Renaissance or Imperial route?

Will you follow a rigid monotheism, building upon the power of the church to call down Acts of God upon your heretical foes, or will you embrace the Pagan side and summon mighty creature from the spirit world to enslave your enemies?

Or will you reject those paths, and choose to concentrate on Renaissance technology, and use gunpowder, bombardment, musketeers and mighty engines of war!

Features:

• Epic and unparalleled 3D real-time strategy gaming, immersing you in a fantastic medieval world without comparison.
• Extensive improvements on the award winning Warrior Kings, with new levels, troop types, and game modes.
• Research new technologies, such as gunpowder and Greek fire, use spies and mercenaries, priests and merchants, ships and engines of war, to outwit and force your foe into surrender.
• Make and break alliances as you see fit, use formations and battle tactics to achieve victory.. send your cavalry around the flanks of the enemies army, control the high ground to dominate terrain, lure the enemy into ambushes, destroy the massed knights of your opponent with pikemen and archers!
• You will also have to master the skills of siege warfare to triumph as you send catapults and siege towers against the enemy, and watch as your troops swarm over the walls and storm the enemies' city, all in full glorious 3D.
• Large strategic campaign with 22 missions and 50 varying AI generals offering over 40 hours of single player gaming.
• WKB comes complete with a full skirmish mode, boasting a proficiency of computer AI not yet seen in an RTS product.
• AI Generals build a functioning economy, offensive/defensive armies, correctly control formations, and intelligently probe your defenses, looking for your weak points.
• AI Diplomacy, a major new feature, makes you think you are playing a human opponent(s), giving a new depth to single and multiplayer internet gaming.
• For those who like an epic RTS, WKB has a large strategic Campaign that allows the player to battle through the land of Orbis choosing their own path and defeating a variety of AI generals along the way.
• Players have to conquer new territories, increase the size of their armies, and gain new technologies before finally capturing the fortress-like city of Telemagna.
• In addition a new multiplayer battle mode allows players to choose their own armies, and fight them against any combination of human or AI opponents.
• Unit limits and time limits can be set to give the player full control over the length of game played, as well as Capture the Flag and other fast pace action modes.
• New "Valhalla" mode, build an army and take it to the battlefield against your rivals, without the worry of resource gathering. Complete a 30-60 minute game in single or multiplayer mode.
• Infinite play offered by the new Skirmish mode.

Minimum System Requirements:

• Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
• Pentium 733
• 128MB RAM
• 16MB 3D DirectX 8.1 compatible
• 800MB free hard drive space
• 8X CDROM
• Keyboard
• Mouse

Recommended System Requirements :

• Windows XP
• Pentium 1GHz
• 256MB RAM
• 32MB 3D DirectX 8.1 compatible
• 1GB free hard drive space
• 32X CDROM
• Keyboard
• Mouse

Multiplayer Requirements :

• 56Kbs for 2 player
• 128Kbs for 3 player
• 256Kbs and above for 4+ players