Warrior Kings: Battles Demo Released in North America!

Now's your chance to see what all the fuss is about...!

Montreal, Canada. August 22, 2003- Strategy First and Empire Interactive are pleased to announce that they have released the demo for their upcoming RTS game, Warrior Kings: Battles for the North American market.

The demo features a complete tutorial with 4 missions and it lets you try out the skirmish mode.

Click here http://downloads.gamezone.com/demos/d10130.htm to download the demo. 

Warrior Kings: Battles maintains all of the excitement that made Warrior Kings a leader in the RTS genre. It’s a stand-alone title that adds a new strategic and tactical dimension to the series.

Warrior Kings: Battles 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, Warrior Kings: Battles 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.

Features Include:

·         Unparalleled real-time strategy gaming. Radical 3D technology brings terrain, provinces and cultures alive like no other RTS!

·         Go your own way: choose the paths of the Imperial church, the Pagan gods or that of Renaissance technology - develop different civilizations, units & abilities

·         Use real military tactics with a supreme range of combat tools - select from cavalry, rocket launchers, catapults, spies, war elephants, arch druids, elementals, golems, summoned beings and many more! Strategically use terrain, arms and formations to beat all others

·         Advanced A.I. opponents probe your defenses for weaknesses and seek alliances just like human players – unlike any other strategy game! Play a mix of human opponents and AI Generals, each with their own strategies and personalities

·         Valhalla Battles mode allows you to jump into the action faster and let’s you play shorter games. No economy, no peasants, no research, no upgrades. It’s just carnage, carnage, carnage!

·         22 mission non-linear campaign offers over 40 hours of single player gaming

·         Game modes include Skirmish, Internet, Capture The Flag, Siege, Protect Your King and many others

Warrior Kings: Battles will ship to retail stores in North America this September. To learn more about the game, please visit www.warriorkingsbattles.com or www.strategyfirst.com

About Empire Interactive

Empire Interactive is a leading publisher of interactive entertainment software that has been established for 14 years.  The company floated on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange in July 2000.  Headquartered in the UK, Empire Interactive also has offices in the US, Germany, Italy and Spain.  The company develops and publishes a varied range of titles for the Sony Playstationâ, Sony Playstationâ 2, Microsoft Xbox™, Nintendo™ GBA and multimedia PC markets in the US, Europe and Asia.  Further information about Empire Interactive and its products can be found at:  Founded in 1987, Empire Interactive (London: EMP) is a leading publisher of interactive entertainment software.  The company is publicly traded on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange.  Headquartered in the UK, Empire Interactive also has offices in the Germany, Italy, Spain and headquartered in the US in San Francisco, California.  The company develops and publishes a varied range of titles for the PlayStationâ game console, PlayStationâ2 computer entertainment system, and other next generation console systems, handheld systems, and multimedia PC markets in the US, Europe and Asia.  Further information about Empire Interactive and its products can be found at: http://us.empireinteractive.com.

Warrior Kings: Battles

Warrior Kings: Battles. Developed by Black Cactus. © 2003 Empire Interactive Europe Ltd. Empire and “(E logo outline graphic)” are trademarks or registered trademarks of Empire Interactive Europe Ltd. in the UK/Europe and/or other countries. Warrior Kings is a trademark of Black Cactus Holdings Limited, used under license by Empire Interactive Europe Ltd. All other trademarks and trade names are the property of their respective owners. All rights reserved.

About Strategy First

Strategy First Inc. is a leading developer and worldwide publisher of entertainment software for the PC.  Founded in 1990, the company has grown rapidly, publishing major games in the industry and simultaneously developing its own in-house titles such as O.R.B., Disciples II, and Nexagon: Deathmatch. After winning numerous awards for games such as Disciples: Sacred Lands, Europa Universalis, Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns and Steel Beasts. Strategy First continues to push the gaming envelope with its own groundbreaking titles, while maintaining its reputation as a unique alternative for independent developers seeking to market their games to a worldwide audience. Further information about Strategy First Inc and its products can be found at www.strategyfirst.com