Activision, iGames team up to offer free game play time for Empires: Dawn of the Modern World

Take Command of the Greatest Real Time Strategy Game Ever!

Gamers, prepare to command legendary civilizations and create mighty empires when iGames centers across the US and Canada feature Empires: Dawn of the Modern World - from Activision and acclaimed game designer Rick Goodman and Stainless Steel Studios, Inc.  Exclusive PC game preview and showcase events are running now through November 7.

Head to your nearest iGames center to try the single player or multiplayer campaigns of Empires: Dawn of the Modern World for up to an hour free per week (Oct. 1 – Nov. 7).  Want more? Then sign up for the Empires LAN Parties - Saturday, November 8^th or Saturday, December 13^th - and get an extra three hours of free game time during the iGames Showcase!  The best Empires: Dawn of the Modern World LAN party players will represent their centers in one of two national tournaments on November 9^th or December 14^th.  Each weekend event will be full of great gaming and amazing prizes!

Grand Prize (For the winner of each national tournament):

Alienware Area-51 Extreme Gaming PC desktop system

http://www.alienware.com/system_pages/area-51.aspx

Other Prizes (At the LAN parties):

Ideazon’s Zboard and the custom keyset for Empires: Dawn of the Modern World™

www.ideazon.com

BradyGames’ Empires: Dawn of the Modern World™ Strategy Guides

http://www.bradygames.com/detail_brady.cfm?item=0744003024

Additional prizes will be announced at www.igames.org.

Empire: Dawn of the Modern World iGames Events:

 

Preview – October 1 to October 26, 2003

Showcase - October 27 to November 7, 2003

LAN Party - November 8, 2003

National Tournament # 1- November 9, 2003

LAN Party - December 13, 2003

National Tournament # 2 - December 14, 2003

Empires: Dawn of the Modern World represents the only truly global RTS where players control unique civilizations across a timeline that spans from the Medieval period to the modern era.  Gamers lead their nation's economic growth and military campaigns in their effort to dominate the world.  Each civilization has its own historically accurate units and abilities to be used as players command battles over land, sea and air.  From a cavalry charge to a surprise air strike, gamers will know what it truly means to rule one of the world's greatest empires.  The game, which will be available at retail on October 21, is being developed by designer Rick Goodman and Stainless Steel Studios and has been rated "T" ("Teen" - Blood and Violence) by the ESRB.  For more information, please visit: http://www.empiresrts.com/.