Valcon Games announces History Channel DS Strategy Game

June 11, 2009

VALCON GAMES SHIPS HISTORY GREAT
EMPIRES: ROME FOR NINTENDO DS STRATEGISTS

Valcon Games, a video game
publishing company that brings quality products to the North American market,
announced today that its Nintendo DS™ game, HistoryGreat Empires: Rome, is
shipping in North America. This classic turn-based strategy game is set in an
epic historical era – the Roman Empire, where players take on the role of an
Emperor. With 6 campaigns from the unification of Italy to the conquest of
Britain, HistoryGreat Empires: Rome offers would-be conquerors action-packed
tactical warfare, resource management, diplomacy, and mini-games. Players can
match wits with Julius Caesar and Marcus Aurelius to build one of the greatest
empires the world has ever seen.

“Valcon Games is pleased to be
working with two great partners, HISTORY and Slitherine, on History Great
Empires: Rome. Together, we are bringing to market every Nintendo DS™’
strategist’s dream – action, strategy and historical warfare,” said Glenn
Halseth, co-founder of Valcon Games.

History Great Empires: Rome delivers
the depth and replay value of a great strategy game, where each game provides a
unique outcome based on the decisions of the player, the alliances they form and
the enemies they engage in battle. Nintendo DS™ strategists must start by
building their economies, armies and alliances before conquering the world. To
help players on their conquest, the game’s key features include:

WARFARE

  • Conquer neighboring tribes and
    city states, recruit and equip vast armies that comprise over 20 unit types,
    including legionnaires, archers and cavalry.

  • Deploy your troops, then decide on
    battle formations, troop positions and tactics on huge detailed battlefields,
    where effective use of the terrain affects the outcome of battles.

  • Maintain barracks, troop moral and
    defensive positions in and around your own cities to ward off would-be
    aggressors.

DIPLOMACY

  • Watch as the empire map displays
    the ever-shifting landscape of enemies, allies and possible strategic
    partners.

  • Form alliances with other tribes
    and city states

  • Pay or force the payment of
    tribute from opponents.

  • Declare war or offer peace.

  • See AI opponents engage in
    diplomacy of their own.

ECONOMY

  • Construct and improve buildings to
    upgrade units and create resources for your expanding Empire.

  • Build the economies and resource
    limitations of each tribe, city state and empire under your control.

  • Assign workers to ensure a balance
    between troops, construction and food production.

  • Build storage facilities to supply
    your armies, farms to produce food, shrines, coliseums and temples to maintain
    troop morale.

  • Allocate resources based on the
    three essentials of the ancient world: wood, metal and food.

  • Utilize over 100 buildings, each
    with their own impact on gameplay

MINI GAMES

  • Add variety to gameplay, provide
    replayability and further immersion in this amazing era, by playing a range of
    mini games that help players explore the Roman Empire and sharpen their wits
    in a series of challenges. Great leaders know their enemy and are always
    prepared for battle.