Battlestations: Pacific

Type::. PC Game
Game Title::. Battlestations: Pacific
Genre::. Historic Real-Time Strategy
Size::. 2 DVDS

The second of Eidos’ action/simulation game series, Battlestations: Pacific delivers intense, action-packed combat and strategic warfare at an extraordinary scale and features two distinctly different single player campaigns. The game features a massive U.S. and Japanese single player campaign that offers a unique blend of action and strategy. Players must plan their moves carefully on huge open-world arenas and fight in the air, above sea and underwater to relive some of the most hard-fought battles in WWII history. With the newly added Japanese faction, players will also gain insight into what could have been, should Japan have gained the upper hand against the United States. Battlestations: Pacific also features five new innovative multiplayer modes to strategically plan and battle against friends with all new maps and units.
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Game Features

• Command the air, sea, and sub forces. Launch full-scale attacks and at anytime switch to and take full-control of any plane, ship or sub. You command, fly the attack, fire the battleship’s 15-inch guns, and submerge the mini-sub anyway you choose throughout the battle
• 28 full-scale battles across two unique campaigns. The historic American campaign begins after Midway and goes to Guadalcanal, Leyte, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and more. The what if Japanese campaign begins at Pearl Harbor and goes to the Java Sea, Port Moresby, Midway, and beyond
• Fighters, bombers, carriers, battleships, cruisers, destroyers, subs, mini subs and more. 17 US planes including the new
  Corsair fighters and Curtis Helldivers, and 20 Japanese planes including the Mitsubishi J2M Raiden (Thunderbolt), and the
  night-fighting Nakajima J1N1 Gekko
• Huge multi-unit battles for up to eight players (four on each side) on Windows Live. The largest battle involves over 100 units. And five all-new online gameplay modes: Island capture, Duel, Siege, Escort, and Competitive

Minimum System Requirements

• Supported OS: Windows XP / Vista
• Processor: Pentium 4 3.0 GHz or AMD Athlon equivalent
• Memory: 1 GB for XP, 2 GB for Vista
• Graphics: 256 MB (nVidia GeForce 6800/ATI Radeon X1800+)
• DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c
• Sound: DirectX Compatible
• Hard Drive: 8 GB of free space

- Official Site – GameSpot – IGN – 1UP -

*Available For Xbox 360 Also*

Empire: Total War – Special Forces Edition

Type::. PC Game
Game Title::. Empire: Total War – Special Forces Edition
Genre::. Historic Real-Time Strategy
Size::. 3 DVDS

Empire: Total War maintains the series’ genre-leading 3D battles, grand turn-based campaign map and rich historical flavor while for the first time introducing 3D naval combat into the series. The game is set in the 18th century, a turbulent era alive with global conflict, revolutionary fervour and technological advances. Empire: Total War sees the debut of 3D naval combat — gamers will be able to intuitively command vast fleets or single ships upon seascapes rich with extraordinary water and weather effects that play a huge role in your eventual glorious success or ignominious defeat. After pummelling your enemy with cannon fire, close in to grapple their ship and prepare to board taking control your men as they fight hand to hand on the decks.

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Game Features

• The core Empire: Total War game. The Creative Assembly introduces high seas battles to the award winning, multi-million unit selling Total War series in this action-packed epic set in the 18th Century.
• Special Forces Edition includes six additional Special Forces units include: HMS Victory, Rogers’ Rangers, Ottoman Organ Gun, Ghoorkas, CorsoTerrestre Guerillas, Bulkeley’s Regiment.
• Also includes an Intricate Campaign Map. Only in the Special Forces edition, players will receive a fold-out Campaign Map that they can use in the single-player campaign to help them strategize their world take-over.

Minimum System Requirements

• Supported OS: Windows XP / Vista
• Processor: 2.4 GHz Single Core Intel or AMD equivalent processor
• Memory: 2 GB
• Graphics: 256 MB
• DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c
• Sound: DirectX Compatible
• Hard Drive: 15 GB of free space

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Grand Ages: Rome

Type::. PC Game
Game Title::. Grand Ages: Rome
Genre::. Historic Real-Time Strategy
Size::. 1 DVD

Grand Ages: Rome, the follow-up to Kalypso Media’s Imperium Romanum, is a city-building game for PC. The player takes the role of a Roman patrician, a nobleman, who has just started his political career. His ultimate goal is to become the Governor of Rome. Throughout the game the player can develop his game character by gaining favor with various historical figures such as Julius Caesar, Pompey and Octavian. The benefits provided by these relations are carried over not only for the rest of the campaign but also in free-build maps and multiplayer scenarios.

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Game Features

• Persistent Player Character – benefits gained from completed quests are persistent and can be used on any mission, including campaign, free-play and multiplayer.
• Campaign that features 20 maps of historical cities and locations.
• Patrons – more than 20 historical figures that offer additional objectives to the player.
• Over 60 buildings & 50 units.
• Ships and Islands.
• New and Improved Economics.
• Multiplayer – cooperative and competitive mode.
• Enhanced battle system with standard RTS control of the squads.
• Grand Monuments such as the Coliseum, Circus Maximus and the Pantheon.
• City States – famine, siege, riots, etc.
• Disasters – random disasters such as plagues, fires and earthquakes.
• All such disasters will be visualized.

Minimum System Requirements

• Supported OS: Windows XP / Vista
• Processor: 1.7 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or AMD equivalent
• Memory: 512 MB
• Graphics: 128 MB
• DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c
• Sound: DirectX Compatible
• Hard Drive: 1.5 GB of free space

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Men Of War

Type::. PC Game
Game Title::. Men Of War
Genre::. Historic Real-Time Strategy
Size::. 2 DVDS

Men of War, the sequel to Soldiers: Heroes of World, takes place in Europe during the height of World War II. The story unfolds across three different campaigns played out through the eyes of Soviet, Allied and German soldiers. Each campaign has its own structured timeline bringing a different story of the war to life spanning across Russia, North Africa, Ukraine, Greece, Germany, Italy and the Pacific. The main Soviet campaign sees two student comrades, Smirnov and Kuznetzov, join the army and quickly become brothers in arms as they rise through the ranks and experience the rigors of war.

Men of War features 50 new units to play, including newly designed tanks, APCs and heavy guns. The single player campaign features a fully customizable user interface so players are able to set-up their command layout as they please. In addition to the in-depth single player experience, Men of War also unleashes all new multiplayer maps along with new ‘capture the flag’ and ‘high-value cargo’ modes, all faithfully recreated with stunning graphics and refined AI. A new rating system has also been introduced to ensure a fair fight in online multiplayer battles.

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Game Features

• Three evolving storylines in the Soviet, Allied and German armies, comprising 19 missions in 3 campaigns
• 7 bonus missions for different sides of the conflict
• More than 50 new units to use in multiplayer mode
• Direct control system. Take over the control of every single soldier, or drive tanks and other vehicles, set up ambushes with antitank guns and blow your enemies up with precise and deadly aimed shots at their weak spots
• System of ratings and statistics for every participant in multiplayer mode
• New nation in multiplayer mode – Japan
• Revised controls interface – customizable and easier to use
• New multiplayer maps and 2 new game modes
• Highly detailed WWII environments and characters and faithfully recreated with a cutting-edge graphics engine

Minimum System Requirements

• Supported OS: Windows XP / Vista
• Processor: Pentium 4 1.7GHZ
• Memory: 512 MB RAM
• Graphics: 128 MB Video card
• DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c
• Sound: DirectX Compatible
• Hard Drive: 4 GB of free space

- Official Site – GameSpot – IGN – 1UP -

Type::. PC Game
Game Title::. The Guild 2: Venice
Genre::. Historic Real-Time Strategy
Size::. 1 DVD

“The Guild 2 – Venezia“ will show the fascinating ambience of Venice. Small Sidestreets, Gondolieres and the mystical carnival promise many hours of game fun. Live your life in The Guild 2 – Venezia like the medieval population did – build up your family, earn money and enjoy the romance of Venice. Maybe you will meet the famous Casanova.

Ascend from the role of a simple craftsman to the Doge of Venice as you form close alliances with powerful houses, conquer city markets with exquisite goods and win the hearts of Venetians with generous gestures. Avoid the path of your enemies, or hire powerful mercenaries to lend authority to your demands. Whether in Venice itself or in the competing city of Trieste – you will need all of your cunning to survive when trading and scheming! Enjoy the real-life experience of one of the most innovative games of all-time!

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Product Features

• Includes all of the professions and buildings from The Guild 2 and Pirates of the High Seas.
• Standalone gameplay. The game can be played without The Guild 2 and Pirates of the High Seas.
• New professions: mercenary and glazier plus four exciting scenarios taking place in both Venice and Trieste.
• Historically accurate depiction of Venice between 1400 and 1600.

Minimum System Requirements

• Supported OS: Windows 2000/XP/VISTA
• Processor: Pentium IV 1.8 GHz or better
• Memory: 512 MB
• Graphics: DirectX Compatible
• DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c
• Sound: DirectX Compatible
• Hard Drive: 4 GB Free

- Official Site – GameSpot – IGN – 1UP -