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Rome: Total War

Before Rome: Total War released in September 2004, Creative Assembly licensed a preliminary version of its new engine to the...
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Axis & Allies (1998)

The Axis & Allies board game existed in two rule editions when Hasbro Interactive and MicroProse released the PC version...
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Influence of Historical Events on Strategy Games

The world of strategy games is deeply intertwined with human history. These games often draw on historical events, offering players...
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Significant Mods for Rome: Total War

The modding community has played a crucial role in extending the lifespan and enhancing the experience of Rome: Total War....
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X-COM: UFO Defense (Enemy Unknown)

In 1991, Julian Gollop and his brother Nick ran a small British developer called Mythos Games. Their previous title, Laser...
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Zero-K

The Spring Engine started as a fan project. A Swedish modding group called the Swedish Yankspankers built it in the...
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Age of Empires

Bruce Shelley left MicroProse at the end of 1992 after co-designing Railroad Tycoon and Civilization with Sid Meier. In 1995,...
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Strategic Command WWII Global Conflict

Hubert Cater began development on the Strategic Command series in 1999 with a specific gap in mind. Grand strategy WWII...
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Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance

Chris Taylor left Cavedog Entertainment in 1998, founded Gas Powered Games in Seattle, and spent the next several years making...
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Generals 2 – The Game That Never Was

Electronic Arts split EA Los Angeles into two studios in 2010. One half became Danger Close, which went on to...
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Star Trek: Birth of the Federation

By 1999 MicroProse was operating in a different shape than the company that had published Civilization and Master of Orion....
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K240

Graeme Ing released Utopia: The Creation of a Nation in September 1991 through Gremlin Graphics, and CU Amiga reviewed it...
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