Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom Announced - briefly
(hx) 07:59 PM CET - Feb,12 2002
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   Sierra sent along a press release
announcing Emperor:
Rise of the Middle Kingdom. It's good news for those who liked previous Sierra's
series of City Building games, because developer on Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom is
Impressions Games, guys and
gals behind the Caesar line of games along with Pharaoh, Zeus: Master of Olympus and more.
Here is a snip from the press release:
Sierra Entertainment, Inc., a studio of Vivendi Universal Publishing, and Impressions Games today celebrated the Chinese New Year by announcing the development of "Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom(TM)," the newest addition to their award-winning City Building Series(TM) of games. Due on store shelves this Fall, Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom takes aspiring city governors to ancient China, adding several revolutionary features, including multiplayer gameplay, a first in the city-building genre.
"Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom represents a huge leap for anyone who has ever played a city-building game," said Alex Rodberg, brand manager for Impressions' City-Building line of games. "In online play, gamers control neighboring cities and can form alliances, trade needed goods, send in spies and emissaries, invade each other, or work together on a massive project like the Grand Canal. There has never been a game like this."
Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom brings city builders inside the Great Wall of China. Leaving the Mediterranean behind, the city-building series makes its first foray into Asia and immerses the player in brand new surroundings. China has existed for over 4,000 years, but its 4,000 year history has been marked with new technologies and ideas replacing -- or enhancing -- the old. This is the world in which the player will take the reigns of leadership and take their cities through the twists and turns of Chinese history. |
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