Microsoft Game Studios announces that Big Huge Games' Thrones and Patriots
expansion for the epic RTS gameplay in their Rise of Nations is now gold, and
slated to ship on April 27:
Microsoft Game Studios today announced
that Rise of Nations®: Thrones and Patriots has gone gold and is scheduled to
ship to stores on April 27 for an estimated retail price of $29.95 (U.S.). Rise
of Nations: Thrones & Patriots, the expansion pack to the critically acclaimed,
best-selling real-time strategy (RTS) game Rise of Nations, adds a barrage of
new features to the original game. Combining the epic scope of traditional
turn-based strategy games with the fast-paced action of RTS games, Rise of
Nations: Thrones & Patriots enables players to explore 6,000 years of history as
they amass powerful armies, build prosperous economies and perform acts of
diplomacy.
Developed by Brian Reynolds and Big Huge Games, Thrones and Patriots adds the
Americans, Persians and four other new nations; as well as four new historical
single player campaigns, including Napoleon and the Cold War. The expansion adds
more than 20 new units, such as massive Persian war elephants and US Marines.
Players will also be able to build new strategic wonders and create governments
for their nation. After creating a government, any nation, old or new, can
choose exactly how to be governed, which has far-reaching effects on how units
perform in various situations. The all-new single player campaigns will allow
gamers to control the course of history during historical events that changed
the world. For more information about Rise of Nations: Thrones & Patriots,
please visit the official site at
http://www.microsoft.com/games/thronesandpatriots/.