Paradox Interactive announces the release of Lionheart: Kings’ Crusade, saying Neocore's real-time strategy game is available in stores and via digital distribution. There's a new release trailer on the YouTube, and here's word on the release:

NEW YORK – 8th October 2010 – Steel in hand, the beating sun on your back, faith in your heart. Time to go to war in one of the most momentous periods in ancient history as Paradox Interactive and Neocore Games are proud to announce the release today of Lionheart: Kings’ Crusade on PC. From the acclaimed development team of King Arthur: The Role-Playing Game and Crusaders: Thy Kingdom Come, Lionheart: Kings’ Crusade is a real-time strategy game transporting players back in time between the years 1189 and 1192 during the Third Crusade, as they take their battle-hardened warriors in to the heart of battle and one of the most vicious wars in history.

Play as either Richard the Lionheart, the great English king and legendary warrior, set to invade and take back the treasured Holy Land once and for all, or as the first Sultan of Egypt and Syria, the chivalrous Saladin who defends Jerusalem, patiently waiting and preparing his people for the oncoming invasion. Lionheart: Kings’ Crusade invites players to rewrite history through controlling and upgrading leaders and their armies, guiding various historical factions through political events, collecting relics, and unlocking new content in a feature-rich campaign set to take on the strategy genre by force.