The Settlers: Rise of an Empire

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Build a lively, bustling medieval town in this ambitious new take on the long-lived and much-loved Settlers real-time strategy series. Found a flourishing economy while defending your empire through shrewd diplomacy and combat. This demo includes two maps: a tutorial and a free settle skirmish map. See download mirrors below at the alternative sources.

At the German Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany, Microsoft announced that Ubisoft was the latest to join the Games for Windows branding program. The first title Ubisoft will deliver is The Settlers: Rise of an Empire. The Montreuil, France-based company joins other publishing powerhouses such as 2K Games, Activision Inc., Atari Inc., EA Partners, LucasArts, Microsoft Game Studios, Midway Home Entertainment Inc., and SEGA by committing to ship select titles under the Games for Windows brand. With the addition of Ubisoft, Microsoft now has the support of the majority of top games publishers around the world to provide consumers with amazing Windows gaming experiences.

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Ubisoft has blown the lid off a sixth game in it's Settlers series, The Settlers: Rise of an Empire which is due to release in September. So... it's back to the medieval era in a sim-strategy that finds players dealing with the daily lives of settlers, gathering resources, dabbling with economics and building an empire. Ubisoft explains that the primary objective in Rise of an Empire is "to create large, lively medieval towns," and through empire expansion you can aspire to ascend to the

Ubisoft sends word that The Settlers Rise of An Empire is under development from Blue Byte. This is the sixth game in the series and will feature easy to learn controls, a map editor and single player campaign and numerous multiplayer options via LAN and Internet. They also send along a teaser video for you to check out. The game is due out in September of this year.