Sierra and Stainless Steel Studios, Inc. today announced that a playable
demo of their upcoming real-time strategy game Empire Earth will be released
on the Internet on Friday, October 19th. Empire Earth is currently
undergoing its final phase of testing in anticipation of shipping in
mid-November.
The Empire Earth Demo includes four of Empire Earth's Training Scenarios,
which introduce a few of the many special features available in the full
game. Also included are two exciting scenarios from Empire Earth's four
epic Campaigns. In one scenario, you command British troops during the
Napoleonic Wars. In the other, you guide Manfred von Richthofen, the famous
"Red Baron," at the start of World War I.
>From Prehistory to the Nano Age of the 22nd Century, Empire Earth serves up
gaming on an epic scale. Empire Earth is an epic real-time strategy game
that covers 500,000 years of human history, from the discovery of fire to
the laser battles of the future. Each player takes control of a fledgling
civilization and strives to forge the greatest of all empires. Rick
Goodman, Lead Designer of the acclaimed game Age of Empires, catapults the
RTS genre into a bold new era.
