Empire: Total War

Empire: Total War is a turn-based strategy & real-time tactics computer game developed by Creative Assembly and released by Sega for Microsoft Windows (XP/Vista) on March 3, 2009. The fifth installment in the ‘Total War’ series, Empire maintains its predecessors’ interface & game-play style, including turn-based campaigning combined with real-time battles.

In regards to the storyline, Empire: Total War focuses on achieving world domination in 18th century Earth. After selecting a specific ‘faction’, players then utilize military power, political diplomacy, espionage, and economics to slowly build power and eventually take over the entire world. Empire: Total War includes a standard campaign mode, a special campaign mode dedicated to early US history, a custom battle mode, and an online multiplayer mode whereby players can engage in real-time battles with other real life players. Sega later released a post-release ‘Campaign Multiplayer’ patch. Empire: Total War retails for $49.99.