TITLE Arena Wars
GENRE Strategy
PLATFORM PC
DEVELOPER exDream Entertainment
US PUBLISHER Tri Synergy
UK PUBLISHER KOCH Media
NORDIC PUBLISHER KOCH Media
ONLINE PLAY Yes
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Official Fact Sheet:
Arena Wars is a completely new kind of 3D Real Time Strategy game. It combines the gameplay principles and interface of an RTS with the fast pace of action-based shooters.
Arena Wars can be played as a single or multiplayer game. Multiplayer supports up to 8 players, who can fight against each other and challenge other players from around the world via the AW Server, while the single player mode is loaded with action-packed single player missions against one or more computer opponents.
- 6 Single player tournaments with over 60 individual missions.
- Innovative resource/unit/power-up management and deployment system.
- 6 different unit types; each with specific attributes, strengths, and upgrade abilities.
- Multiplayer via LAN and Internet for up to 8 players and 4 observers per game with Advanced Chat Server.
- Arena Wars Server for online gaming. Play 2 vs. 2 standalone missions cooperatively with your ally via LAN or Internet.
- Replays in a quality you have never seen before: save the full game for complete playback, including every player’s mouse and screen positions from the whole game. Observer views and even all voice and web cam data can be stored in the compact replay format.
- Supports real-time voice communication (via headset), and video (via web cam) enabling, for example, communication with all team members in a 4 vs. 4 game!
- 3 different game modes: Capture The Flag (CTF), Bombing Run (BR), and Double Domination (DD)
- Huge range of power-ups: Give your units advanced abilities, protect them, damage and immobilize enemy units…
- Special abilities for all units, including flying and teleportation
- Upgrades for all units, creating more strategic possibilities
- 3 different terrain sets (grassland, desert, volcano), all displayed using a fast and highly detailed 3D engine
- Includes an easy to use, intuitive map editor. The exact same one used to build the game
- Import your own player logos.
- Beginner friendly user interface.
- Unscripted artificial intelligence plays at a very high level, is never predictable, and can play on any map (retail or custom!). A vast range of AI settings and behavioral traits to select from.
- Play AW in any resolution your monitor can display! Default resolution: 1024×768 (but will display anything from 320×240 to 2048×1576 and more!). A host of graphic options are available to improve performance and make AW perfectly playable, even on less powerful machines.