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Saturday, 11 April 2009

Tin Soldiers: Alexander the Great

"Another great addition to the turn-based strategy line-up from Matrix Games and comes highly recommended..."
- PC Gameworld - 81%

"Every once in a while a game will creep up, tap me on the shoulder, and remind me why I love gaming."

- PC Gamer Magazine - 89%

Tin Soldiers: Alexander the Great™ is wargaming with a classic style. Easy to learn but difficult to master, it places you in the role of Alexander the Great during his conquest of the known world.

Guide Alexander through his grand campaign from inheriting his father's legacy at the battle of Thebes to his conquest of Darius III and the Persian Empire through his last great battle at the Hydaspes, in the heart of Asia against the Indian army of King Porus.

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Hornet Leader PC
"Hornet Leader is another fine card-based game that should keep strategy fans busy for a while."
- Review of Hornet Leader PC in Out of Eight

"Hornet Leader is a good niche game for trying something different from the standard board war game."

- Hornet Leader PC Review on GamersInfo.net

Hornet Leader PC

Command a squadron of the U.S. Navy’s elite F/A-18 Hornet Strike Fighters!

You select the pilots and arm the aircraft based on real-world mission briefings.

Once you reach your objective, you evaluate threats, and do what needs to be done to destroy the target!
- Easy to learn, fast playing, built-in Help screens.
- Beautiful screens giving the player quick access to all needed data.
- 3 real world campaigns with appropriate targets and defenses.
- 6 Difficulty levels.
- Realistic air combat and weapon capability modeling.
- Wide selection of real aircraft weapons.
- Wide variety of enemy air and ground defenses.
- Cause and Effect campaign system that modifies enemy capabilities based on the outcome of each mission.
- Pilot experience system to improve skills.
- Access to cutting edge weapon systems.
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Hussar Games' "For Liberty!"
Hussar Games' "For Liberty!" is a turn based strategy game covering the American Revolutionary War from 1775 - 1783 and the Hungarian Rakoczi Independence War from 1703 to 1711.

For Liberty! is a weekly turn based game covering North American east coast and the Carpathian Basin in Central Europe The map will change as the seasons go by. There are 16 unit types of 5 nations included, each in authentic uniforms.
- Campaign editor - create your own fictional or historical campaign.
- 9 Campaigns and an all new bonus campaign giving Players 10 total campaigns.
- Minimap, bigger and more varied battlefields in tactical battles.
- Detail 3D rendered of maps and units.
- Large map of the East Coast of North America / Central Europe with more than 3000 hexes.
- Improved fatigue system in tactical battles.
- AI enhancements on both the strategic and tactical levels.
- Turn based gameplay both on the strategic and tactical level.
- Manage important resources: recruits, horses, muskets, cannons, money and supply.
- Detailed political systems that allow the player to influence political decisions.
- Random events such as pirates, epidemics, betrayals, fires and many others.
- 400 historical leaders.
- Leaders are rated and can have up to three 3 special abilities with over 16 to choose from.
- 16 different unit types: dragoon, infantry, rifleman, militia, indians, hussars, etc.
- 7 stances on the strategic map: defense, attack, rest, siege, retreat, routed and training.
- 4 kind of formations on the tactical map: skirmish, column, line and routed.
- Realistic depiction of battles, units will not fight to the last man, battles are won by routing the enemy army from the field.
- Towns can be pillaged to gain supply at the cost of losing production.
- Multiplayer capability: hot-seat, PBEM and TCP/IP.
- Players can select basic ruleset for new players and advanced ruleset for veterans.
- Players can select between 3 different difficulty levels.
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Tin Soldiers: Julius Caesar
"Tin Soldiers: Julius Caesar manages to improve upon Tin Soldiers: Alexander the Great in almost every area. Once again the AI provides a great challenge and strategy fans will love spending night after night trying to outwit such an impressive opponent. "
- Deaf Gamers: 89%

"I believe “TS: Julius Caesar’s” enjoyable game play, incredible realism, and educational value will make it a winner for a variety of reasons and a variety of gamers. "
- Active Reviews

Tin Soldiers: Julius Caesar brings a completely new 3D engine into the battle, allowing users to zoom in, out, and rotate the map for a better view of the battlefield.

The artwork overhaul features over 100 different replicas of hand-painted miniatures, including the fearsome legions of Caesar himself.

On the inside of the game the AI has been overhauled as well to support a variety of battle formations while the legions of Caesar have been expanded from the normal block of four units to a more powerful block of six.

This allows you to replicate the power and strength the Roman legions possessed.
- The complete conquests of Julius Caesar including his Gallic War campaign (58 B.C.E. to 50 B.C.E) and the Roman Civil War (49 B.C.E. to 44 B.C.E.) .
- 14 battles including: Helvetii, Ariovistus, Britain, Gergovia, Nervii, Avaricum, Alesia, Ilerda, Dyrrachium, Pharsalus, Egypt, Zela, Thapsus and Munda.
- Complete your conquest through a non-linear campaign.
- Historic battlefields and units.
- Fully rendered in beautiful 3D with free camera rotation.
- Based on a unique miniature tabletop look and game play.
- Fast action rules with support for legions and legion formation.
- Command the entire army of Julius Caesar with an emphasis on tactical warfare.
- Objective-based scenarios giving you the opportunity to defend, capture and assassinate your opponents.
- Over 150 individually detailed units from Caesar’s famous Legion X to the tribes of Gaul.
- Modern AI that is the master of tactical strategy – adjusts to three levels of difficulty
- Internet/LAN multiplayer support.
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Titans of Steel: Warring Suns

"Contains a lot of depth... Matrix Games have another great title in their hands..."
- All About Games UK - 8/10

"Titans of Steel should definitely be on your wish list. A turn-based game that mech fans will really appreciate"
- Deaf Gamers - 8.5/10
Matrix Games has teamed with Vicious Byte to bring you something new and challenging.

Titans of Steel: Warring Suns™ is more than a combat game. It is also designed to be an open-ended role playing system for up to four battle squads using four separate races and pilots of either gender.

All pilots have a full statistics sheet and earn experience points which players can use to increase seven attributes and nineteen skills.

(Now available as a FREE download!)

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