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Standing out in discretion. The apparent contradiction is nonetheless a fitting description for Longbow Games' daring upcoming real-time strategy game Hegemony Rome: The Rise of Caesar which has only recently earned a place in Kalypso Media's publishing roster.

 

 

Hegemony Rome: The Rise of Caesar takes you to the plains and forests of ancient Gaul where the proconsul Julius Caesar wages a decade long war to subjugate the barbarian hordes. Sequel to the critically acclaimed Hegemony Gold, Hegemony Rome will immerse you in the history like no other real time strategy game on the market, forcing you to pay close attention to the changing seasons and rapidly changing military situation.

 

 

Unfolding across an epic satellite-accurate map stretching from the Mediterranean coast to the British Isles, Hegemony Rome utilizes the series' trademark zoom to seamlessly take you from a grand strategic view of your empire right down to the battlefield at any time. Explore an immersive new world from the dark forests of Germania across the mighty Rhine to the marshlands of the Seine. A larger scale map tests your tactics with more manoeuvring room on the battlefield and visualizes the details of ancient life with garrisons standing guard along the city walls and workers tending their crops in the fields.

 

 

Bring all of Gaul under the rule of the Senate and People of Rome. Or, unite the Gallic tribes in the expanded sandbox mode and end the threat of Roman rule forever.

 

 

 

Features:

 

 

 

• Four new campaigns - follow the conquests of Julius Caesar as he wrote them in Commentarii de Bello Gallico.

• Explore over one million square kilometres ranging from the Mediterranean coast to the shores of Britannia.

• Increased detail brings the world to life with garrisons manning the walls, peasants working the fields and more room for battlefield manoeuvres.

• Promote your officers, assign governors and construct buildings to specialize your units and cities.

• New construction options and a new wood resource allows you to build forts, bridges and supply camps to cement Roman control over the barbarian hordes.

• Play more than a dozen factions in an expanded sandbox mode with more gameplay and AI options to play just the way you like.

 

 

 

An official release date has been set to February 2014.

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Update: Hegemony Rome The Rise of Caesar is officially expected to hit Steam Early Access by the 12th of February. There's also word of the upcoming livestreming of actual gameplay.

 

In preparation for Early Access, developer Longbow Games will be hosting two Developer Walkthroughs via Twitch.tv; where they will debut the first gameplay of Hegemony Rome: The Rise of Caesar and answer questions in a live chat session. The first stream will be held on the 12th of February at 19:00GMT/20:00CET, while the second will follow on the 13th of February at 20:00EST for North America. You can view both streams at: www.twitch.tv/kalypsomedia.
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A free 'micro-DLC' pack for Hegemony Rome: The Rise of Caesar, named Bannerman Pack has now been made available as a thank you for the support shown by the game's community.

 

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This new cosmetic content adds four fully-animated units to the game: including the Roman Aquilifer and the Gallic Hornblower. These will be automatically integrated into your units upon download - making your veteran units look even more distinctive and fearsome on the battlefield.
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A brand new Mercenaries DLC pack has now been released for Hegemony Rome: The Rise of Caesar and is available on Steam here.

 

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Here's word about it:

 

(...) features deadly soldiers-for-hire from all across the territories of the Roman Empire: such as the Garamante spearmen of North Africa, the raiding ships of the Suiones and the Dacian swordsmen from the East. The Mercenary class is a new feature added to the game today in one of many regular updates by developer Longbow games; and allows players to use the Mercenary post attribute to hire soldiers for your army by using Gold instead of resources. The 'Mercenaries' DLC adds further unit types and options to this new feature - add these fearsome soldiers to your forces now and finish the conquest of Europe!
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The Advanced Tactics DLC for Hegemony Rome: The Rise of Caesar will be available later today on Steam.

 

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Scouts report these findings about it:

 

(...) adds 6 all new-units to your mercenary army: including the Kush Archer, Parthian Cataphracts and Horse Archers, Berber Javelineer, Naked Skirmishers and Gallic Ambushers. The additional content makes use of the recently introduced ambush game feature that allows units to shroud themselves within the field of war, await the approaching enemy forces and seize the opportunity for an attack advantage. Utilise the agile Parthian Horse Archers to scout out the area, rally a powerful charge with the cataphracts and employ the Gallic Ambushers' knowledge of the terrain to launch deadly surprise assaults.
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