Magic and Technology Unite in Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends Fan Site Kit
August 29, 2005
Webmasters can now create the ultimate fan site for the ultimate real-time strategy game (RTS), Rise of NationsTM: Rise of Legends. Microsoft Game Studios and Big Huge Games announced today that the Fan Site Kit (FSK) for the highly anticipated second installment in the award-winning franchise for Windows is now available. The new kit offers loads of screenshots and other high-resolution artwork, logos and information about the game. Rise of Legend's FSK is available for download at http://www.riseoflegends.com/.
Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends promises to reinvent the RTS genre once again with a game that immerses players in a unique new fantasy world embroiled in an epic war between the forces of Magic and Technology. Gamers fight through towering cities, flame-swept deserts and brutal ice plains in battles filled with mystical creatures, devastating machines and incredible acts of magic. Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends will raise the bar in the RTS genre with jaw-dropping graphics from an all-new 3D engine, immersive in-game cinematics, integrated story-driven gameplay and a multiplayer mode for fast-paced games. For more information on Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends, please visit http://www.bighugegames.com.
Big Huge Games was founded in February 2000 by four veteran game developers: Tim Train, David Inscore, Jason Coleman and Brian Reynolds. These founding partners, who together have brought strategy gamers such classic hits as "Civilization II®," "Colonization®" and "Alpha Centauri®," share a common vision that they believe will enable them to surpass even these outstanding achievements.
Microsoft Game Studios is a leading worldwide publisher and developer of games for the Xbox® video game system, the Windows® operating system and online platforms. Comprising a network of top developers, Microsoft Game Studios is committed to creating innovative and diverse games for Windows (http://www.microsoft.com/games), including such franchises as Age of Empires®, Flight Simulator and Zoo Tycoon®; Xbox (http://www.xbox.com), including such games as Fable® and franchises such as Halo®, Project Gotham Racing® and MechAssault®; and MSN® Games (http://www.games.msn.com), the official games channel for the MSN network and home to such hits as "Bejeweled" and "HexicTM."