Gaming News - April 2006
Montreal, Canada (April 18, 2006) - Strategy First and Akella
today announced the signing of a cooperative deal for the development and
worldwide publication of Disciples III: Renaissance.
From Strategy First:
“It is a great pleasure to be working on this project with Akella. The team
brings immense talent to the table and both Akella and their .dat studio partner
have everything it takes to give this project the world-class polish we wanted
for the Disciples franchise,” said Richard Therrien, VP Product Developments for
Strategy First.
“We’re glad to work in cooperation with Strategy First. We have gathered
unique and talented developers and game-artists to work on the project. Akella
and .dat intend to create the most exciting game in the series. While keeping
the foundation of Disciples and Disciples II, we will introduce new features in
order to provide gamers with more interesting gameplay and realistic graphics,”
said Dmitry Arkhipov, VP of Development of Akella.
About Disciples III: Renaissance
Disciples III: Renaissance is the sequel to Disciples II: Dark Prophecy; the
award winning Heroic Fantasy Strategy/Role Playing game. The player takes on the
role of the Lord of one of the fantastic races of Nevendaar in their enduring
struggle to establish the reign of their respective god over the world. Ripe
with surprises and turn-arounds, the story of the world of Nevendaar is played
against a somber backdrop and shows a unique as well as stunning style that has
players asking for more.
Advances in game play and the addition of new elements make Disciples III
richer and more interesting. The visual design follows the ominous style of the
Disciples world, but now all of the game environments and individual units are
in stunning real-time 3D.
Disciples III uses .dat’s in-house Virtual Dream engine, which supports all
modern 3D technologies, and will initially feature 3 playable races: The Empire,
The Legions of the Damned, and the Noble Elves, each with its unique Unit styles
and city representation that will allow city sieges, and ending with a battle
for the main fortress.
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