empire-earth-ii posts

GoG.com adds Empire Earth II to game line-up

by John Callaham Mar 16th 2010 @ 2:00PM

GoG.com's DRM-free line up gets yet another new addition this week. It's Empire Earth II, the 2005 centuries spanning RTS game from developer Mad Doc Software. The developer, who later got bought by Rockstar Games and was renamed Rockstar New England, took over the Empire Earth franchise from its creator, the now defunct Stainless Steel Studios.

This edition of the game contains both the original title and its expansion pack Empire Earth II: The Art of Supremacy. You can download and purchase the game from GoG.com for $9.99. As we first reported several months ago the Empire Earth franchise is now owned by Rebellion, who have expressed an interest in possibly making new games in the series.

Filed under: Downloads, RTS

GamersGate, Vivendi make big digital distribution deal

by Samuel Axon Jun 30th 2008 @ 6:30PM

Paradox Interactive's GamersGate is the underdog of the digital distribution market. It's not as prominent as Valve's Steam or IGN's Direct2Drive, but there are some gems hidden in its library, especially since Capcom and Playlogic signed up. Thanks to a big new deal with Vivendi, the number of gems is increasing even more.

According to a press release, the service will now offer several titles from Sierra Entertainment (which is owned by Vivendi), including Ceasar IV, World in Conflict, and the Empire Earth series. The press release includes all the ritual quotes from bigwigs at all the involved companies saying in carefully calculated terms how excited they are about the new deal. But you don't need to know all that to get your game on, do you?

Filed under: Biz