Armada 2526 shipped to UK (for our European readers)

Armada 2526 has been shipped to UK retailers. The boxed version of Armada 2526 will be available in UK retail by Friday June 25th 2010 and in other English speaking EU gaming territories next week. The localized versions for Germany and France will be released late August 2010.

Armada 2526 continues the great tradition of space opera games. You guide your race from its first interstellar journeys, until it becomes a mighty galactic empire. Along the way, you’ll explore the galaxy, conduct research, diplomacy and trade, find new colonies, maneuver mighty star fleets, and fight epic battles.

Armada 2526 Features

• Turn based star map for moving fleets, managing colonies, performing research, and conducting diplomacy.
• Customizable map size and number of players, allowing you to construct tight 2 player confrontations, or huge galaxies with 50 or more players, and thousands of stars. Map designer included.
• Twelve animated alien races to play and battle against.
• Full featured diplomacy system, with a highly intelligent AI and options to ask favors, make demands, and issue ultimatums.
• More than 100 technology items to research, including advances in ship construction, ground defenses, biological warfare, and psychic powers.
• 3D Real-time battle system for fighting huge battles with 100 or more ships per side.
• Ground combat is integrated into the combat system, allowing marines to be landed to battle ground defenses while ship combat rages overhead.
• More than a hundred beautifully crafted ship models, including mighty dreadnaughts, long range missile cruisers, fighters, carriers, and asteroids for bombarding planets.
• Tough A.I. opponents.

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