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War of Legends: unleash War Right Now

by admin posted Jan 22,2010

War of Legends is free, which requires no downloads and can be played on almost any PC with an internet connection.

What’s more, it’s published by Cambridge-based Jagex Games Studio, creators of the world record-breaking online game Runescape.

All of which means War of Legends, which went live this week, is bound to be a major hit.

Based on Chinese myth law, War of Legends is a real-time multiplayer strategy game. Living out the ancient legend, players are invited to pledge allegiance to the incumbent king, an unscrupulous and merciless leader, or to his valiant, righteous but unproven rival.

Players will rule empires, manage resources and command vast armies, while defending their wealthy cities against invading forces vying for supremacy.

Jagex, now the UK’s largest independent games company, is promising regular updates and a continuously evolving storyline.

Like Runescape, it offers a persistent game world that continues even when players are offline, allowing armies to gain strength and resources that will await their return.

Players building empires will be encouraged to form alliances with others around the world.

War of Legends is the first third party title to be published by Jagex and the studio’s first Flash game. Like the company’s other 40 titles, you can play it in your browser, so no hard disk space or time-consuming downloads are necessary here.

Mark Gerhard, Jagex’s CEO, said: “”When we started to develop games in 2001 we were forced to self-publish as none of the ‘traditional publishers’ seemed interested in or even understood online game publishing.

“Nearly a decade and a great deal of success later, we want to leverage our experience and global reach to help other talented young developers bring their games to life.

“We were approached by the War of Legends development team last year. We played it and loved it – we believe our players would probably feel the same way so it’s only natural to add it to our growing catalogue of games on Jagex.com.

“We are actively recruiting to help scale up our publishing division throughout 2010 and we are confident that WarofLegends.com will be the first of many great third-party games to be published by Jagex.”

To play for free, register at www.waroflegends.com.

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