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Deadlock II: Shrine Wars

Deadlock II: Shrine Wars is an exciting game of strategy, resource management and military conquest. Each race has its own strengths and weaknesses - learn to exploit them to your advantage. Build, trade…

28 February 1998

Deadlock II: Shrine Wars is a strategy developed by Cyberlore Studios, released 28 February 1998 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Deadlock II: Shrine Wars is

Deadlock II: Shrine Wars is a strategy game developed by Cyberlore Studios and released in 1998. It was published by Accolade. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Ancient and mysterious Shrines have revealed the location of an extinct alien home world. Discovered in the aftermath of the Gallius IV war, these Shrines unlock the most powerful technology in the Universe. Now, seven interstellar empires race across the galaxy to conquer this one planet and gain the secret power of the ancient civilization.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are 4x (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate) and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Deadlock II: Shrine Wars launched on 28 February 1998, within three weeks of Xenogears, 1080° Snowboarding and Battlezone.

Released around the same time: Xenogears, 1080° Snowboarding, Battlezone.

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When did Deadlock II: Shrine Wars come out?
Deadlock II: Shrine Wars was released on 28 February 1998 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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