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Warlords III: Darklords Rising

Enter a rich fantasy world of medieval warfare teeming with rage, revenge and bravery. This epic game of strategy and conquest now delivers a vastly larger world and deeper strategic gameplay that expands…

21 August 1998

Warlords III: Darklords Rising is a strategy developed by Strategic Studies Group, released 21 August 1998 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Warlords III: Darklords Rising is

Warlords III: Darklords Rising is a strategy game developed by Strategic Studies Group and released in 1998. It was published by Red Orb Entertainment. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Half a century ago, Lord Bane was cast down and exiled from his homeland - the Realms of Death, by Lord Albion and the Sirian Knights. Now he has returned to seek revenge. This time, he vows to murder Albion and his family, raze the citadels of Albion's allies, and poison their lands. The Lord Sartek's failure at Duernoth, where he lost the Dragonshard to Albion and ensured Bane's defeat, will not be forgotten. He will be punished for his incompetence. Now the Dark Lord's war will again descend upon Marthos. Lord Albion will be slain, his brave deeds stricken from the scrolls of history, and Lord Bane will be the only name that Etheria knows and remembers.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Warlords series

Warlords III: Darklords Rising is the fifth of 19 entries we hold in the Warlords series. It arrived 3 years after Warlords II Deluxe. The next entry was Warlords Battlecry in 2000.

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What it launched against

Warlords III: Darklords Rising launched on 21 August 1998, within three weeks of Metal Gear Solid, F-1 World Grand Prix, Future Cop: LAPD and Bloody Roar 2.

Released around the same time: Metal Gear Solid, F-1 World Grand Prix, Future Cop: LAPD, Bloody Roar 2.

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When did Warlords III: Darklords Rising come out?
Warlords III: Darklords Rising was released on 21 August 1998 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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