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Saturday, March 06, 2010

Field of Glory Gets an Important New Update! Plenty of tweaks and fixes, multiplayer support with expansion owners, and a whole chariot-load more!

Field of Glory Gets an Important New UpdateMatrix Games and Slitherine Strategies have released the comprehensive 1.1.0 update for their acclaimed turn-based ancients game, Field of Glory. Specific changes coming with the update include tweaks to rout and pursuit moves, several alterations to both how disorder is handled and displayed, minor bug fixes, and more. Please note: It is strongly recommended that all customers install this update.

This update is required to continue using the multi-player feature of Field of Glory. The update will also allow owners of Field of Glory to also play against people who purchase the Rise of Rome expansion. David Heath, Director of Operations at Matrix Games, said “Excitement has been steadily building in anticipation of the Rise of Rome expansion. With this update, Field of Glory owners will be able to continue enjoying the game’s true strength in multi-player along with people who purchase Rise of Rome.

We can be sure there will be no shortage of generals to clash with!” Based on Slitherine’s popular tabletop war gaming system by the same name, Field of Glory now comes to the PC in a faithful adaptation of this acclaimed miniatures war game! Without the calculations and measurements required for a tabletop game of Field of Glory, the PC version accurately represents ancient combat where you make the important and fun decisions on the battlefield.

March mighty legions across famous ancient battlegrounds from Zama in North Africa to the battles of Boudicca’s revolt in Britain. Later releases will expand to new periods and new areas of the ancient and medieval world. Field of Glory sports an easy to use interface with a focus on having fun in ancient combat. Field of Glory also includes a map-maker and scenario-creator which are just as easy to command as your soldiers are on the battlefield, as well as excellent multi-player support.

This update is comprehensive and will bring all previous versions of Field of Glory to version 1.1.0. This update is required to continue using the multi-player feature in Field of Glory so it is strongly recommended that all Field of Glory owners install this update. Get more information on Field of Glory from its official product page.