The History Channel Returns To Games
'The History Channel: Great Battles of the Middle Ages' Coming Next Year
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The History Channel and Slitherine Strategies have announced that their collaborated effort on The History Channel: Great Battles of Rome paid off enough to warrant making an entire franchise. The next title in the TV-branded series will be The History Channel: Great Battles of the Middle Ages and will feature a new engine from Slitherine that will be optimized for new-generation consoles as well as the PC.
"The huge commercial success of our first release has pointed us in the right direction," said Iain McNeil, Director of Slitherine. "For us it’s a fresh challenge to develop a game that will embrace new audiences of the next-gen consoles. It’s also an opportunity to listen to the community of thousands of players we established with THE HISTORY CHANNEL Great Battles of Rome. We are sure we will match their expectations with the release of our next title."
The new engine will allow players to control the epic battles ranging from knights to standard foot soldiers and militia. The expanded engine will allow for thousands of characters to be shown on-screen, enabling battles of epic proportions. The new title is to be based on the Hundred Years War and will be released next year.
"The huge commercial success of our first release has pointed us in the right direction," said Iain McNeil, Director of Slitherine. "For us it’s a fresh challenge to develop a game that will embrace new audiences of the next-gen consoles. It’s also an opportunity to listen to the community of thousands of players we established with THE HISTORY CHANNEL Great Battles of Rome. We are sure we will match their expectations with the release of our next title."
The new engine will allow players to control the epic battles ranging from knights to standard foot soldiers and militia. The expanded engine will allow for thousands of characters to be shown on-screen, enabling battles of epic proportions. The new title is to be based on the Hundred Years War and will be released next year.