MMO city builder Romans: Age of Caesar launches this month
They say Rome wasn't built in a day, and it certainly wasn't built by one person. Romans: Age of Caesar is a city-building game in the works at Firefly Studios, the developers of the Stronghold series. The Romans: Age of Caesar release date is set for April 27, Firefly has announced.
Romans: Age of Caesar is what Firefly Studios describes as an 'MMORTS.' It draws from the experience of the original design team that worked on the Impressions classic Caesar III, giving players the chance to build and administer a classical-era Roman city. The new wrinkle in Romans: Age of Caesar is that you're building your city cooperatively - up to 16 players can be working together on a single city, and those cities all form part of a Roman nation created collectively by thousands of players.
As your city grows and becomes more prosperous, you'll want to establish trade routes, which you'll need to protect from barbarian raiders. There are real-time tactical battles to fight when raids happen, or when you get into territory disputes with other players that can't be peacefully resolved.