Alternative title(s) | 0 A.D.: Empires Ascendant |
Antiquity game | EAG |
Release | Apr 1, 2009 (still in open development) |
Publisher | Wildfire Games |
Developer | Wildfire Games |
Platform(s) | FreeBSD, Linux, macOS, OpenBSD; Windows |
Mode | Single-player, multiplayer |
Genre | Strategy game; empire-building |
Setting | Athens, Macedonia, Rome and Sparta are playable settings next to other ancient civilizations (Persia, Egypt, etc.), from 500 BCE – 1 BCE and 1 CE – 500 CE. |
Notable charactersB | |
DLC |
Bibliography
Schmidt, S.; Rassalle, T. (2020). ‘The roles we play in history: Narratives about women in historical strategy games’. Presented at the Interactive Pasts Conference Online 2, 5-6 November 2020.
Serrano Lozano, D. (2020). ‘Ludus (Not) Over. Video Games and the Popular Perception of Ancient Past Reshaping’ in C. Rollinger (ed.), Classical Antiquity in Video Games. New York: Bloomsbury, 48-61.
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