| Alternative title(s) | The Settlers: Fourth Edition (NA); Die Siedler IV (G); The Settlers (iOS); The Settlers HD (Android, bada, iPad, Symbian) |
| Antiquity game | EAG |
| Release | Feb 15, 2001 |
| Publisher | Ubi Soft; Gameloft (iOS) |
| Developer | Blue Byte |
| Platform(s) | Windows; iOS (2009); webOS (2010); bada (2010), iPad (2010); Symbian (2011); Android (2011) |
| Mode | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Genre | City-builder; strategy game; empire-building |
| Setting | The player plays as the Romans, Mayans and Vikings; additionally, the player can also play as the TrojansDLC |
| Notable charactersB | |
| DLC | Mission CD (2001); The Trojans and the Elixir of Power (2001) |
In March 2002, The Settlers IV: Gold Edition was released, comprising the base game, the Mission CD DLC and the Trojans and the Elixir of Power DLC.
Bibliography
Schwarz, A. (2010). ‘Siegen ist erst der Anfang, oder: Was kommt nach der Annäherung an die Geschichte im Computerspiel?’ in A. Schwarz (ed.), « Wollten Sie auch immer schon einmal pestverseuchte Kühe auf Ihre Gegner werfen? » Eine fachwissenschaftliche Annäherung an Geschichte im Computerspiel. Münster: Lit, 263-275.
Truman, S.; Rapp, N.; Roth, D.; von Mammen, S. (2018). ‘Rethinking real-time strategy games for virtual reality‘ in Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games (FDG ’18). New York: Association for Computing Machinery, 6 pp.
Additional keywords
turn-based
Thanks to
David Serrano Lozano
Jordy Orellana F.
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