Crown of Glory: Emperors Edition Now Available

February 27, 2009

Crown of Glory: Emperor’s Edition Now
Available

Wage total war across Europe and build an
empire in Crown of Glory: Emperor’s Edition!

Matrix Games and Western Civilization Software
are thrilled to announce that Crown of Glory: Emperor’s Edition, the highly
anticipated sequel to the critically acclaimed Crown of Glory, is now available
for immediate download! Combining strategy and tactics in one design, Crown of
Glory: Emperor’s Edition offers gamers an opportunity to test their strength in
an age of legends.


Click here download the
new Crown of Glory: Emperor’s Edition trailer.

The original Crown of Glory won a series of
accolades, including the Charles S. Roberts award for best Pre-20th Century
Wargame, the War-Historical Group’s Wargame of the Year 2005, 8/10 from IGN and
9+/10 from Wargamer.com. Crown of Glory: Emperor’s Edition is a major step up
from the original in nearly every area, with new detailed Naval Combat, a
streamlined economic system, a much stronger AI, beautiful new strategic map,
new scenarios and significant interface improvements, just to name a few!

To mark the release of Crown of Glory: Emperor’s
Edition, three of the tutorial videos included with the game are now available
to give gamers a feel for the addicting gameplay and in-depth game system headed
their way! The topics of the three tutorials are The Basics, Land Combat, and
Naval Combat. Be sure to check them out on YouTube or download a higher quality
version from our website.

David Heath, Director of Operations at Matrix
Games, said “Crown of Glory: Emperor’s Edition is a very worthy sequel to the
original classic. The new features, improvements and additional scenarios as
well as engrossing strategic and tactical play make this an experience that
Napoleonic fans should not miss. Anyone with an interest in the Napoleonic
period as well as fans of beautifully designed strategy game should give this
game a look!”

The initial release is download-only, with
options for boxed copies with printed manuals planned to be available next week.
Customers who would like a boxed copy and printed manual should wait for those
options to show up in the Matrix Games Online Store before purchasing. Also,
customers who already own the original Crown of Glory are entitled to a $10
Discount Coupon off the price of Crown of Glory: Emperor’s Edition. This
discount coupon can be retrieved by following the links on the product and store
pages.

Glory is Fleeting, Obscurity is Forever…

Two centuries ago, Europe was in the midst of one
of the most gripping periods in human history. It was an era that saw cobblers
become princes and emperors become exiles, an age of legendary diplomats and
brilliant tacticians. Listen to the roll of the drum, the call of the bugle, and
see the banners unfurled above the divisions and corps. Wide-eyed recruits march
next to battle-scarred veterans, sabers clatter alongside the bags of grapeshot,
the wheels of hundreds of caissons rattle, as generals plan and diplomats plot,
and all of Europe grasps with desperate hands for… The Crown Of Glory.

This new Emperor’s Edition is a sequel to the
acclaimed Crown of Glory and improves on the original in every area, immersing
the player in the epic events of the Napoleonic era. A beautiful strategic map
with more than 200 provinces covers all of Europe and North Africa, with
scenarios and campaigns from 1792 up to 1820. Stronger AI, a streamlined
interface and a new simplified economic model to allow players to focus on the
aspects of the game they most enjoy. Players take the role of one of the crowned
potentates of any of the eight Major powers as well as having the option to play
as a minor power such as Poland, Denmark or Portugal.

A turn-based structure allows you to play at your
own pace, deciding on the military, diplomatic, economic and social paths of
your nation, including treaties, trade routes and levying and supplying military
units. While your armies march across a worldwide map with monthly turns,
detailed land and naval battles allow you to play at a smaller scale, where your
brigades, divisions and ships can be commanded with historical tactics. All
battles can be resolved quickly or fought out on a detailed battlefield map.

Each unit has its purpose on the battlefield,
with such diverse troops as Jagers, Cossacks, Janissaries and Horse Artillery
all modeled for individual strength and morale ratings and each beautifully
rendered and animated. Similarly, ships ranging from Frigates to massive First
Rate Ships of the Line clash on the seas in battles ranging from skirmishes to
decisive fleet engagements, all modeled in great realistic detail.

The eight major powers (France, Britain, Austria,
Prussia, Russia, Turkey, Spain, and Sweden) and over ninety computer-controlled
minor nations are modeled in rich historical detail. Every effort has been made
to bring you as thorough a simulation of the Napoleonic Era as is possible, from
the dockyards of Lisbon to the frozen wastes of Holy Mother Russia.

Historical leaders, special abilities, fleets,
upgrades, reinforcements, colonialism, guard units and over 100 historical
events, give Crown Of Glory: Emperor’s Edition a unique and engrossing style.
Combining strategy and tactics in one design, Crown Of Glory: Emperor’s Edition
offers you an opportunity to test your strength in an age of legends.

Emperor’s Edition Improvements:

  • New strategic map including a network of roads
    connecting provinces
  • 70 new movement areas on the strategic map
  • New “Simple Economy” mode for players who want
    to concentrate on military / diplomacy
  • 6 new minor powers
  • 101 new historical events such as “Reign of
    Terror,” “Janissary Revolt,” and “Assassination of Paul I”
  • Map zooms in and out smoothly on strategic and
    detailed combat levels
  • Nations gain Experience and Naval Experience
    and use these to purchase national upgrades, advanced units, and special
    training for units
  • Improved orders of battle in all scenarios
    with historical names for hundreds of divisions and ships
  • New scenarios for 1803 and 1812
  • New scenarios that allow Portugal, Bavaria,
    Denmark, the Netherlands, and Poland to be player-controlled
  • Changes to strategic A.I. to create more
    historical decisions for certain nations
  • New “Path of Napoleon” victory condition in
    which player must try to accomplish all of Napoleon’s goals
  • New rules for inflation and mobilization
    limits to better model wartime effects on the economy and to limit army sizes
    to historical levels
  • New rules for march attrition
  • New interface screens for strategic overview,
    unit and province lists
  • Ability to fight detailed battles at division
    or brigade level
  • New system of in-game help
  • New music and sound effects