Developers Neocore Games (King Arthur, Crusaders: Thy Kingdom Come) and publisher Paradox Interactive have announced a new real time strategy title called Lionheart: King's Crusade due out in quarter two of next year. The game will let the player either take the side of Richard Lionheart or the great Saladin during the years 1189-1192 as a number of bloody battles are played out.
Here are some lethal bullet points from the press release:
- Play through two single-player campaigns - Crusader and Saracen
- Oversee hundreds of soldiers in real-time epic battles
- Command your forces, conquer territory, and expand your realm on a fully 3D map
- Strategically manage your army between missions
- Rewrite the past by playing as famous historical characters serving as the main heroes
Check out the first screens below.