Warrior Kings: Battles

Warrior Kings Was a revelation Coming out of nowhere, it not only took the gaming world by storm, but it also took the RTS genre to new heights with its exquisite combination of a branching storyline and stunning 3D RTS action. However, much was made of its lack of skirmish options and somewhat bugged Al, two aspects that Warrior Kings - Battles is set to rectify.

As you can see from these stunning shots, Battles will retain the beautiful visuals of its predecessor, while adding a dynamic free-form campaign for you to battle your way through. Several new units are being added to each of the three sides (Imperial, Pagan and Renaissance), including elementals, which can be summoned from gold-deposits and trees. War elephants will provide a new offensive dimension with their devastating abilities to knock down castle gates, while insane witch doctors, although temperamental will be brimming to bursting point with devastating magic.

Those of you wanting to just battle it out in isolated battles will be able to take on one of the 50 unique Al generals over a multitude of maps, and if you don't like resource management the Valhalla mode will allow you to mass your troops on a field and engage your enemy's forces head on. Sounds great, looks stunning and if Warrior Kings was anything to go by, it'll play even better.