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1C Company's internal studio 1C:Ino-Co, the developers of renowned Fantasy Wars, is now working on a Majesty sequel which is scheduled for release next year. Majesty 2 – The Fantasy Kingdom Sim will focus on reinventing many aspects of the original game while bringing the brand into the 21st Century. A key element that will permeate the game is the charming atmosphere and sense of humor of the original Majesty.

The first UFO: Afterlight patch created outside of ALTAR is now available for download. It fixes a number of bugs and removes the copy protection.

The Carpathian Crosses team are releasing the Beta version of their new mod for Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45. This mod brings the next new nationality to the game - the Romanians, who provided the single largest contingent of Axis troops on the Eastern Front, after the Germans themselves. The player will get to experience a completely unique setting, that has never been done before! On top of that, they are also adding the famous Russian Black Sea Naval Infantry - the "Black Death". The mod features new maps, new models, new vehicles and weapons including the first playable mortars and you can download it here.

Digitalmindsoft, the co-developers of Men of War, made a detailed description of new game features including aiming system, the mode of displaying units and choosing an advantage-position for soldiers. You can check it all it on DMS forum. New screenshots from Men of War are also published in the Gallery. Please find them here.

One of the leading German videogames magazines PC Games published review about XIII Century: Death or Glory. The game scored 73 out of 100% and was marked for its unique historical background and great variety of beautiful scenes. You can find the whole review and screenshots from XIII Century here.

XIII Century: Death or Glory is characterized as a game with deep, challenging battle mechanics featuring a wide range of historical battles from the entire 13th century. Attention to battlefield detail and smart AI makes XIII Century a serious real-time tactical challenge. You can read the whole review and find out more about what was happening in the XIII Century here.

Each nation in Men of War gained its individuality according to the realities of the WWII. They have their own advantages and disadvantages, and the balance is not reached by a contraposition of similar fighting units but by the relation of price and efficiency. At the same time, the game principle "stone, scissors, paper" is retained in order to exclude the absolute superiority of game units. You can find screenshots representing Russian, German, US and British Commonwealth parties here.

New screenshots from Cryostasis: The Sleep of Reason are published in the Gallery section. Cryostasis is a first-person shooter set in a forsaken nuclear ice-breaker, frozen in the ices of North Pole many years ago. Alex Nesterov, the game's main character, has to fight the cold and find out what happened on the ship. You can find the screenshots here.

New set of screenshots from the Soviet Campaign of Men of War is published in the Gallery of the game. You can see them and read a detailed description here.

GamingXP website published review about Fantasy Wars game, which scored 81 out of 100. Please find the review in German here.

1C Company and 1C: Ino-Co are happy to announce the winners of the Fantasy Wars US Tournament. To find out the results of the Tournament and watch the mission's walkthrough video made by the winner of a fully custom-painted Fantasy Wars PC case name please proceed to the Fantasy Wars Official Website.

Seven new screenshots from Men of War are published in the Gallery of the game.

Theatre of War 845 Megabyte sized free patch can be downloaded from here. This patch only works for "Theatre of War" version distributed by Kalypso. Map editor and mission-campaign editor are included in this patch, apart from other new features.

1C Company and GDL announced today an agreement that will see GDL bring previously unreleased and back catalogue 1C titles to specific retail markets.

1C Company and PC digital distribution platform GamersGate announced today an exclusive digital worldwide premiere of XIII Century: Death or Glory. XIII Century: Death or Glory is an RTS game that immerses players in the Middle Ages. This is a world of noble knights and ruthless nomads, a world of courageous deeds and internal wars. As one of the famous military leaders of the 13th Century, gamers are able to test their steel against the neighboring nations and carve their names into history. You can find more information about the game here.

New screenshots from Men of War are available in the game's Gallery section. Pictures show casting new battles of the North African theatre including such battles like Operation Crusader, Operation Torch, the battle of Tobruk, and the invasion of Crete by German paratroopers. A new tank model is also presented in the selection - the M3 Grant. Please find the new screenshots here.

Leading PC digital distribution platform GamersGate announced today that it has secured the exclusive digital release of the English version of highly anticipated strategy game XIII Century: Death or Glory. The game will be released March 12, 8.00 am GMT (2.00 am EST, 00.00 PST, 09.00 CET), well before the game can be found in stores in North America and Europe.

The hotly anticipated game King’s Bounty™: The Legend’s website has gone live. Players can now find and download videos, images and artwork straight from the developers. The new web site also contains information about the game world, heroes and monsters.

1C Company, Best Way and Digitalmindsoft announce a multiplayer beta test for their next RTS game Men of War. Due to the demand of the Beta test, you will have to register in advance to take part. Please register in the DMS forums where you will find a post on the Beta test.

Game website Rock, Paper, Shotgun published the interview with Chris Kramer from Digitalmindsoft the co-developer of Men of War. The text covers such features of Men of War as Direct Control, new playable nation (Japan), co-operative mode and many others. You can find the interview with four exclusive screenshots from Men of War here.