Hegemony Gold: Wars of Ancient Greece

Hegemony Gold: Wars of Ancient Greece is a real-time strategy game developed and published by Canadian studio Longbow Digital Arts Inc.[1] It began as Hegemony: Philip of Macedon which revolved around the campaigns of Philip II of Macedon. It was originally released on Windows on 11 May 2010. It was updated as Hegemony Gold: Wars of Ancient Greece on 23 February 2011 [2] which added scenarios set in the Peloponnesian War.[3] The game features simultaneous real-time tactical battles and real-time strategic empire management, with a focus on the logistics and planning of military campaigns.[4] It was followed by Hegemony Rome: The Rise of Caesar in May 2014 and Hegemony III: Clash of the Ancients in August 2015. A DLC for Clash, The Eagle King, was released in February 2017.

Hegemony Gold: Wars of Ancient Greece
Developer(s)Longbow Games
Publisher(s)Longbow Games
SeriesHegemony
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
ReleaseHegemony: Philip of Macedon
  • WW: 11 May 2010
Hegemony Gold: Wars of Ancient Greece
  • WW: 23 February 2011
Genre(s)Real-time strategy
Mode(s)Single-player

Reception

According to Steam user reviews the game has a "very positive" rating. GameStar reported that Hegemony: Phillip of Macedon offered "Demanding Real-time Grand Strategy" and gave a 73/100 rating, despite the game's graphics not achieving high standards.[5] Strategy games magazine Armchair General gave Hegemony Gold a rating of 93/100.[6] Furthermore PC Masters rated the game with 84%, Destructoid 75% und GamingXP 70%.[7]

Further reading
  • Robinson, Joe (23 September 2016). "Impedimenta: Divide and Conquer". Wargamer.

References
  1. "About Us". Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  2. "Hegemony Gold: Wars of Ancient Greece (PC)". IGN. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  3. "Hegemony Gold: Wars of Ancient Greece". longbowgames.com. Archived from the original on 12 April 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  4. Gillen, Kieron (28 May 2010). "Great Expectations: Hegemony Interview". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  5. Patrick Lück (1 August 2010). "Hegemony: Philip of Macedon im Test - Pappa ante Portas". Gamestar (in German). Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  6. Charlie Hall (23 September 2011). "Hegemony Gold: Wars of Ancient Greece – PC Game Review". Armchair General. Archived from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  7. "Metacritic Reviews". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 3 April 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
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