Dominate 6,000 years of history... ...from the Ancient Age to theInformation Age. Which forces will you deploy to lead your nation toglobal prominence? Trade, espionage, diplomacy, war? Whichever path youchoose, you'll experience the pulse pounding thrill and speed ofreal-time gaming combined with the epic scope and depth of turn-basedstrategy games - brought together for the first time ever in Rise ofNations. Rise of Nations is a new historical real time strategy game from BigHuge Games' Brian Reynolds, designer of game classics such asCivilization 2 and Alpha Centauri.