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This Empire Earth

Demo released for unofficial follow-up to Age of Empires

Sierra have released a demo version of Empire Earth, the 3D strategy game from Age of Empires lead designer Rick Goodman and his new team at Stainless Steel Studios. While the full game will span the entire history of mankind from the stone age to the 22nd century, the demo is somewhat more restrained. Four training missions are included along with a pair of single player scenarios, one putting you in command of British troops fighting in the Napoleonic Wars and the other based around the exploits of First World War fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, the notorious Red Baron. Weighing in at around 93Mb, you can download the demo from any of the following sites -

download from BonusWeb (Czech)

download from FilePlanet (Int.)

download from Gigex (USA)