Hegemony Rome: The Rise of Caesar Features

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Interview: The Hegemony series heads to Rome, and we go behind the scenes...

Despite having been around since the late 90’s, it wouldn’t be all that surprising if you’d never heard of Longbow games before. Indeed, arguably their first ‘major’ release was only last year with Hegemony: Phillip of Macedon, and then later Hegemony Gold which revamped the original title. Now they are making Hegemony Rome: Rise of Caesar, and we decided to talk to one of their lead...

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Preview: Julius Caesar goes on holiday to France. Then refuses to leave.

Hegemony Rome: Rise of Caesar is the latest instalment in the grand strategy series from Longbow Games. It's out now on Steam Early Access in an early beta version, and I've been busy marching across Gaul as old Julius himself, evicting moustachioed Gallic tribesmen, building forts and gleefully zooming in and out of the map. Let me explain about that last one....

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Preview: Pax Romana.

We’d wondered what had happened to Hegemony: Rome. After conducting an interview at the beginning of the year, nothing much had really been heard from Longbow since, and I almost gave up the project as dead. I was glad to then be presently surprised with the game’s presence at this year’s GamesCom show, under the wing of German publisher Kalypso. The team seemed to be doing well,...

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Interview: Strategy Informer talks with Rob McConnell about Hegemony Rome: The Rise of Caesar's early access on Steam and more..

This month sees the release of Hegemony Rome: The Rise of Caesar, the latest title in Longbow Games' historical strategy series. If you want to lord it over an empire, Longbow have you covered. Their previous title, Hegemony Gold: Wars of Ancient Greece, was an excellent little wargame that mixed large-scale strategy with simple, innovative and fun base-building, logistics and combat. I...