Empire Earth III, also called EE3, is a real-time strategy computer game being developed by Mad Doc Software and will be published by Vivendi Universal, it is expected to ship sometime in November, 2007. It is the latest installment of the Empire Earth series.
EE3 contains five epochs, fewer than other games in the series but covering roughly the same time period. The game features three factions: Middle Eastern, Western, and Far Eastern. Each faction is comprised of unique buildings, units, and technologies. For example, in the future the Far East will depend on cheaper, weaker, mass-produced units and genetically engineered monsters, the Middle East uses sneaky, hit and run units with technology that enhances the sneakiness of the faction, and the West specializes in more expensive robots and technology.
The three regions also have unique gameplay aspects. For example, the Western region builds using a dedicated builder unit, in standard RTS fashion. The Far East uses any infantry unit to build, while the Middle Eastern building are constructed as vehicles from their City Center, and must then be unpacked at their final destination.
Gameplay
The game is going to introduce several new units and weapons, as well as “A new freeform campaign structure” that “borrows a few pages from Total War – except rather than being constrained to one period, you play across the entirety of history.”
There are three customizable civilizations to choose from which are Western, Middle-Eastern, and Far Eastern. Each civilization can be customized by the player to their choosing. Furthermore, each civilization will feature subfactions based on historical nations(ex. the Far Eastern civilization will contain China and Japan). New nuclear weapons will be available such as a nuclear cannon. Each region will focus on different styles of game play; for example, the Middle East has mobile buildings and the West has powerful, but few units. The game’s World Domination mode will allow players to battle across a virtual earth While playing this mode quests give the player optional tasks to accomplish while conquering the globe. Furthermore,to help simplify the game, Empire Earth 3 has broken earth’s history down to five unique epochs: Ancient, Medieval, Colonial, Modern, and Future.
