Dark Reign: The Future of War

Dark Reign: The Future of War
Developer(s)Auran
Publisher(s)Activision
Director(s)Greg Lane (Auran), Josh Resnick (Activision)
Producer(s)Greg Borrud
Designer(s)Trey Watkins
Programmer(s)Carl Chimes
Ian Lane Davis
Andrew Cooper
Artist(s)Jacob Hutson
Rodney Walden
Writer(s)Robert Berger
Composer(s)Jeehun Hwang
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
Xbox 360
ReleaseMicrosoft Windows
  • NA: September 17, 1997[2]
  • EU: September 24, 1997[1]
Xbox 360
  • WW: January 27, 2013
Genre(s)Real-time strategy
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Dark Reign: The Future of War is a real-time strategy video game for Microsoft Windows, developed by Auran and published by Activision in 1997.[3] The game consists of a large single-player campaign but also supports multiplayer online games. A mission construction kit is included with the game, which allows players to create new maps for multiplayer games and create entire missions and campaigns.

Dark Reign was critically and commercially successful, with global sales of 685,000 units by 2004. An expansion pack, Dark Reign: Rise of the Shadowhand, was released on March 26, 1998, which added new missions and new units to the game.[4] A prequel, Dark Reign 2, was released on July 3, 2000.

  1. ^ "Online Gaming Review". 1998-02-07. Archived from the original on 1998-02-07. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
  2. ^ Staff (September 17, 1997). "Releases and Masterings". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on February 18, 1998. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
    "New games continue to hit the shelves every day. Now available:...Dark Reign..."
  3. ^ "Dark Reign: The Future of War release information". gamefaqs.com. Retrieved 2009-08-29.
  4. ^ "Dark Reign Expansion: Rise of the Shadowhand release information". gamefaqs.com. Retrieved 2009-08-29.