The History Channel: Great Battles of Rome

The History Channel: Great Battles of Rome
European cover art
Developer(s)Slitherine
Publisher(s)Black Bean Games
Platform(s)Windows, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable
Release
  • EU: June 8, 2007
  • NA: September 17, 2007[1]
Genre(s)Real-time tactics
Mode(s)Single player

The History Channel: Great Battles of Rome is a historical real-time tactics video game developed by Slitherine, released on 8 June 2007 by Black Bean Games and the History Channel for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, and PSP.[2] The game garnered mostly mixed reviews.

Four other History Channel branded games by Slitherine were released: History: Great Empires – Rome in 2009 for the Nintendo DS,[3][4] History: Ice Road Truckers in 2010 for the PSP,[5][6] History: Egypt – Engineering an Empire in 2010 for the DS, PSP, PC, and iOS, [7][8] and History: Great Battles – Medieval in 2010 for the PC, PS3, Xbox 360, Android, and iOS.[9][10][11]

Core components of the game would be used for the battle simulation used in the Spike TV series Deadliest Warrior[12]

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  4. ^ Thomas, Lucas M. (1 July 2009). "History's Great Empires: Rome Review". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
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  7. ^ Moreno, Jim H. (16 September 2010). "HISTORY Egypt: Engineering an Empire – PC Game Review". Armchair General. Weider History Group. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  8. ^ "HISTORY™ Egypt : Engineering an Empire". Slitherine Software. Archived from the original on 12 April 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  9. ^ "History Great Battles Medieval Gets a New Partner and an October UK Release Date". IGN. Ziff Davis. 17 September 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  10. ^ "History Great Battles Medieval is Headed to Android". IGN. Ziff Davis. 25 April 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  11. ^ Schilling, Chris (3 July 2013). "Great Battles Medieval". Pocket Gamer. Steel Media. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  12. ^ "The Program - Slitherine". www.slitherine.com. Retrieved 2024-04-04.