Hegemony III: The Eagle King

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For more than two centuries, Rome has slowly expanded her control over the tribes of ancient Italy. But as her borders encroach on the proudly independent Greeks of the Southern coast, they call upon an ambitious young king from across the sea to come to their aid.

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16 February 2017
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For more than two centuries, Rome has slowly expanded her control over the tribes of ancient Italy. But as her borders encroach on the proudly independent Greeks of the Southern coast, they call upon an ambitious young king from across the sea to come to their aid. Eager for glory, Pyrrhus, the “eagle” of Epirus, gathers his armies and sets sail for Italy. Commanding phalangites from Macedonia, cavalry from Thessaly, and rare War Elephants from Egypt, Pyrrhus will challenge Rome with the fiercest warriors of the Greek world. But the cost of victory will be high, and Pyrrhus' ambitions do not end at pushing back the Romans. The Eagle King believes himself to be the next Alexander, and does not plan to sail home until he has carved out a new empire of his own.

New Historical Campaign
Hegemony III's first historical scenario follows the campaigns of “The Eagle King”, Pyrrhus of Epirus as he battles against Rome and Carthage to forge himself a new empire. The all-new scenario includes scripted battles, historical notes and more than two dozen new objectives.

Expanded Map
Expanded map adds the island of Sicily to the original sandbox with more than 20 new cities and a dozen new factions including Epirus, Syracuse, Mamertines and more.

New Invasion Sandbox Mode
Inspired by the Gallic and Epirote invasions of Italy, play the sandbox in a whole new way with a customized army and no starting cities. New objectives allow you to forge alliances and intimidate rivals as you march your army towards a new empire.

New Units
Wage war with powerful new units including Pyrrhus' War Elephants, Macedonian Phalangites, Thessalian Cavalry and more.

Expanded Naval Warfare
Expanded naval campaign with new ships, tactics and mechanics

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

OS:
Vista, 7, 8 and 10
Processor:
Intel i5 or Equivalent
Memory:
2 GB RAM
Graphics:
512 MB DirectX 9.0c compatible card
DirectX:
Version 9.0c
Storage:
1 GB available space

recommended*

OS *:
64 bit Windows 7, 8 or 10
Processor:
Intel Core i7
Graphics:
1024 MB DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics card.
DirectX:
Version 9.0c
Storage:
1 GB available space

User reviews

cksulu
Recommended | 25 Feb 2017

Remember Hegemony Gold? It had exaclty the right amount of balance between freedom and goal setting, allowing the player to pick and choose the way to achieve victory. The player started small and grew big on their own terms and at their own speed. The Eagle King returns to this format with a few differences. FIrstly it is a lot harder. Rome is bigger, badder and stronger than any enemy in the series before, and

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Wenchbane
Recommended | 28 Feb 2017

I'll add this review here but I've updated the main game page with a combined review. The Eagle King adds several welcome features to the game, mainly a PoM style campaign from Hegemony: Gold to this installment. You follow Epirus in his exploits throughout Italy, performing tasks that are in line with what happened historically BUT it doesn't stop there. Should you decide you can conquer all off Italy and establish

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damianvincent
Recommended | 06 Aug 2022

This game is a hidden GEM, trust me, and has become one of my favorites now. There is one thing in particular this game does better than any other game, Total war, Civ, Paradox, none of them have managed to blend the strategic and real time layers like hegemony does. With a simple roll of the mouse wheel, you start at the upper most strategic layer, which gives you the overall 30,000 ft view, affording our grand

Helpful: 5