What is Warlords Battlecry III?

Warlords Battlecry III, A sequel to the award-winning Warlords Battlecry I & II, is a fantasy Real Time Strategy game for the PC. The first Battlecry game was released in 2000 and received high remarks from gaming enthusiast media and critics, while the sequel, in 2002, gathered Editor’s Choice awards from all the major computer magazines & websites. A strong community has generated due to Battlecry’s reputation for depth of game-play and sheer amount of replayability.

This latest installment in the series will continue to add more races, spells and exciting new features to make a great game even better!

Who is Infinite Interactive?

Infinite Interactive was founded in January 2003 by Steve Fawkner; creator and lead designer of the critically acclaimed Warlords and Warlords Battlecry series. The founding members of Infinite Interactive have a total of over 40 years of game development experience between them, and are the same team that brought you the highly praised Warlords III and Warlords Battlecry I & II. The company philosophy is based on four important principles: quality game-play, exceptional technology, enhanced support, and an enjoyable work environment.

When will Warlords Battlecry III be released?

The current plan is to release Warlords Battlecry III some time in the second quarter of 2004.

What are the new races in Warlords Battlecry III?

Warlords Battlecry III adds 5 new races and removes one of the old ones. Humans are gone, but they have really only been split into two:

Knights and Empire-

Each of these two races contains many brand new troops and buildings.

Three entirely new races have also been added:

Ssrathi-

a race of lizard folk from the jungles of Keshan.

Swarm-

a desert-dwelling race of scorpionmen, servants of Melkor, the Dark Horseman of famine.

Plaguelords-

a mysterious race of swamp creature, servants of Lord Antharg, the Dark Horseman of Plague.

What are the Shop and Lair buildings all about?

These are two types of special buildings that will be placed on the map.

Shops allow your heroes to buy items.

Lairs will produce groups of AI-controlled units who will attack players on the map.

There will be many different types of Shops and Lairs in the game.

Are there any new spells and Magic Items?

There are 30 new magic spells, spread over 3 new spheres of magic. One of the new spheres - the Arcane Sphere that is only available to powerful heroes - allows you to modify other spells. With Arcane magic, you can make Pillar of Fire do more damage, or make the creatures you Summon be more powerful!

We are also adding whole new classes of magic items that will cast spells for you, as well as potions and scrolls to help your hero. Of course we will have some new rare item sets for the collectors out there.

Will there be more Dragons in Warlords Battlecry III?

Yes - we have 6 different types of Dragons now (actually 7 if you count the little Faerie Dragon!)

Dragons will all have different colors and attack with different breath weapons - but not every race can build every dragon type!