Arise Dark Lord is an action-strategy hybrid RTS that blends tower defence, base building and direct control of your Dark Lord avatar. Coming from Introversion Software who originally created Prison Architect, The Last Starship, Multiwinia, Darwinia, Uplink and more.
From the press email sent to GamingOnLinux
“You are The Dark Lord. Your evil aim: To raise an undead army and crush the feckless, godless, heathen humans. As your sorcery and army grow, all the world will rise up to destroy your Dark Tower and end your reign of terror. Fortify your dark realm, enhance your sorcery, and build enough strength to march out and crush the humans once and for all.”
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Directly control the Dark Lord in this Hybrid RTS – by keyboard, mouse or joypad.
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Unleash devastating sorcery upon all of human civilisation. Every kill grants Mana, powering your spells.
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Summon vast orc armies from the underworld, and raise the dead as a zombies.
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Corrupt the peaceful forests and beautiful mountains of the realm. Extract resources to equip your army, and build vast impenetrable evil defenses.
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Fortify your Dark Tower against human counter attack, with evil turrets, siege weapons, barricades and cursed traps.
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Upgrade your spell book – every sacked human city or ruined fortress grants more Insight.
It’s currently in development with a plan to release it sometime in 2027. You can play a free prototype on their itch.io page. Nice to see that after selling off Prison Architect that Introversion are back to making some unique looking games again.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.