Pinning down an exact release date for us this afternoon, Paradox Interactive and Neocore Games have announced that their upcoming Strategy title, Lionheart: Kings Crusade, will be hitting all major digital distribution outlets on October 8th. Here's the official word:
NEW YORK September 10, 2010 Paradox Interactive and Neocore Games today confirmed an October 8, 2010 release date for Lionheart: Kings Crusade. This real time strategy game will pit players between the years of 1189-1192, calling upon warriors to enter the heart of the battle in one of the most vicious wars of all time. Players will take on this challenge as either Richard the Lionheart, a man determined to take back the holy land, or as Saladin, a ruler who must prepare for an inevitable invasion.
Lionheart: Kings Crusade invites players to rewrite history through controlling and upgrading leaders and their armies, guiding various historical factions through political events, collecting relics, and unlocking new content in a feature-rich campaign set to take on the strategy genre by force.
Lionhe216fart: Kings' Crusade will be available on all leading digital distribution platforms and in retail stores. For more information about the game, join us on Facebook, visit www.lionheartthegame.com/ or www.paradoxplaza.com and follow @PDXInteractive and @Lionheartgame
Let the countdown begin!