Star Wars: Empire at War

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Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption

Vader’s Super Star Destroyer Executor.

Star Wars: Empire at War is a real-time strategy game that came out in 2006. It is set between episodes III and IV, and lets the player relive some of the greatest moments between those two episodes and further. Later that year, an expansion pack entitled Forces of Corruption was also released (for the full title of Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption). Forces of Corruption added in a third, criminal element: you can play as Tyber Zann, a up-and-coming crime lord and leader of the Zann Consortium. It was developed by Petroglyph Games, a company formed by the last group of Westwood Studios employees (Command and Conquer, anyone?) to leave before Westwood was assimilated into Electronic Arts Los Angeles. Read the rest of this entry »