Dark Reign: The Future of War is a real-time strategy

Real-time strategy

Real-time strategy is a sub-genre of strategy video game which does not progress incrementally in turns. Brett Sperry is credited with coining the term to market Dune II....

 computer game for Microsoft Windows

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, developed by Auran

Auran

N3V Games is an Australian video game developer and publisher based in Brisbane, Queensland.-History:Auran was established by Greg Lane and Graham Edelsten in 1995, and released its first game, Dark Reign: The Future of War, in 1997...

 and published by Activision

Activision

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 in 1997

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. The game consists of a large single-player campaign but also supports multiplayer online games. A fully functional mission construction kit was included with the game, that allowed players to create new maps for multiplayer game and even create entire new missions and campaigns.

An expansion pack, Dark Reign: Rise of the Shadowhand

Dark Reign: Rise of the Shadowhand

Dark Reign: Rise of the Shadowhand is the Expansion to Dark Reign: The Future of War. The expansion includes a new Campaign and new maps and units. It also features two new sides, Xenites and Shadowhand, bringing the total number of playable races to 4...

, was released on March 31, 1998, which added new missions and new units to the game.

A prequel, Dark Reign 2

Dark Reign 2

Dark Reign 2 is a 3D real-time strategy PC game released on June 30, 2000 by Activision and Pandemic Studios. Being a prequel to Dark Reign: The Future of War PC game, Dark Reign 2s storyline focuses on what has come before the conflict in the first Dark Reign...

, was released on June 30, 2000.