Empires is a mod for Half-Life 2 which will combine the genres of real-time strategy and first person shooter. Each team has four classes to choose from (scout, rifleman, grenadier, and engineer) with unique weapons and skills each. One player will become the commander by entering the team's command vehicle to build the team's base and lead his team to victory. Once your base is built up, purchase vehicles from your team's vehicle factory to open up another facet of Empires' gameplay. Vehicles can be customized with unique weapons, armor, and engines. The commander can research improvements to all aspects of vehicles such as longer range cannons, homing missiles, and armor-piercing machine gun rounds. Once your team is prepared, lead an assault into the enemy base. The enemy team is defeated when all players are wiped out with either no place to respawn or no reinforcements remaining or the team's command vehicle is destroyed.
This is the official trailer for Empires. It shows all elements of the mod: commander view, base building, researching, vehicle combat, infantry combat...
This is a smaller version of the official trailer.
This includes all necessary files to run a windows or linux dedicated server for Empires 1.01 Beta. It is in zip format so that both windows and linux...
This will update your Empires client from 1.0x to 1.07. It will work with any previous version.
This will update your Empires dedicated server from 1.0x to 1.07. It will work with any previous version.
This is a fan-made trailer for Empires, to be used in its promotion during ModDB's 2006 MOTY awards. It showcases practically every feature in the...
This is a high quality fan-made trailer for Empires, to be used in its promotion during ModDB's 2006 MOTY awards. It showcases practically every...
This trailer gives a glimpse of the many new features and improvements of Empires 2.0 which is to be released on Nov 30.
Download this file to run an Empires 2.0 dedicated server.
Download this in conjunction with the Empires 2.0 Server installer if you are planning on running a linux dedicated server.
Empires 2.0 client installer for those who want to play Empires 2.0
This will install Empires 2.1 and does not require Empires 2.0.
This will patch Empires 2.0 to 2.1. 2.0 is required.
This will install Empires 2.1 for Linux or Windows servers. Empires 2.0 is not required.
This will update an Empires 2.0 server to 2.1. Empires 2.0 server is required.
This is a hotfix for Empires 2.1. This will fix a crash and add a new resource counter that shows how resources are changing per second. This can be installed...
This will install the Empires v2.2 client. Any Half-Life 2 game is required. Even though Empires now runs on the Orange Box engine, you do not have to...
This server installer is a zip file that contains all files required to run an Empires v2.2 server. It does not allow you to run the client.
This will patch Empires v2.2 to Empires v2.21. Empires v2.2 must be installed.
This will patch the Empires v2.2 server to Empires v2.21. Empires v2.2 must be installed. This is only for servers!
Empires 2.22 client patch will update Empires 2.21 client to 2.22. Empires 2.21 client must be installed.
Empires 2.22 server patch will update Empires 2.21 server to 2.22. Empires 2.21 server must be installed.
This will install the Empires v2.24 client. The Orange Box version of Source SDK Base is required to play this game, and comes free with the purchase...
This server installer is a zip file that contains all files required to run an Empires v2.24 server. It does not allow you to run the client.
Empires 2.24 server patch will update Empires 2.23 client to 2.24. Empires 2.23 client must be installed.