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.

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The next public release of Empires, Beta 2 or 2.0 if you desire, will soon be available to you. After roughly twenty internal releases to our play testers, we've developed Empires into a version that is faster, better looking, bug free, and very optimized compared to the last public version (1.07). Features that people have asked for since 1.0 such as a better squad management interface, an interface to vote in a commander at map start, and others are now included. The networking code has undergone some major improvements. Many people were satisfied with 1.07's networking, but that wasn't good enough for us. With Beta 2, we've optimized the networking code to use 50% less bandwidth compared to 1.07. Our internal testing sessions have reached up to 46 players in a single game.

Read the full update with more pictures at Empiresmod.com.

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Empires 2.1x -> Empires 2.12 Client Hotfix

Empires 2.1x -> Empires 2.12 Client Hotfix

Jan 30, 2008 Patch 8 comments

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...

Empires 2.0 -> 2.1 Server Patch

Empires 2.0 -> 2.1 Server Patch

Jan 01, 2008 Patch 0 comments

This will update an Empires 2.0 server to 2.1. Empires 2.0 server is required.

Empires 2.1 Server Full

Empires 2.1 Server Full

Jan 01, 2008 Full Version 4 comments

This will install Empires 2.1 for Linux or Windows servers. Empires 2.0 is not required.

Empires 2.0 -> 2.1 Client Patch

Empires 2.0 -> 2.1 Client Patch

Jan 01, 2008 Patch 1 comment

This will patch Empires 2.0 to 2.1. 2.0 is required.

Empires 2.1 Client Full

Empires 2.1 Client Full

Jan 01, 2008 Full Version 12 comments

This will install Empires 2.1 and does not require Empires 2.0.

Empires 2.0 Client

Empires 2.0 Client

Nov 30, 2007 Full Version 11 comments

Empires 2.0 client installer for those who want to play Empires 2.0

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prob101
prob101 Jan 25 2008, 1:34pm says:

so whats next in development?

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Krenzo
Krenzo Jan 3 2008, 8:37pm says:

Oh wait, nevermind. Someone voted after time ended, and Empires is no longer the last vote. Recount!

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Carnifexje
Carnifexje Jan 3 2008, 5:52am says:

omgwtfbbq this game is teh bomb! It deserves to be #1 !!!

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Krenzo
Krenzo Jan 3 2008, 12:49am says:

Moddb.com

Empires was the last vote! Woohoo!

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Krenzo
Krenzo Jan 2 2008, 7:08pm says:

We've released a hotfix for 2.1 due to some crash issues. It's on our site right now: Empiresmod.com

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Forceflow
Forceflow Jan 2 2008, 2:38pm says:

Started playing recently, and although it lacks a bit of polish here and there, I like it. You got one of my MOTY votes, keep up the good work. The HUD indeed needs a bit of work, and although the Vehicle creation panel is nice, it still needs a bit more hinting on what to do next.

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xroman
xroman Jan 2 2008, 11:07am says:

Cool mod, the only thing that kills me is the HUD. Not very aesthetically appealing. Any way to make it somewhat translucent? Or perhaps change it to like, a translucent black.

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sickre
sickre Jan 2 2008, 10:32am says:

This is definitely my favourite HL2 mod, and mod of the year, in terms of pure entertainment. It lacks the style of Dystopia, and the period coolness of PVKII or BG, but is still heaps of fun on the nearly 50 player Mittoes server. Vote!

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KnightTemplar
KnightTemplar Jan 1 2008, 9:46pm says:

Empires 2.1 is public and awesome!

Make sure to download your new copy at Empiresmod.com

I'm loving the new infantry research, but the weapon balancing is also pretty good.

Don't forget about the Pretty and collapsible walls!

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snake955
snake955 Dec 27 2007, 12:09pm says: Online

WOW! THIS GAME IS AWESOME. The fact is this game is a great multilayer game out there for a hl2 mod. keep up the good work guys!

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