Players can lead with benevolence or take charge with violence as they strategically recruit NPCs and other players into their empire to fight alongside their cause, defend their home, gather valuable resources, or craft important items that will help in their quest to dominate a map 64 square kilometers in size. In a persistent, living world, players can either keep the peace among factions or wage war against each other.

Players can also engage one another in massive battles using a variety of weapons and armor they’ve crafted, such as deadly one-handed swords for close-range combat or bows and arrows for distanced strikes. While shelling out damage, players must also endure full scale attacks on their homes using crafted bucklers, tower shields, and armor, all while expanding their armies to conquer the world with - so long as they have the sustenance to sustain them. 

Territory can be expanded by collecting wood, clay, stone, and metal to construct buildings and establish capitals. Players can gather resources to build defensive and offensive fortifications, including battering rams, siege towers, catapults, ballistas, and can train and breed horses found in the wild to use in battle. Players can also pillage valuable resources from rival player factions.

In addition to all the different combat roles a character can take on, there is also a variety of different professions and activities to develop, including planting, forging, cooking, livestock farming, and hunting. Players must work together to provide the resources a growing empire needs.

Developer Angela Game and publisher Imperium Interactive Entertainment announced that the limited-time Steam playtest of Myth of Empires begins today!

Now through January 30, players that participate in this playtest will discover several new features that will be included in the v1.0 release of Myth Of Empires when it launches February 21 on Steam.

For the first time, aspiring emperors will be able to set foot on the unexplored DongZhou map, an expansive new region that comprises islets, volcanoes, seas, and ships, as well as experience a new boss encounter! A total of 18 servers will be open for the playtest across North America, Europe and Asia. Rise from nothing to become a legendary conqueror by forging your own mythic adventure!

Key Features

• Thrilling Large-scale Warfare: Expand your territory and build your own empire as you bring counties and regions under your control
• Conquest By Any Means Necessary: Recruit NPCs through peaceful or violent means to fight, defend, gather and create resources for your cause
• A World By Your Own Design: Use resources to construct buildings and cities in a persistent and continuously developing online world 
• Fearless Dominance: Go head-to-head with rival factions using a variety of crafted weapons, such as short swords, long swords, and halberds. Construct siege weapons such as battering rams, siege towers, catapults, ballistas and more
• Fight With Your Friends: Band together with your friends to form alliances and eliminate enemy factions that stand in your way. Work together to build an empire of many

Myth Of Empires is coming to PC (Steam) on February 21, 2024.