Empire is a strategy game originally released in 1971 across Commodore, Amiga, Atari ST, and PC platforms. The game's foundational mechanics of building and managing empires continue to influence modern strategy titles across different genres and mediums.
Recent coverage reflects how the empire-building concept has expanded far beyond the original game's scope. Developers like Evil Empire have found opportunities licensing established franchises - in their case, working with Konami on Castlevania: Belmont's Curse. Meanwhile, the tycoon strategy subgenre remains active, with Highway Heroes bringing empire management to mobile platforms through truck fleet customization and operation. American Mafia's arrival on Xbox demonstrates the enduring appeal of crime-empire narratives in gaming, tracing a protagonist's rise from street-level struggles to organized crime dominance. The concept has even reached publishing, with Fantagraphics launching a new manga imprint anchored by Lovers of the Empire.
via IGN
Fantagraphics is kicking off a new curated line of East Asian graphic novels with Lovers of the Empire, and we've got an exclusive preview of this gorgeous book.
Every crime boss starts somewhere. In American Mafia, that journey begins with a hungry child stealing bread on the streets of Sicily before expanding into a sprawling crime saga that stretches from Europe to the heart of New York City. The post American Mafia Arrives On Xbox, In…
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I feel like we've discussed the trucking life a few times already on the Pocket Gamer Podcast, but here it is - Highway Heroes is a tycoon sim where, as you might expect, you live the truck tycoon life. Out now on iOS and Android after it announced its soft-launch last year, it t…
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A few weeks ago, I traveled to Paris to play three hours of Castlevania: Belmont's Curse , and while there, I had the chance to speak with some of the developers who worked on the game. The project is an indie developer's dream come true, since developer Evil Empire originally wo…
