World War III: Black Gold

World War III: Black Gold

World War III: Black Gold is a near-future strategy game where a political crisis and the depletion of the world's oil reserves plunge the planet into global chaos. If you want to buy the key at Ashop and add a grim military RTS with real armies, weapons, and political conflicts to your library, this page will help you quickly see what the game includes.

In the story, a secret conference of the UN Central Geological Commission reveals an alarming forecast: oil reserves may run dry within 8-10 years. That is too little time for industrial nations to switch to alternative energy sources. Mass protests paralyze the world economy, and the great powers declare World War III.

What's inside

• 2 game modes: for beginners and experts.
• 3 campaigns set in the USA, Russia, and Iraq.
• 30 large-scale missions.
• Fully 3D landscape and 3D units.
• Day and night cycles plus changing weather that affect your strategy.
• A technology tree for researching weaponry.
• Tunnels, trenches, and connected underground systems.
• Terrain modification: leveling ground and building fortifications and ditches.

The game emphasizes more than just direct troop clashes. Its feature list includes electronic warfare: intercepting communications and capturing photo feeds. It also touts kamikaze and stealth units, camouflage and suppression systems, anti-missile defense, decoys, anti-chemical filters, anti-air and anti-tank weapons, and weapons of mass destruction.

For anyone looking for a licensed key or wanting to buy the key at Ashop without extra fluff, World War III: Black Gold is above all a military strategy game with campaigns, technology research, tactical use of terrain, and multiplayer for up to 8 players over LAN and EarthNet.

Developer: Reality Pump. Publisher: Topware Interactive. Release date listed as Sep 27, 2013. Genre: Strategy.