2008-03-25 - 1C Company and 1C: Ino-Co are happy to announce the winners of the Fantasy Wars US Tournament.

• First place - Brandon Wallace. Brandon beat “The King and the General” level within 4 turns, 4 quests finished, 6 kills, 2 losses.
• Second place - Steven Brown (9 turns, 4 quests finished, 21 kills, 0 losses).
• Third place - Rickey Lattie (10 turns, 19 kills, 1 loss).

Our congratulations to the winners!

The winning Contestant will receive a fully custom-painted Fantasy Wars PC case from Smooth Creations. This case started life as the award winning Cosmos 1000 case from Cooler Master. We then added a special front door you can’t buy in a store and had it painted by the world famous artists at Smooth Creations. The art work is all original designs straight from the developers of Fantasy Wars. This is one of a kind case!

Previews:

Second and Third place will each receive an exclusive 1C tee-shirt and a free download of one of our current titles. With 1C’s new digital store downloading our games has never been easier. 1C games are truly Where Worlds Collide.

You can watch the video of Brandon’s amazing win here: Hi-res video (102,4 MB), Low-res video (18,9 MB)

2008-01-28 - Wrap report dedicated to Fantasy Wars has been published by RPG Vault. Many notable facts about the game's development were uncovered there.

"Well, our aim was to make the best fantasy war game ever", comments Alexey Kozyrev, the leader of 1C:Ino-Co development team. "We wanted to create something that would attract new gamers to the genre, and remind hardcore players of their past days and the titled they played then. We tried our best not to disappoint them, and to make them really excited about the gameplay."

2007-12-13 - Fantasy Wars received 7.5 out of 10 on Gamespot.

The review mentions that "Fantasy Wars is aimed at veteran gamers who remember the days before the real-time revolution. But more than just nostalgia buffs will appreciate its intricate mission design, detailed units, and outstanding interface. It sure helps if you're old enough to have played such classics as Fantasy General back in the day, especially because the difficulty is aimed at turn-based vets. Still, you don't need to have any previous experience to get into such timeless game concepts as these".

2007-12-11 - IGN published a review of turn-based strategy Fantasy Wars which received 7.8 out of 10.

IGN published a review of turn-based strategy Fantasy Wars. "A great use of terrain, decent number of units, and large number of unit upgrades make the strategic decision about where and when to attack both important and interesting. The turn countdown is a decent idea as well and forces players out into the field a little quicker, but can tend to cut off the chance to fully explore a map in some cases", says the review.

2007-12-03 - 1C Company starts the US tournament dedicated to the new award-winning game Fantasy Wars. The tournament begins at midnight, December 3, 2007 and ends at midnight, January 21, 2008.

Participate in the tournament and win a unique painted Cosmos 1000 case with original Fantasy Wars artwork! Simply beat the "The King and the General" level in the fewest moves. 2nd and 3rd place winners will receive stylish T-Shirts and a copy of one of the 1C’s recent releases.

Player's skill will be determined by looking at the following criteria:

1. Difficulty level.
2. The amount of turns made.
3. The execution of additional quests.
4. Towns and fortresses captured.
5. Your army's losses.
6. Your enemies' losses.
7. Money balance.

2007-11-28 - RPG Vault published an in-depth interview with Alexey Kozyrev, the leader of 1C: Ino-Co team - developers of Fantasy Wars strategy.

2007-11-21 - RPG Vault published the second part of Fantasy Wars Developer Diary.

This time it covers multiplayer, localization and other aspects of the game. For example - receiving the Best Strategy 2007 Award at KRI 2007 (Russian Game Developers Conference).

2007-11-13 - We are glad to invite you to the world of Fantasy Wars, the game is ready to reveal its secrets. Find out all about the development of this award-winning turn-based strategy game at RPG Vault!

Read all about character animation, why one of the heroes reminds the developers of Michael Jackson. Discover the secret of mystery the Big Red Button and find out much more about the development of Fantasy Wars!

2007-10-24 - Fantasy Wars scored 9 out of 10 in Fantasy World magazine. "Ino-Co managed to create an interesting, rich project of very high quality standards that old-school veterans and newbie gamers will definitely enjoy" comments the author. "Good game balance and well thought-out missions' structure give an opportunity to smash up enemy units with numerical superiority in comparison with your own army."

Among other advantages of the game the magazine mentions interesting and well-balanced missions, wide opportunities for tactical maneuver and charismatic characters.

2007-10-23 - Fantasy Wars scored 8.6 out of 10 and received Editor's Choice Award on popular Russian game portal games.cnews.ru.

"We can admit the return of Fantasy General under new guise, game caused gamers and journalists to remember about wargames", says the review. Perfect game balance, addictive gameplay, excellent control system and nice-looking graphics and game videos are also mentioned in the article.

2007-09-24 - Fantasy Wars scored 85% out of 100 and gained the Editor's Choice Award again. Famous Russian magazine Game World Navigator (www.gamenavigator.ru) published the review on the game and the gameplay video can be found on its DVD.

"The significance of Fantasy Wars to hexagonal games can hardly be overrated" writes Navigator. "We received a chance to bring the popularity of forgotten genre of Turn-based Strategies back."

2007-09-19 - The leading Russian gaming portal Absolute Games (AG.ru) has posted a review of Fantasy Wars. The game has received an overall score of 85% out of 100 and an Editor's Choice Award.

"You fall in love with this game at the very first sight" points out AG.ru. Fantasy Wars is described as "the most colorful turn-based strategy ever created" which "deserves being the successor of Fantasy General."