
The gameplay is that of a sci-fi real-time strategy, similar to that of Command & Conquer. A prequel, Dark Reign 2, was released on July 3, 2000. An expansion pack, Dark Reign: Rise of the Shadowhand, was released on March 26, 1998, which added new missions and new units to the game. A mission construction kit is included with the game, that allows players to create new maps for multiplayer games and create entire missions and campaigns.ĭark Reign was critically and commercially successful, with global sales of 685,000 units by 2004.

The game consists of a large single-player campaign but also supports multiplayer online games. Dark Reign: The Future of War is a real-time strategy video game for Microsoft Windows, developed by Auran and published by Activision in 1997.
