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Warlords Battlecry III is a real-time strategy

Real-time strategy

Real-time strategy is a sub-genre of strategy video game which does not progress incrementally in turns. Brett Sperry is credited with coining the term to market Dune II....

game developed by Infinite Interactive

Infinite Interactive

Infinite Interactive was a video game developer with headquarters in St Kilda, Victoria, Australia. The company was founded by Steve Fawkner in 1989. After a long alliance with SSG, resulting in the development of the Warlords series of games, Steve moved on to make Infinite totally independent in...

and published in 2004. It is the third installment in the Warlords Battlecry series

Warlords Battlecry (game series)

Warlords Battlecry, often abbreviated as WBC is a series of real time strategy games created by Steve Fawkner, also creator and designer of the award-winning Warlords game series.There are currently three Warlords Battlecry games:...

and the sequel to Warlords Battlecry II
Warlords Battlecry II
Warlords Battlecry II is a real-time strategy and role-playing game, developed by SSG as the sequel to Warlords Battlecry. It was released on 12 March 2002. The game requires the player to build buildings and create units in order to defeat the enemy, whilst sending their hero on optional...

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While Warlords Battlecry III is primarily a real-time strategy game, it has some elements of role-playing in that players can complete optional quests, as well as create a customized Hero character that can level up from battle to battle and equip unique and powerful items.

The Campaign is a mixture of an overhead strategic map with real-time gameplay.