June 12^th, 2006 (6:14pm) - Midway Games Inc. has announced that Rise and Fall: Civilizations at War, the hero–driven real–time strategy (RTS) game that allows gamers to control history’s greatest generals, has shipped to stores nationwide, and is available for play on personal computers.

In Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War, players can choose from four of the ancient world’s mightiest empires – Persia, Greece, Egypt or Rome – and then engage in awe-inspiring feats of heroism by joining troops during climactic battles, using an action/adventure-style third-person perspective to personally impact the outcome as Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great, Cleopatra or other heroic and historic leaders.