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The Emperor's Own

The Emperor's Own is a story-driven adventure game with RPG elements, set in an alternate universe, inspired by the Russian Empire at the dawn of the 19th century. It features multi-dimensional characters…

4 November 2020

The Emperor's Own is an adventure developed by Volga Studios, released 4 November 2020 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What The Emperor's Own is

The Emperor's Own is an adventure game developed by Volga Studios and released in 2020. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Unreal Engine 4.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The story takes place in an alternate universe, inspired by the Russian Empire at the dawn of the 19th century. You play as a young officer in Imperial Secret Intelligence. The empire is exhausted by foreign wars and mounting internal protest. The division between the haves and the have-nots has never been as stark. A peasant uprising is threatening to turn into a bloody class-based civil war. How far will you go to do your sworn duty? Will you restore order by any means necessary? Or will you instead throw kindling into the fire, and watch it burn all around you? In The Emperor’s Own, the choice is always yours. You'll take on the role of Cornet Alexander Obolenskii, a young officer…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

The Emperor's Own launched on 4 November 2020, within three weeks of Watch Dogs: Legion, Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales and Assassin's Creed Valhalla.

Released around the same time: Watch Dogs: Legion, Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Assassin's Creed Valhalla.

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When did The Emperor's Own come out?
The Emperor's Own was released on 4 November 2020 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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