Staten
Island, NY, June 21^st, 2005 - Matrix Games (www.matrixgames.com) announced today that Crown of
Glory by Western Civilization Software (www.west-civ.com) has officially ?Gone Gold?
and will be available from the Matrix Games store in the final days of
June.  Additionally Crown of Glory will be making its debut
at the Origins Gaming Convention (www.originsgames.com) in Columbus, Ohio from June 30^th through July
3^rd.

On the year of the
200^th anniversary of the start of the Napoleonic Wars, Western
Civilization Software has produced a stunning strategy title that will take you
back to where it all began.  Command
eight major powers, including France, England, Spain, Prussia, Russia, Austria, Turkey, and Sweden,
in an operational strategy game where glory is paramount.  Glory can be earned through a variety of
methods, ranging from combat and conquest to culture and diplomacy.

David Heath,
Director of Operations for Matrix Games said, ?Crown of Glory brings Napoleonic
strategy gaming to a new level. 
Combining strategy and tactics in one design along with detailed models
for diplomacy, trade and economics truly set this title apart from the crowd and
the beautiful graphics are the icing on the cake.  Matrix Games is proud to have worked with
Western Civilization Software to bring such an enjoyable and rich strategy game
to the many game-starved fans of the Napoleonic era.  If you have any interest in the Napoleonic
era, Crown of Glory is not to be
missed!?

Crown of Glory is divided into two
segments of play, a month by month strategic mode where you control the
production, troop movements, diplomatic missions, and development decisions of
your country, and a tactical or quick battle mode, with turns consisting of
twenty minute intervals to decide the outcome of major battles.  Crown
of Glory covers both land and naval warfare.  Armies and Navies feature a variety of
realistic units, each with distinct advantages and disadvantages.  Battle maps cover the whole range of terrain
and weather conditions, depending on where and when on the strategic map you
fight.  Take artillery, horsemen, jaeger
infantry, frigates, privateers and famous leaders into battle for glory and
power!

The robust economic,
trade and diplomatic systems allow for a wide variety of strategies beyond the
production of military units.  You will
interact with 90 minor powers spanning over 200 different provinces, creating
treaties, trade agreements, and convincing them to join your side as
protectorates.  Use money and social
influence to gain control where force is unwise or unnecessary.  Develop or plunder to boost the glory of your
homeland.  Glory may be fleeting, but
obscurity lasts forever!

Game
Features

• Europe and North Africa, 1799 ? 1820
  
  
• More than 200 provinces, 8 Major Nations, 90 Minor Powers
  
• Monthly Strategic Turns, 20 Minute Tactical Turns
  
• Military, Diplomatic, Economic and Social Decisions
  
• Quick Resolution of Battles or Detailed Resolution of Battles
  
• Detailed Combat supports Historical Leaders, Unit Morale, Diverse Unit
  Types, Command and Control, Weather, Smoke, Reinforcements, and more!
  
• Economics include Resource Types, Economic Parameters, Banks and Loans,
  Food and Population Growth, Reinforcement Pool, Trade Routes, Merchant and
  Colonial Income
  
• Naval and Land Combat, including Sieges, Interceptions, Fleet Combat,
  Port Attacks and Blockades
  
• National Morale
  
• Computer Opponent for Major and Minor Nations
  
• Diplomacy includes Treaties, Secret Treaties, Declarations of War, Cease
  Fires, Limited Surrender, Total War, and Historical Great Diplomats with special
  abilities
  
• Weather, Logistics, Fog of War, Special Events
  
• Full Multiplayer Support via internet, LAN, serial/parallel connection or
  hotseat
  
• Standard Campaign from 1805 ? 1815 as well as a variety of starting
  scenarios to expand or contract the timeline and allow more options over
  technology and upgrades