East India Company Privateer

Paradox Interactive has released East India Company: Privateer, an expansion for the popular naval strategy title, East India Company. The expansion introduces players to the nebulous world of the privateer, who forges alliances based solely on a thirst for fortune and will go to any length to see that his job is fulfilled. Featuring new campaigns and commander skills, East India Company: Privateer offers players even more intense action on the high seas. When playing Privateer, you can hire two distinct type of commanders for your fleets: merchant captains and privateers. You?ll be contracted by the crown or other powers for different missions, ranging from smuggling and escorting friendly fleets to locating, capturing or sinking important ships from enemy nations.

Features:* Two Privateer campaigns set in different time periods.
* Two new multiplayer modes: Breakthrough and Beehive.
* New goal-oriented gameplay with several new mission types: locate and either sink or capture enemy ships, blockade enemy ports, or escort friendly fleets.
* New commander skills to fit the life of a privateer, such as ?False Colors,? which allows the player to get close enough to ambush the victim, and ?Critical Hit,? which gives the player a chance to hit an enemy ship?s magazine, causing the vessel to explode.
* New specialists, such as the surgeon, cook, constable, and marine officer, who can be used to boost the abilities of your fleets