AusGamers and Activision are pleased to announce another competition! As a promotion for their new strategy title, Medieval: Total War, Activision are giving away 4 copies of the game with a poster to 4 lucky members of the AusGamers community.

Medieval: Total War is a game of empire building and epic real time battles. Encompassing four centuries of warfare from the first Crusade in 1095 to the fall of Constantinople in 1453. Medieval: Total War takes everything that was compelling about the critically acclaimed Shogun: Total War and adds new levels of depth, accessibility, gameplay and strategy.

Check out the competition page for more details and how to enter! The game has just been released in Australia; for more information and a close look at it check out our preview!

wikid, fingers crossed

constantinople? don't yew mean istanbul...

s***! Ive already bought it, and I was hoping that they would be running a Medeival comp at QGL, oh well. Anyone up for a game anyway?

GreyMATr thats not a serious question is it?

Just incase you are serious though. The Turks changed the name at the formation of the republic(sorry don't have a date for that). They took the city from the Holy Roman (eastern) empire which was the only remaining part of the old Roman empire nearly 600 years ago.

I believe it was first called Byzantium until the Romans took it then it changed to Constantinople after the Roman Constantine, leader and later emperor of the Roman eastern empire. That happened in about 330AD.

History leason over :)

Incase you haven't noticed I love Acient history particularly Roman history.

I was hoping someone would reply with "It's nobody's business but the turks" but close enuf.

lol partial credit to GreyMATr

/me hums catchy tune

Constantinople was part of HRE(Holy Roman Empire) it was the second Capital City of HRE in the far east, when HRE empire was dead, The remain of HRE in constantinople became Byzantine Empire.

Constantinople was besieged by more than 80,000 troops from Ottoman Empire(The Turks) for 7 months in 1495, the defender only had 7000 garisson tho.

Constantinople was taken by Ottoman Empire in 1495-1496. It was the end of Byzantine Empire :)
and it's name changed to what we know now, Istanbul. Capital of Turkey

End of history guys :=)

ok so you can both use google, arent you special :)

Don't worry GreyMATr, I get your joke. It's from They Might Be Giants - Istanbul song. God you're all a bunch of newbs damn-it!

8-)

Damn those muppets.

TMBG turned that song into gold.

lOG
you are wrong about the name after the fall of the last Roman empire. It was called Byzantium prior to the Romans taking it over. It was also know as 'Nea Rome', which means 'New Rome' prior to it being named Constantinople after Constantine.

And Term not all of us need to use a f***ing search engine to get our facts. Some of us actually have interests other games.

Yeah well i wasnt looking up in google or everything that was simply something was in my mind, thx for correcting taipan :) the more the merrier :D

None the less a very interesting topic the whole Roman empire thing. They were with out any doubt the greatest empire biulders in history,at least thats my opinion anyway.

The only reason they did so well was because they had Russell Crowe leading their armies.

i second khels suggestion and furthermore move that the hot women in the sides of the scenes must have had something to do with it

hot women in gladiator?

If you wanna see hot women back in the Roman times go down to your local Video Ezy and rent out Caligula. The closest you'll get to porn without hiring out a porno.

8-)

"Nobody knows but the Turks."

But seriously, who won the game?

s***! Ive already bought it, and I was hoping that they would be running a Medeival comp at QGL, oh well. Anyone up for a game anyway?

Yeh sure moridin, icq me:156427241
or msn: paragon1987@hotmail.com

Every gal in Constantinople
Lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople
So if you've a date in Constantinople
She'll be waiting in Istanbul

But seriously, who won the game? - Freck

Eh? Check the rules of the competition fool. 3 weeks is when its drawn.

"The winners will be drawn in 3 weeks time on the 4th of October, 2002"

3 weeks from the beginning of the competition, is what it says

The prizes will be drawn on Monday, sorry about the delay but I just can't bring myself to spend any more time in front of the PC at the moment.

They Might Be Giants - Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
From the album "Flood"
Istanbul was Constantinople
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night

Every gal in Constantinople
Lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople
So if you've a date in Constantinople
She'll be waiting in Istanbul

Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
Why they changed it I can't say
People just liked it better that way

So take me back to Constantinople
No, you can't go back to Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That's nobody's business but the Turks

Istanbul (Istanbul)
Istanbul (Istanbul)

Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
Why they changed it I can't say
People just liked it better that way

Istanbul was Constantinople
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That's nobody's business but the Turks

So take me back to Constantinople
No, you can't go back to Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That's nobody's business but the Turks

Istanbul

Gabriel: I did read the rules, which is why I asked the question. You must've read some other rules, the ones that don't mention the competition closing on 4 oct 2002.