The Guild 2: Renaissance begins in the last day of a dark age when clergy and nobility had a stranglehold over all of Europe and the vast wealth of a few noble families was obtained through the blood and sweat of the commoners. Now however, as the 14th Century draws to an end, the first rays of a shining new age appear on the horizon: Common artisans and traders are gaining wealth and influence. More and more common people learn how to read and write, and the gentry loses many of its privileges. This is the onset of the Renaissance, an age of adjustment where common people gain valuable individual freedom and an age where trade, art and artisanry begin to bloom. The Guild 2: Renaissance invites the player into a fascinating age of societal change. Can you keep up with this challenging new age?

This brandnew addon hugely increases both the size and diversity of the game world there are innumerable, often unexpected challenges for the player. Nine completely new careers (character classes) allow the player unprecedented freedom in creating the ultimate Guild 2 dynasty: Mercenary, undertaker, mason, entertainer, innkeeper, banker, miller and the fruit farm proprietor and the game also includes a wholly reworked Title system offering a brandnew gameplay element to the player e.g. in order to reach the next title, you will need to either supply your King with lansquenet mercenaries or serve as an officer in a war yourself.

The vastly improved AI means that enemy dynasties no longer die out easily, and the world of The Guild 2 was made to look and feel much more alive than previously wild animals roam the game world, and NPC characters such as dockworkers, drunkards and beggars add to the game’s realistic and detailed atmosphere.

Betrayed by the ruling families of Italy, a young man embarks upon an epic quest for vengeance. To eradicate corruption and restore his family s honour, he will learn the art of the assassins. Along the way, Ezio will call upon the wisdom of such great minds as Leonardo Da Vinci and Niccolo Machiavelli knowing that survival is bound to the skills by which he must live. To his allies, he will become a force for change fighting for freedom and justice. To his enemies, he will become a threat dedicated to the destruction of the tyrants abusing the people of Italy. So begins an epic story of power, revenge and conspiracy. Truth will be written in blood.

When you think of the Italian Renaissance, chances are you think of what it gave us. The extraordinary sculptures of Michelangelo. The incomparable paintings of Leonardo da Vinci. The immortal written works of Petrarch and Machiavelli.

Continuation of the legendary project is considered to be one of the best in the genre of turn-based strategy. «Disciples III: Renaissance - a beautiful fantasy world inhabited by terrible monsters and brave heroes. Not deviating from the laws of turn-based strategy game brings many innovations to the genre, making it possible to feel the real leader of magical armies ...

Paris, 2042: a dark Rotoscope world of shadows and right angles. Ilona Tasuiev, a brilliant young scientist, is kidnapped, and her employer, Avalon, a major health and beauty corporation, wants her found. Karas, a jaded police captain, is assigned to find her, fast. He seeks help from her sister, Bislane, and they are soon uncovering identify theft, missing files, and hints that something back in 2006 may explain what s going on. Ilona s mentor, Avalon s vice president, a Japanese researcher, an underworld boss, and Bislane s drug connection all figure in the mix. So does an attraction between Karas and Bislane. What s behind the kidnapping? Who s the victim?

The intellectual forces at work in the Tudor era ensured it was a pivotal period for childrens education. Historian Dr Helen Castor reveals how the life and education of Margaret More, daughter of Thomas More, tell a story of the transforming power of knowledge. As a child in Tudor England, and educated to an exceptionally high level, Margaret embodies the intellectual spirit of the age an era which embraced Humanism, the birth of the Church of England and the English Renaissance. This film reveals what a revolutionary intellectual spirit Margaret More was and how the ideas that shaped her education helped change the cultural life of England forever.

Paris, 2042: a dark motion-captured world of shadows and right angles. Ilona Tasuiev, a brilliant young scientist, is kidnapped, and her employer, Avalon, a major health and beauty corporation, wants her found. Karas, a jaded police captain, is assigned to find her, fast. He seeks help from her sister, Bislane, and they are soon uncovering identify theft, missing files, and hints that something back in 2006 may explain what s going on. Ilona s mentor, Avalon s vice president, a Japanese researcher, an underworld boss, and Bislane s drug connection all figure in the mix. So does an attraction between Karas and Bislane. What s behind the kidnapping? Who s the victim?

Paris, 2042: a dark motion-captured world of shadows and right angles. Ilona Tasuiev, a brilliant young scientist, is kidnapped, and her employer, Avalon, a major health and beauty corporation, wants her found. Karas, a jaded police captain, is assigned to find her, fast. He seeks help from her sister, Bislane, and they are soon uncovering identify theft, missing files, and hints that something back in 2006 may explain what s going on. Ilona s mentor, Avalon s vice president, a Japanese researcher, an underworld boss, and Bislane s drug connection all figure in the mix. So does an attraction between Karas and Bislane. What s behind the kidnapping? Who s the victim?