<s>
Dark	B-Application
Reign	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Future	I-Application
of	I-Application
War	I-Application
is	O
a	O
real-time	O
strategy	O
video	O
game	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
developed	O
by	O
Auran	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Activision	O
in	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
expansion	O
pack	O
,	O
Dark	B-Application
Reign	I-Application
:	I-Application
Rise	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Shadowhand	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
March	O
26	O
,	O
1998	O
,	O
which	O
added	O
new	O
missions	O
and	O
new	O
units	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
prequel	O
,	O
Dark	B-Application
Reign	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
July	O
3	O
,	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
gameplay	O
is	O
that	O
of	O
a	O
sci-fi	O
real-time	O
strategy	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
Command	B-Application
&	I-Application
Conquer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
takes	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
a	O
survivor	O
of	O
a	O
faction	O
of	O
humans	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
Tograns	O
,	O
whose	O
society	O
was	O
decimated	O
after	O
their	O
homeworld	O
became	O
engulfed	O
in	O
the	O
civil	O
war	O
between	O
the	O
Freedom	O
Guard	O
and	O
the	O
Imperium	O
(	O
who	O
were	O
once	O
both	O
the	O
Sprawlers	O
and	O
the	O
Jovian	O
Detention	O
Authority	O
(	O
JDA	O
)	O
from	O
Dark	B-Application
Reign	I-Application
2	I-Application
respectively	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
expansion	O
,	O
Rise	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Shadowhand	I-Application
,	O
the	O
story	O
depicts	O
the	O
increasing	O
desperation	O
and	O
despotism	O
of	O
the	O
Imperium	O
after	O
the	O
emergence	O
of	O
the	O
Tograns	O
as	O
a	O
third	O
credible	O
faction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Magnetar	O
Games	O
released	O
Dark	O
Reign	O
Redux	O
,	O
an	O
adapted	O
port	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Dark	O
Reign	O
,	O
on	O
Xbox	B-Device
Live	I-Device
Indie	I-Device
Games	I-Device
in	O
January	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
sell-through	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
totaled	O
78,600	O
units	O
by	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
1997	O
,	O
which	O
placed	O
it	O
behind	O
competitors	O
Total	B-Application
Annihilation	I-Application
and	O
Age	B-Application
of	I-Application
Empires	I-Application
over	O
the	O
same	O
period	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dark	B-Application
Reign	I-Application
:	I-Application
Rise	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Shadowhand	I-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
March	O
26	O
,	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dark	O
Reign	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
the	O
prequel	O
Dark	B-Application
Reign	I-Application
2	I-Application
in	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
