<s>
Empire	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
III	I-Application
is	O
a	O
real-time	O
strategy	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Mad	O
Doc	O
Software	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Sierra	O
Entertainment	O
,	O
released	O
on	O
November	O
6	O
,	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
latest	O
installment	O
of	O
the	O
Empire	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
series	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Empire	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
III	I-Application
contains	O
five	O
epochs	O
,	O
fewer	O
than	O
other	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
but	O
covering	O
roughly	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
period	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similar	O
to	O
its	O
predecessors	O
,	O
Empire	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
III	I-Application
is	O
a	O
real-time	O
strategy	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
new	O
feature	O
in	O
Empire	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
III	I-Application
is	O
certain	O
nuclear	O
weapons	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
nuclear	O
cannon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Empire	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
III	I-Application
,	O
each	O
region	O
focuses	O
on	O
different	O
styles	O
of	O
game	O
play	O
;	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
the	O
Middle	O
East	O
has	O
mobile	O
buildings	O
,	O
the	O
West	O
has	O
a	O
few	O
powerful	O
units	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Far	O
East	O
has	O
masses	O
of	O
weak	O
,	O
swarming	O
units	O
combined	O
with	O
powerful	O
mutants	O
in	O
the	O
future	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
World	O
Domination	O
mode	O
allows	O
players	O
to	O
battle	O
across	O
a	O
virtual	B-Application
earth	I-Application
which	O
is	O
split	O
into	O
many	O
sections/provinces	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
began	O
in	O
2005	O
,	O
shortly	O
after	O
Empire	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
II	I-Application
was	O
shipped	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
engine	O
was	O
built	O
on	O
Empire	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
II	I-Application
's	O
engine	O
using	O
Gamebryo	O
2.0	O
middleware	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
almost	O
completely	O
rewritten	O
to	O
allow	O
the	O
developers	O
to	O
create	O
improved	O
visual	O
effects	O
,	O
ragdoll	O
physics	O
,	O
more	O
detailed	O
models	O
and	O
higher	O
resolution	B-Algorithm
textures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
demo	O
of	O
Empire	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
III	I-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
November	O
1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Empire	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
III	I-Application
is	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
Games	B-Application
for	I-Application
Windows	I-Application
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Empire	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
III	I-Application
garnered	O
generally	O
negative	O
reviews	O
,	O
and	O
holds	O
an	O
average	O
of	O
51%	O
on	O
aggregate	O
web	O
site	O
GameRankings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Empire	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
III	I-Application
has	O
been	O
dumbed	O
down	O
to	O
the	O
point	O
of	O
irrelevance.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Mad	O
Doc	O
Software	O
has	O
since	O
removed	O
all	O
references	O
to	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Empire	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
III	I-Application
from	O
their	O
homepage	O
.	O
</s>
