■ 08/02/08 - Gates of Troy Once, long ago, there stood a mighty nation on the gates of the Hellespont, rich in culture and advancement, so powerful that no Greek city dared oppose her. Legend said that the gods, in their petty sqabbles, involved this great city, known to the ancients as Troy, against the combined might of the Greek kingdoms in a war that lasted 10 years, ending with the famous tale of the wooden horse.
■ 05/07/05 - Spartan : Gates of Troy Following in the wake of high profile blockbuster Troy, comes this tenuously linked and rather tepid strategy title. Gates of Troy is the fourth slice of turn-based strategy that has shuffled out from Slytherine Software, and is barely distinguishable from its last effort, Spartan. ‘Perhaps the fourth or fifth iteration in the series will deserve real merit’, was what we said in our review of that title. ‘Unfortunately not’ is the answer.