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Game of War: Fire Age

2013 video game

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 5, 2026
Entity authorityQ19866243 ↗
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Game of War: Fire Age is a 2013 freemium mobile massively multiplayer online strategy video game developed and published by Machine Zone. The game had a high-profile advertising campaign and was one of the top-grossing apps in 2014 and 2015.

Gameplay

Game of War: Fire Age includes player vs. player battles, player vs. environment modes (monster killing and dungeons), and city building and event quests. Gathering or farming of resources is required to create buildings, produce troops, and research advancements. Similar to other mobile games, much of the gameplay consists of selecting an action and then either waiting a preset amount of time for completion or expediting the task by making a payment. Gameplay in Game of War has no defined end; long-term players continue to grow indefinitely, attacking other players and avoiding significant losses.

The title places an emphasis on each player joining an alliance. Alliances are each limited to 100 players, and are situated within kingdoms measuring 512 by 512 tiles, plotted on a 512 × 1024 staggered isometric map.

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