Dark Reign 2 is a 3D real-time strategy Microsoft Windows game released on June 30, 2000 by Activision and Pandemic Studios. Being a prequel to Dark Reign: The Future of War and the expansion pack, Dark Reign 2's storyline focuses on what has come before the conflict in the first Dark Reign.
Dark Reign 2 features three modes: campaign, online multiplayer and an instant action mode. Multiplayer functionality allows up to 32 players at once, featuring four 'rulesets"; Gluttony, Protect HQ, Blood Bath, and Deathmatch. Blood Bath is a mode in which the first team to kill a certain number of units wins. Protect HQ (by far the most used) is a ruleset in which a player who loses their HQ for a certain period of time (about three minutes) loses. Gluttony is a condition where the first player to collect a certain amount of resources wins. Deathmatch is a ruleset in which a player who loses all of their units is defeated.
Players are allowed to create custom mods for the game by making simple configuration files and using the packaging software which can be found on the original game CD.
The game has a built-in map editor and there are several tutorials available on the internet to create your own terrains.
