Paradox Interactive and Neocore Games have confirmed that Lionheart: Kings’ Crusade will be released on October 8, 2010.

The real time strategy game will pit players between the years of 1189-1192, calling upon warriors to enter the heart of the battle in one of the most vicious wars of all time. Players will take on this challenge as either Richard the Lionheart, a man determined to take back the holy land, or as Saladin, a ruler who must prepare for an inevitable invasion.

Lionheart: Kings’ Crusade invites players to rewrite history through controlling and upgrading leaders and their armies, guiding various historical factions through political events, collecting relics, and unlocking new content in a feature-rich campaign set to take on the strategy genre by force.