Arena Wars is an action and real-time strategy game released by Tri Synergy and Ascaron Entertainment in 2004.

The game is notable for combining strategy and shooter elements in gameplay.

Players win the game by completing one of three objectives, depending on the game type: As opposing players have equal options, high-level strategy, fast decision making, and precise micromanagement are key factors for success.

Arena Wars was the first commercial game to utilize the .NET Framework;[1] however, it used a managed OpenGL wrapper rather than the XNA Framework/Direct3D API.

[2] Arena Wars Reloaded, developed br exDream and published by Ascaron Entertainment, was released on June 22, 2007 for PC and combines elements of real-time strategy and action elements, like its predecessor.