The game covers the Punic Wars between Rome and Carthage.
An updated version of Hannibal at Bay was announced on May 13, 2008[1] and was scheduled to be released in June 2008.
This version game is designed to be an entry point for the series, just like Airborne is for Panzer Grenadier.
Fading Legions was released in 2002 and moved the series to the end of the Roman Empire, with battles against the Sassanid Persians and other enemies.
Future games in the Rome at War include one on Julius Caesar, and an updated version of Hannibal at Bay.