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2006 · Board game · Chess

Chess Titans

Chess Titans is a chess game with 3D graphics developed by Oberon Games and included in Windows 7. It is a fully animated, photorealistic interactive game with ten difficulty levels. It can be played by two participants, or one player against the computer.

Released: 8 November 2006
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Board game Chess Strategy Turn-based strategy
Developers: —
Publishers: Microsoft
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
Themes: Action
Country: United States
Age ratings: PEGI 3 ESRB E GRAC ALL ACB G

About

Chess Titans is a chess video game with 3D graphics developed by Oberon Games and included in Windows Vista and Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate. It is a fully 3D animated, photorealistic interactive chess game with ten difficulty levels when played against the computer. It can be played by two participants, or one player against the computer.

Keywords

tactical turn-based combat
difficulty level
chessboard

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Gameplay

The game can be played with either a mouse and a keyboard or any gamepad controller for Windows. It can also be played through Windows Media Center, using the remote control provided with TV Tuner Cards, and certain laptops as well.

On each player's turn, Chess Titans displays the last move made by the opponent. The player can also click on a chess piece to highlight all valid moves for that piece. These features can be turned off in the Options dialog box.

Development

The game was publicly introduced in Windows Vista build 5219.

Another chess program by Microsoft known simply as Chess was bundled in Microsoft Entertainment Pack 4 for earlier versions of Windows in 1992. It was developed by David Norris, a former Microsoft employee and author of the chess engine "Ziggurat".