Corporations are in a constant state of war! Planning and plotting to destroy their rivals, conglomerates work towards world domination. Companies struggle to control the markets, or else face the prospect of buyouts and bankruptcy. The Corporate Machine is a real-time economic strategy game set in one of the most ruthless environments ever created…the corporate world! Build your business empire, dominate the industry, and unlock your financial fortune! When you think of taking over the world, do you naturally think of corporations striving for world domination? Well, maybe not but in Stardock's The Corporate Machine, that's exactly what you must do. Called by many gamers as "SimBillGates," The Corporate Machine is the game that puts you in the shoes of a CEO bent on creating a corporation that will dominate the markets of the world.

In The Corporate Machine, you start a company and must conquer the world. How do you do this? Simple, just spread your corporate empire throughout the world into every facet of everyday life and eliminate your competitors. Soon after, you'll be able to have a great deal of control over the political, economic, and cultural directions the world takes.

The fun part is getting there. Taking over the world isn't going to be easy. As you begin the game and choose an industry to begin your quest for domination in, there's still these pesky things called competitors who have the nerve to think that they will one day have the honor of telling the government that "it depends on what 'is' is."

The Corporate Machine comes with 3 industries - Automobiles, Computers, and Aircraft. Players start at the very dawn of this industry - the very best time for a clever company to gain a monopoly position in the market.

Each player must then decide how best to spend their money to compete in their emerging market. And in The Corporate Machine, there is no shortage of places to spend money.

• Fulfill your dreams of wealth and power in four separate industries - automobiles, aircraft, computers and even cola!
• Choose your specialty - Marketing, Engineering, or Manufacturing.
• Add spice and realism to the game with Direct Action Cards, to force a labor strike on your opponent, recruit executives away from your competitors, gain government support, and much more!
• Build Research Centers to develop new technology, Marketing Offices to develop campaigns, and Recreational Buildings to boost staff morale!
• Exceptional multiplayer support over Stardock.net (Stardock's own interactive multiplayer network) or via a LAN for up to 8 players.