Empire of the Ants is a video game released in 2000, developed by Microïds, and based on a novel of the same name written by Bernard Werber.
The real time 3D game is playable on a network with up to 8 players, and the game contains more than 60 species of insects and different animals. The game requiring strategy and management is set in the combative world of ants and their anthills.
There were some bugs within the game which led to crashes, but because the game was coded in French, most modders did not want to deal with it.
The music was composed by Nicolas Varley.
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