Aspyr Media also announced that it has acquired the rights from JoWooD to publish and distribute Spellforce 2: Shadow Wars in North America, in early 2006. In this game, player takes over both roles: he is Commander of his troops and also a front fighting hero, solving quests and overcoming obstacles as in classical RPGs, but also leads armies as in an RTS. The game will feature huge and detailed environments, three factions (Alliance of Light, Hordes of Chaos, Brotherhood of Darkness), each with 12 very different units consisting of infantry, cavalry and flyers, over 100 Avatar skills, and more.