1503 A.D. goes gold

Electronic Arts has announced that 1503 A.D. - The New World has gone gold and will ship to US stores on March 24. 1503 A.D. challenges players to build and manage a prospering colony, and it features a sophisticated economic and trading system. While the game does have a real-time combat system, the game is designed to let the player choose to follow either a path of peaceful diplomacy or more aggressive means of expansion. For more details, check out our previous coverage of the game.