fyi here is the response from tech support.
Hello James,
Thanks for contacting Aspyr Media.
Men of War is a republished game from a Russian development house. This particular game was made some time ago in Russia. We at Aspyr chose to localize the language and distribute the game to America. Even though the game just came out here,
it is a relatively dated game. Unfortunately some newer hardware/software does not meet our requirements in stability and performance. Our minimum system requirements are, that while testing, if they fail or do not meet our requirements we can't offer any technical support on this hardware and thus are not labeled on the box.
As far as patching goes, it doesn't seem very likely. As I stated earlier the game was developed in Russia years ago, and is released here today. It is possible that this is the final version that will come out. However, it's totally possible that a patch will come out, it just doesn't seem likely.
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Sorry we could not resolve your problem.
Aspyr Tech Support
congratulations guys you (we) just bought a
"outdated" game that
"most likely will not be patched".
FOR THE RECORD HERE IS MY RIG FOR THE
"MINIMAL SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS"
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