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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<application>
+  <id type="desktop">0ad.desktop</id>
+  <licence>CC-BY-SA</licence>
+  <description>
+    <p>
+      0 A.D. is a real-time strategy (RTS) game of ancient warfare.
+      It's a historically-based war/economy game that allows players to relive
+      or rewrite the history of twelve ancient civilizations, each depicted at
+      their peak of economic growth and military prowess.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      The twelve factions are: Three of the Hellenic States (Athens, Sparta and
+      Macedonia), two of the kingdoms of Alexander the Great's successors
+      (Seleucids and Ptolemaic Egyptians), two Celtic tribes (Britons and
+      Gauls), the Romans, the Persians, the Iberians, the Carthaginians, and the
+      Mauryans.
+      Each civilization is complete with substantially unique artwork,
+      technologies and civilization bonuses.
+    </p>
+  </description>
+  <url type="homepage">http://play0ad.com/</url>
+  <screenshots>
+    <screenshot type="default">http://play0ad.com/wp-content/gallery/screenshots/screenshot0072.jpg</screenshot>
+    <screenshot>http://play0ad.com/wp-content/gallery/screenshots/water-specular.jpg</screenshot>
+    <screenshot>http://play0ad.com/wp-content/gallery/screenshots/screenshot0050.jpg</screenshot>
+    <screenshot>http://play0ad.com/wp-content/gallery/screenshots/athenian_gymnasion.jpg</screenshot>
+  </screenshots>
+  <updatecontact>webmaster@wildfiregames.com</updatecontact>
+</application>