WorthPlaying writes: "At the meeting point of corporate enterprise, global trade and political power, the exploits of the East India Company in the 17th century onward is really prime material for the subject of a PC real-time trading and strategy game. In fact, if you're a fan of the genre or even slightly curious about the history of seafaring traders and naval warfare, you're probably wondering why developer Nitro Games didn't make a game like this sooner."
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Commander Conquest of the Americas is the follow up game from Nitro Games' East India Company. Greg Wild previews the game taking a look at the naval combat and the grand strategy element of the game.
I tried to like East India Company, but I just couldn't get into it, I found the ship battles a pain to play through and the grand strategy wasn't my cup of tea really. Sounds like they may have made some improvements though!