Gaming News - July 2002
Dover-Foxcroft, ME (July 17, 2002) - Battlefront.com and developer
Fury Software have announced that Strategic Command – European Theater, a
turn-based Grand Strategy wargame featuring the Second World War in Europe, has
now officially gone “Gold”. The game is already in production and is
expected to ship by the end of the month. Pre-orders will be opened Friday, July
19th. Strategic Command – European Theater will be available only from
Battlefront.com’s online store and is not being sold in retail. A Gold Demo will
be released shortly.
From Battlefront.com:
Strategic Command offers 6 major campaigns- “Fall Weiss”, “Fall Gelb”, “Barbarossa”,
“Fall Blau”, “Zitadelle”, “Overlord” which begin from 1939 to 1944. Each
Campaign can be played beyond historical end of war date and into 1946! Game
play is turn based with each turn lasting from 2 weeks to 1 month depending on
the season. Designed for replayability and realism, options include fog of war,
Free French forces, Partisans, scorched earth, thoroughly implemented features
for sea transport, amphibious assaults, strategic bombing, industrial
production, research and development, declarations of war, historical and random
nation neutrality and allegiances as well as other political mechanisms.
Other “Strategic Command” Game features include:
- Detailed Theater Wide Map covers an area that stretches horizontally from the
east coast of North America to the Ural Mountains of Russia, and vertically from
just below the Arctic Circle to the northern coast of Africa.
- Classic Turn Based Hex Style Wargame which blends the “chess like” feel for
combat at the strategic level with the nuance and scope of the European Theater
during World War II.
- Various Unit Types covering all the major facets of land, sea and air combat
including HQs with true to life historical personalities, Corps, Armies, Tank
Groups, Rocket Detachments, Air Fleets, Strategic Bombers, Battleships,
Cruisers, Carriers, Subs and Transports.
- Players have the ability to command the forces of 25 Different Nations (6
major and 19 minor), including Germany, USA, Russia, France, Italy, Spain,
Canada, Poland, Hungaria, Romania, Greece and many more.
- Detailed Unit Modelling includes combat strength, readiness, supply,
entrenchment, experience and associated commander ratings.
- Sophisticated Game AI – watch as the computer plans military campaigns that
not only attempt to obliterate your military forces in the field but also target
your strategic resources.
- “Campaign Editor” application to create your own “what-if” scenarios.
- Multiplayer Support for Hotseat and Play-by-Email with future free upgrade
for LAN and TCP/IP play.
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