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Sunday, October 25, 2009

Matrix Games Leads the Computer Wargame Sector

Matrix Games now leads the computer wargame sector in innovation, customer satisfaction, and media recognition.
Across the Dnepr: Korsun Pocket Add-on
Across the Dnepr - Add-on for Korsun Pocket is a new campaign scenario for the Korsun Pocket game. It recreates the events of July 1941, when Operation Barbarossa was in full swing and German armies were poised to enter the heartland of Russia. Army Group Center is aimed at the vital objective of Smolensk, located on the Dnepr river and defending the shortest route to Moscow.
Advanced Tactics: World War II
Advanced Tactics is a versatile turn-based strategy system that gives gamers the chance to wage almost any battle in any time period. The first module in this series is Advanced Tactics: World War II, which allows gamers to hop into a Panzer and storm across Europe. Complete with a streamlined interface and an addicting style of gameplay, Advanced Tactics offers a unique and infinitely replayable experience for any strategy fan.
American Civil War – The Blue and the Gray
AGEOD’S American Civil War - The Blue and the Gray is a historical operational strategy game with a simultaneous turn-based engine (WEGO system) that places players at the head of the USA or CSA during the American Civil War (1861-1865).
Banzai! : For Pacific Fighters
With this unique expansion pack for the combat flight simulation "Pacific Fighters" you will experience the most thrilling dogfights between the Japanese, Australian and American air forces!
Battle of Britain II - Wings of Victory
Battle of Britain II “Wings of Victory” re-creates the famous and desperate air battles over southern England in 1940 at both the strategic level of the Air Commander and that of the individual plane and pilot. Relive what Churchill called "their finest hour", join the fight in the Battle of Britain!
Battlefront
Battlefront features the power of battalion-level combat in some of this period's most bloody and intense conflicts: Saipan, Market Garden, Novorossisk, and Gazala. Players will have realistic control over their soldiers, with a tactical scale just large enough to make a telling difference in the strategic picture.
Battleground Europe - World War II Online
Report for duty to the first-person, online action game where players choose to fight alongside and against thousands of other players on the battlefields of western europe. Grab a rifle and experience heart-stopping infantry action or choose to advance your skills in one of dozens of accurately modeled combat vehicles, naval vessels or aircraft. Succeed and help the cause of the Allied or Axis forces. Fail and watch your side get pushed back and struggle for a foothold. Volume one in The Virtual Battlefield Series, Battleground Europe features the armies, vehicles, weapons and equipment found on the battlefields of Western Europe 1939-1942.
Battles in Italy
Battles in Italy brings to you the award-winning Decisive Battles of World War II system and some seriously intense gameplay. Choose to take the Allied side and you're faced with establishing a foothold and control of Italy. Or, select the Germans and face an overwhelming Allied army that is making a run for Axis destruction!
Battles In Normandy
Battles in Normandy brings to you the award-winning Decisive Battles of World War II system and some seriously intense gameplay. Choose to take the Allied side and you're faced with the overpowering burden of locking into mortal combat with some of the German Army's most vicious and experienced Eastern Front veterans. Or, select the Germans and face an all-consuming Allied army that has a near-endless pool of reinforcements and supply to draw from, intent on your complete destruction.
Birth of America
From Colonial wars to American independence in Birth of America, you control one of the major contenders of the 2 conflicts that shape America trying to achieve military and political victory in either the French & Indian Wars or the war for Independence. Immerse yourself in Birth of America for the PC. Birth of America, gives you command of the military forces vying for power. This includes such activities as drafting forces, building forts and depots, sieges and blockades, raiding enemy set.
Birth of America 2 - Wars in America 1750-1815
Birth of America II: Wars in America 1750-1815 is the expanded reprise of veteran developer AGEOD’s acclaimed first release, which allows players to command either side of the conflicts before, during and after the American War for Independence between 1636 and 1815. Apart from the engaging turn-based strategy play that has been expanded and vastly improved over the original, Birth of America II includes major new features like an improved and expanded map, new European off-map boxes and more.
Blitzkrieg: War in Europe 1939-1945
Introducing the FIRST game from Matrix Games for the Pocket PC and Palm OS! Command Soviet, Axis, or Allied troops in 20 different scenarios ranging from the German Invasion of Poland (1939) to the Soviet Winter Offensive and their attack on Berlin (1945). Blitzkrieg: War in Europe 1939-1945 features 45 different units of land, sea, and air and all of the hex based tactics that would go along with it.
Campaigns On The Danube
Players may command historic, powerful armies as they face off against each other in a clash that would be destined to defeat Austria but prove for a brief time that Napoleon could indeed be stopped. Players will be able to take command of the French forces under Napoleon or Austrians under Charles and strike at each other over a large hex-based map.
Carriers at War
Carriers at War is a simulation of fleet carrier air and naval operations in the Pacific theater from 1941 to 1945. The game focuses heavily on carrier fleet command strategy. Other units are represented and play a part in battle, but as the title suggests the queen of the sea is the focus.
Case Blue : For IL-2 or Forgotten Battles
Case Blue™ is an add-on for IL-2 Sturmovik that is unique in its variety and depth! You will see IL2-Forgotten Battles in a completely new light. Over 1000 different missions offer almost infinite replayability and bring the World War II era to life with dogfights, escort-missions, bombing runs and more!
Chariots of War
Control the Cradle of Civilization… 4000 years ago in the Cradle of Civilization, mighty Empires fought for water, resources and the arable land in the Fertile Crescent. Play as the Egyptians, the Babylonians, screaming Nubian warriors, or the Assyrians. Develop your county by producing commodities and selling them to you neighbors. Raise glorious armies and wage wars of conquest. Roll over the plains and seek victory in the Matrix Games re-release of Chariots of War!
Close Combat - Cross of Iron
The Return of Classic Close Combat… Based on the Atomic Games award winning Close Combat series of games. Close Combat: Cross of Iron, brings back the award-winning classic in new epic battles of the Eastern Front of World War II.
Close Combat - Modern Tactics
Close Combat: Modern Tactics brings you classic top down real time tactical warfare with the excitement of multiplayer head to head gaming. You take command of either US or opposition forces and engage in head to head battle (with up to 5 players per side) using modern era weaponry and equipment on gorgeous hand drawn maps measuring 1km square up to giant 4km x 1km maps. Air and artillery support are on-call but the objective can only be secured by Close Combat. You are in command!
Close Combat - Wacht am Rhein
Close Combat: Wacht am Rhein brings together the classic top-down tactical gameplay from the original series and plenty of new features, expansions, and improvements! The Wacht am Rhein remake comes with a brand new Grand Campaign including a new strategic map with 64 gorgeous hand-drawn tactical maps, over 70 scenarios, tons of new interface and unit graphics, countless engine improvements, and much more!
Combined Arms: World War II
(Formerly Battlefields!) "Combined Arms: World War II™" is a 1km hex-based battalion-level simulation of World War II combat that puts the wargamer in the role of the operational commander. Combined Arms: World War II™ uses actual minutes and hours to track time and coordinate orders. Tell your combat and support units when to jump off and how to coordinate their plans.
Commander - Europe at War
Commander – Europe at War is the first in a series of high level turn based strategy games. The first game spans WW2, allowing players to control the axis or allied forces through the entire war in the European Theatre. Can Germany’s rise be stopped or will the jackboots of the SS march through London?
Conquest of the Aegean
Prepare yourself for a wargaming tour-de-force! Conquest of the Aegean is the next generation of the award-winning and revolutionary Airborne Assault series and it takes brigade to corps-level warfare to a whole new level. Realism and accuracy are the watchwords as this pausable continuous time design allows you to command at any echelon, with smart AI subordinates and an incredibly challenging AI.
Crown of Glory: Europe in the Age of Napoleon
Crown of Glory: Europe in the Age of Napoleon, the player controls one of the crowned potentates of Europe in the Napoleonic Era, wielding authority over his nation's military strategy, economic development, diplomatic relations, and social organization. It is a very thorough simulation of the entire Napoleonic Era - spanning from 1792 to 1820, from the dockyards in Lisbon to the frozen wastes of Holy Mother Russia.
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Democracy
Do YOU have what it takes to run a country? Democracy is an intelligent and sophisticated game that will entertain you, but could also teach you a thing or two about politics as well. You may think that politics is about sticking to your principles no matter what, but in Democracy you'll quickly see just how easy it is to "compromise" those principles to keep your seat in government and how hard it is to balance the conflicting priorities of your constituents.
Empires in Arms
Empires in Arms is the official licensed computer version of Australian Design Group's classic board game. Empires in Arms is a seven player game of grand strategy during the Napoleonic period of 1805-1815. Playable either solitaire, by email or over the Internet. Corps level with full diplomatic options to allow players complete freedom to fight it out for control of Europe any way they want to. The map is divided up into provinces providing an attractive look.
Flashpoint Germany
Flashpoint Germany™ brings you back to the height of the Cold War, before the collapse of the Soviet Union. Massive armies of incredible power face off across the West German border. Your companies and platoons maneuver on realistic maps of the Germany countryside in 2 Tutorials and 17 Scenarios. Build your own scenarios, play against the AI opponent or against another player via TCP/IP or PBEM.
Flyboys Squadron
Fly the Legend: Flyboys Squadron... Join the brave knights of the skies in this World War I flight combat simulation, developed by Interactive Magic. Fast, fun and furious action takes you to the skies above no man’s land in the first air war in history, where you’ll exchange machine gun fire with enemy pilots in desperate turning dogfights. A twelve mission campaign will take you through the immersive single player storyline and prepare you for the next step – online play.
For Liberty!
Hussar Games' "For Liberty!" is a turn based strategy game covering the American Revolutionary War from 1775 - 1783 and the Hungarian Rakoczi Independence War from 1703 to 1711. For Liberty! is a weekly turn based game covering North American east coast and the Carpathian Basin in Central Europe The map will change as the seasons go by. There are 16 unit types of 5 nations included, each in authentic uniforms.
Forge of Freedom: The American Civil War 1861-1865
From the creators of Crown of Glory come an epic tale of North Vs. South. By combining area movement on the grand scale with optional hex based tactical battles when they occur, Forge of Freedom provides something for every strategy gamer. Control economic development, political development with governors and foreign nations, and use your military to win the bloodiest war in US history.
Gary Grigsby's Eagle Day to Bombing the Reich
Gary Grigsby's Eagle Day to Bombing the Reich have been updated and enhanced to bring you a much improved simulation of the air war over Europe during World War II. Gary Grigsby's Eagle Day to Bombing the Reich allows you to play the Germany air assault on Britain in 1940 and the Allies attack on Germany during 1943 through 1945.
Gary Grigsby's War Between the States
From the legendary team at 2 by 3 Games comes a new grand strategy masterpiece: Gary Grigsby’s War Between the States. Taking gamers back to the American Civil War, this innovative grand strategy game allows players to experience the trials and tribulations of the role of commander-in-chief for either side. Historically accurate, detailed and finely balanced for realistic gameplay, War Between the States is also easy to play and does not take months to finish.
Gary Grigsby's World at War
In Gary Grigsby’s World At War™, you have complete control over the production, research and military strategy for your side. At your disposal are the full air, land and sea forces of each power, with each unit rated in a variety of researchable areas.Take command in this dynamic, turn-based strategy game of World War II that puts you in the role of some of the most legendary leaders of history. Two tutorials and several campaign scenarios let you learn the system quickly and start fighting.
Gary Grigsby's World at War: A World Divided
World at War: A World Divided is a dynamic, turn-based strategy game of World War II that puts you in the role of some of the most legendary leaders of history. Four tutorials and three campaigns and five scenarios let you learn the system quickly and start fighting the whole war and beyond.
Gates of Troy
Gates Of Troy™ offers both strategic campaigns and tactical battles. Lead your nation to victory in the ancient world's greatest battles! Capture the romance and adventure that lead over one hundred thousand Greek warriors to the far-flung shore of what is now modern day Turkey, to rescue Helen of Troy.
Guns Of August 1914 - 1918
Re-fight World War I at a grand strategic scale. Includes the entire Western and Eastern theaters as well as Turkey. Production, Combat, Diplomacy, Research - Land, Sea and Air combat are all included! Step back to the early 20th Century and hear the Guns Of August!
Harpoon 3 - Advanced Naval Warfare
Harpoon 3 Advanced Naval Warfare is the result of decades of development and fan support, resulting in the most comprehensive, realistic, and accurate simulation of modern combined air and naval operations available to the gaming public. New features include, multiplayer support, third party databases, scenario editors, and more than 120 pre-built scenarios!
Highway to the Reich
The Airborne Assault™ system features a pausable real-time movement and combat system. This design allows the player to choose how much to delegate to subordinates and what to handle personally. The engine also integrates realistic command delays and supply procedures with meticulous order of battle and equipment research.
Hornet Leader PC
Command a squadron of the U.S. Navy’s elite F/A-18 Hornet Strike Fighters! You select the pilots and arm the aircraft based on real-world mission briefings. Once you reach your objective, you evaluate threats, and do what needs to be done to destroy the target!
John Tiller's Battleground Civil War
Relive the brilliance and excitement of John Tiller’s classic Civil War games in this updated compilation, John Tiller’s Battleground Civil War. Included in the compilation are the original titles that gave the Battleground battle system the fame that has endured over years and years of play. Gamers can refight famous battles like Shiloh, Antietam, Bull Run, and Gettysburg with the fantastic realism and intuitive interface many fans of John Tiller’s gaming systems have come to expect and love.
John Tiller's Battleground Napoleonic Wars
John Tiller’s Battleground Napoleonic Wars puts the player in command of the mighty armies of the Napoleonic era, combining the time-tested interface and turn-based game mechanics that made John Tiller’s original game designs famous. With the choice of 2D or 3D battlefield view, dozens of scenarios and more historical information then can be found in most public libraries, John Tiller’s Battleground Napoleonic Wars brings gamers some of the most exciting battles and campaigns from this era.
John Tiller's Campaign Series
The John Tiller's Campaign Series exemplifies tactical war-gaming at its finest by bringing you the entire collection of TalonSoft's award-winning campaign series. Containing TalonSoft's West Front, East Front, and Rising Sun platoon-level combat series, as well as all of the official add-ons and expansion packs, the Matrix Edition allows players to dictate the events of World War II from the tumultuous beginning to its climatic conclusion.
Kharkov: Disaster on the Donets
Kharkov: Disaster on the Donets is the latest strategy title from the award-winning team at Strategic Studies Group. A synthesis of the very best elements of two critically acclaimed and top-rated game systems, Decisive Battles and Battlefront, and a successor to both, the new Kharkov: Disaster on the Donetsk brings to life a campaign of epic scale and dynamic battles on the Eastern Front of World War II.
Korsun Pocket
Korsun Pocket places you on the Russian Front in January 1944 in command of the German or Soviet forces and masterfully re-creates the savage and desperate fighting in what historians have said could have been another Stalingrad along the Dnepr River.
Larry Bond's Harpoon - Commander's Edition
Larry Bond's Harpoon - Commanders Edition is the latest addition to the longstanding naval warfare simulation series that has brought dozens of awards and accolades from gamers and military personnel alike over the course of more than a decade. Like its predecessors, Larry Bond's Harpoon - Commanders Edition allows players to assume the role of a fleet commander, making the same type of decisions he has to make, using the same type and quality of information he might expect to get in wartime.
Legion Arena Gold
Legion Arena Gold combines the award winning Legion Arena with the Cult of Mithras expansion pack allowing you even more units to crush your adversaries with. Fire Demons, Shadow Warriors and Ghost legions are just some of the beasts at your control with the expansion pack. Organize your troops, give orders and unleash the fury of the legion!
Legion Gold
In Legion Gold, players can command massive armies that march across the ancient world and build mighty cities that will last through the ages while also standing amid the blood and mud on the battlefield and commanding the tactical action of every battle! Well-received by gamers and critics alike, Legion Gold is the expanded and improved version of its predecessor, Legion, and includes not only the original Legion game but a hefty expansion pack too!
Mark H. Walker's Lock 'n Load: Heroes of Stalingrad
The Lock 'n Load franchise comes to the PC with Lock 'n Load: Heroes of Stalingrad. Designed by Mark H. Walker and programmed by elements of the team responsible for bringing you Panzer General Online, Heroes of Stalingrad remains faithful to Lock' 'n Load's ease of play and immersive format, while incorporating all the advantages of playing on your office flatscreen.
Maximum-Football 2.0
Maximum-Football 2.0 is the latest and greatest release from the acclaimed sports management video game studio, Wintervalley Software. Bringing a whole host of new features like full Xbox 360 controller support, full DirectX 9.0 utilization, and scores of other upgrades and improvements, Maximum-Football 2.0 delivers on gameplay and fun like a bullet pass through double coverage. Like its predecessor, Maximum-Football 2.0 allows players to experience the thrill of managing a team in any league!
Napoleon in Italy
Step back to the age of Napoleon and follow in the earliest footsteps of this military genius! Napoleon in Italy is a hex based strategy game that includes both the strategic level of movement and logistics combined with playable tactical battles. Lead the young Napoleon's French Army on his first campaign against the Austrians and Piedmontese in Northern Italy or try to stop Napoleon’s dedicated army and tactical brilliance with the mighty allied army of Austria.
Norm Koger's The Operational Art of War III
Norm Koger’s The Operational Art of War is a legendary title among wargamers. A masterpiece of flexible design, it allows you to play and create any battle from the entire 20th Century of warfare and up to the modern day. Now, Matrix Games together with Norm Koger and a new design team bring you the definitive release of this unsurpassed operational wargame – The Operational Art of War III.
Pacific War: Matrix Edition
Gary Grigsby's Pacific War: Matrix Edition covers virtually every aspect of the war and includes just about every ship, aircraft, land unit, and important leader that took part in the conflict. The game has a steep learning curve and not for the faint at heart and has a lot to offer. If you every wanted to conduct the whole War in the Pacific now is your chance.
Panzer Command: Kharkov
Experience the new Panzer Command series of tactical wargames. In Panzer Command: Kharkov, you play a company-level commander on either the Soviet or German side in the Eastern Front. Preserve your men and defeat the enemy, there is no other way out! Panzer Command: Kharkov is the latest in a new series of 3D turn-based tactical wargames with a campaign mode that takes you from battle to battle with realistic units, tactics and terrain.
Panzer Command: Operation Winter Storm
Welcome to Panzer Command: Operation Winter Storm, a new 3D tactical wargame which combines a historical campaign with highly detailed models of both units and terrain and realistic gameplay.
PureSim Baseball 2007
Ever wonder what it would have been like to see Nolan Ryan pitch against Babe Ruth? To see the 1947 Yankees play against the 2000 Yankees? In PureSim Baseball 2007 anything is possible. You have complete control over the great American past-time. PureSim Baseball 2007 is the most robust baseball simulation and it lets you deal with almost any option, any design, and any player from 1900 to 2005. Now includes the fully licensed Lahman Database of historical players and teams from 1900 - 2005!
Reach for the Stars
Reach for the Stars is a re-release of the turn-based strategy game of epic galactic exploration, colonization and conquest. Reach for the Stars is considered to be one of the original 4X (eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, eXterminate) games
Spartan
Spartan is an Empire building turn based strategy game, where the focus is on building an empire through diplomacy, trade, research, and war, but less focus on the battles than you would find in a real-time strategy game. It is designed for people who are interested in the period and those strategy gamers who prefer to have time to think about their decisions. Can you unite Greece in time to defy the Great King and his mighty Persian Empire?
Starshatter - The Gathering Storm
Starshatter™ represents the next generation of space combat simulation games. Starshatter™ extends the gameplay concepts of the classic sims by combining fighter and starship combat in a single game. Starshatter™ also integrates elements of real-time-strategy games by allowing fleet commanders to direct the battle on a tactical level.
Starships Unlimited v3
Heroic Starship Combat and Galactic Conquest! Unlike many other games of galactic exploration, conquest, economics and diplomacy, Starships Unlimited v3 focuses on a small number of unique starships, each with different crew mixes and different technologies. These ships and their crews are the heroes of this science fiction epic, boldly exploring the unknown, dealing with alien races and helping your people expand to new worlds. Outfit your ships with the latest technology and explore the galaxy, conduct diplomacy and espionage, raid your rivals' trade routes or invade their planets. The stars are the limit!
Steel Panthers: World at War - General Edition
Steel Panthers World At War General Edition includes all four Mega-Campaign games and a free v8.20 of SP:WaW. Steel Panthers: World at War is a tactical level, World War II era, historical wargame. Each Mega-Campaign has been specially designed to enhance the gameplay of SP:WaW.
Supremacy: Four Paths To Power
Supremacy: Four Paths To Power is the ultimate test of survival for sci-fi, turn-based strategists. Begin with a planet, a ship and a plan. The galaxy is stretched out before you, but you are not alone. The path to Supremacy is a puzzle with many pieces, from espionage and economic growth to planetary invasions and fleet battles. Play as one of four unique commanders, each with distinctive starships, ground units, abilities and strategies.
The Last Days : For IL-2 Forgotten Battles
The Twilight Struggle... Europe, Spring 1945: The Last Days of World War II claim countless victims on all sides. Victory for the Allies seems a foregone conclusion, but Germany fights on. The Last Days™ is an expansion for IL-2 Sturmovik that adds incredible depth, originality and playability!
The War Engine
If you build it, they will play... The War Engine is the ultimate table top war game simulation and replication kit. Limited only by your imagination, all units, weapons and terrain are fully configurable in artwork and stats. Ready made worlds range from sci-fi to fantasy to space to World War 2.
Tin Soldiers: Alexander the Great
Tin Soldiers: Alexander the Great™ is wargaming with a classic style. Easy to learn but difficult to master, it places you in the role of Alexander the Great during his conquest of the known world. Guide Alexander through his grand campaign from inheriting his father's legacy at the battle of Thebes to his conquest of Darius III and the Persian Empire through his last great battle at the Hydaspes, in the heart of Asia against the Indian army of King Porus.
Tin Soldiers: Julius Caesar
Tin Soldiers: Julius Caesar brings a completely new 3D engine into the battle, allowing users to zoom in, out, and rotate the map for a better view of the battlefield. The artwork overhaul features over 100 different replicas of hand-painted miniatures, including the fearsome legions of Caesar himself. On the inside of the game the AI has been overhauled as well to support a variety of battle formations while the legions of Caesar have been expanded from the normal block of four units to a more powerful block of six. This allows you to replicate the power and strength the Roman legions possessed.
Titans of Steel: Warring Suns
Matrix Games has teamed with Vicious Byte to bring you something new and challenging. Titans of Steel: Warring Suns™ is more than a combat game. It is also designed to be an open-ended role playing system for up to four battle squads using four separate races and pilots of either gender. All pilots have a full statistics sheet and earn experience points which players can use to increase seven attributes and nineteen skills. Each squad can have eight pilots and up to sixteen Titan-ATs.
UFO: Extraterrestrials
UFO: Extraterrestrials is a futuristic real-time/turn-based strategy blend set on the fictional planet of Esperanza in 2025. Having made a bloody first contact with a strange form of life from another planet, the player is thrust into the tough position of leading the defense of this isolated planet against the never-ending assault of these hostile invaders.
Uncommon Valor
Uncommon Valor™ is a completely new operational game covering the campaign for the South Pacific from May, 1942 to the end of December, 1943. Air, naval and land battles are modelled with detail never before achieved in a game of this scale, while a streamlined interface keeps micro-management to a minimum!
War in Russia: Matrix Edition
War In Russia - Matrix Edition allows you to play up until July 1945, fighting for four years over the new improved map. Arnaud Bouis and his dedicated team have once again improved upon Gary Grigsby classic wargame War In Russia. Arnaud Bouis and team began this project back in May 2000, its aim being to fix the bugs to one of our favorite computer wargames and has done a great job. Please note that the version available here at Matrix Games is also the same version available at Arnaud Bouis site.
War In The Pacific
War in the Pacific: The Struggle Against Japan 1941-1945™ is a completely new strategy game, based on the award winning “Uncommon Valor” game engine. The scale is 60 miles per hex and losses are individual vehicles, aircraft, guns and squads. Since half the planet Earth is covered by the titanic Pacific struggle, the game is massive in scope, covering thousands of ships tens of thousands of aircraft.
War In The Pacifiс - Admiral's Edition
This new expansion for the legendary War in the Pacific from 2 by 3 Games adds significant improvements and changes to enhance game play, improve realism, and increase historical accuracy. With dozens of new features, new art, and engine improvements, War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition brings you the most realistic and immersive WWII Pacific Theater wargame ever!
War Plan Orange: Dreadnoughts in the Pacific 1922 - 1930
World War 1 has come and gone and the world has settled into an uneasy peace. Fearful of the growing strength of Japan, the United States created a series of plans in case of a pacific war with Japan. Their name: War Plan Orange.
World In Flames
World in Flames is Matrix Games’ computer version of Australian Design Group’s classic board game. Covering both the European and Pacific Theaters of Operations during World War II, World in Flames is global in scope while simulating each branch of service in detail. With 6000+ unique units, 250+ countries, and a global map of 70,200 hexes, World in Flames is the premier World War II grand strategy game.
World War One - La Grande Guerre
Take charge as a military and political leader during the most trying and critical times of World War One! As either a member of the Central Powers, the Entente or a neutral nation, you will confront the epic gauntlet of challenges that faced the likes of Kitchener, Joffre, Luddendorf, Clemenceau, Czar Nicholas II or Enver Pasha in scenarios that range from single theatres to the entire grand campaign.

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Saturday, June 13, 2009

Harpoon 3 Advanced Naval Warfare

Harpoon 3 Advanced Naval Warfare is the result of decades of development and fan support, resulting in the most comprehensive, realistic, and accurate simulation of modern combined air and naval operations available to the gaming public.
New features include, multiplayer support, third party databases, scenario editors, and over 120 pre-built scenarios!
Harpoon 3 Advance Naval Warfare
"If you want flashy graphics, go play some mindless console game. If you want tactical depth and a range of scenarios, play Harpoon 3 Advanced Naval Warfare." - Out of Eight (7/8)
Most accurate naval simulation available to the public Multiplayer Suport for up to 6 Players Spectator mode for Multiplayer Support for VCR record and playback Over 120 pre-built scenarios
  • Tutorials: 8
  • Cold War Battleset: 15
  • Global Conflicts 1: 15
  • Global Conflicts 2: 15
  • Global Conflicts 3: 15 *
  • Regional Conflicts 1: 15
  • Regional Conflicts 2: 22
  • WestPac Battleset: 15
  • After-Action Log
  • 3rd Party Databases
  • Scenario editors
  • Support for Player databases and scenarios ... and many more!
Harpoon 3 Advanced Naval Warfare is the result of decades of development and fan support, resulting in the most comprehensive, realistic, and accurate simulation of modern combined air and naval operations available to the gaming public.
Harpoon 3 Advanced Naval Warfare gives you the opportunity to manage some of the most advanced air and naval assets available in the world and puts you in the middle of many historical and ‘what if’ scenarios (including six multiplayer scenarios). In the scenarios you'll battle the Iranian Revolutionary Guard in the Persian Gulf , re-live Operation El Dorado Canyon and strike at the heart of Libya, guard the Greenland-Iceland-U.K. Gap to stop a Soviet naval invasion of the Atlantic, Or stalk unwary U.S. shipping in a Soviet Akula-class submarine.
There are plenty more scenarios to chose from, with over 120 pre-designed missions included (there are also over 200 community-designed scenarios available online). You'll have the chance to play them from either side, experiencing a wide variety of challenges, and most importantly Harpoon 3 Advanced Naval Warfare now has true multiplayer with up to six players!

Highway to the Reich

"Highway to the Reich is a rich, rewarding game and a great example of how the designers are using the PC to push wargaming into new and exciting directions."
- Gamespot - 8.1/10
"Highway to the Reich is a great game... Those looking for a detailed, military based game this is the one for you."
- Game Vortex - 7/10
The Airborne Assault™ system features a pausable real-time movement and combat system.
This design allows the player to choose how much to delegate to subordinates and what to handle personally.
The engine also integrates realistic command delays and supply procedures with meticulous order of battle and equipment research.

  • Stunning graphics, including new customizable map textures
    Battles covering all of Operation Market Garden including Nijmegen, Eindhoven and Neerpelt.

  • Detail Order of Battle covering all forces that participated down to the company level.

  • Enhanced user interface, including in-game briefings, intel filter, sound control and auto-save.

  • Advanced AI.

Hornet Leader PC

"Hornet Leader is another fine card-based game that should keep strategy fans busy for a while."
- Review of Hornet Leader PC in Out of Eight
"Hornet Leader is a good niche game for trying something different from the standard board war game."
- Hornet Leader PC Review on GamersInfo.net

Hornet Leader PC
Command a squadron of the U.S. Navy’s elite F/A-18 Hornet Strike Fighters!
You select the pilots and arm the aircraft based on real-world mission briefings.
Once you reach your objective, you evaluate threats, and do what needs to be done to destroy the target!
  • Easy to learn, fast playing, built-in Help screens.
  • Beautiful screens giving the player quick access to all needed data.
  • 3 real world campaigns with appropriate targets and defenses.
  • 6 Difficulty levels.
  • Realistic air combat and weapon capability modeling.
  • Wide selection of real aircraft weapons.
  • Wide variety of enemy air and ground defenses.
  • Cause and Effect campaign system that modifies enemy capabilities based on the outcome of each mission.
  • Pilot experience system to improve skills.
  • Access to cutting edge weapon systems.

Tin Soldiers: Alexander the Great

"Another great addition to the turn-based strategy line-up from Matrix Games and comes highly recommended..."
- PC Gameworld - 81%
"Every once in a while a game will creep up, tap me on the shoulder, and remind me why I love gaming."
- PC Gamer Magazine - 89%
Tin Soldiers: Alexander the Great™ is wargaming with a classic style.
Easy to learn but difficult to master, it places you in the role of Alexander the Great during his conquest of the known world.
Guide Alexander through his grand campaign from inheriting his father's legacy at the battle of Thebes to his conquest of Darius III and the Persian Empire through his last great battle at the Hydaspes, in the heart of Asia against the Indian army of King Porus.

Tin Soldiers: Julius Caesar

"Tin Soldiers: Julius Caesar manages to improve upon Tin Soldiers: Alexander the Great in almost every area. Once again the AI provides a great challenge and strategy fans will love spending night after night trying to outwit such an impressive opponent. "
- Deaf Gamers: 89%

"I believe “TS: Julius Caesar’s” enjoyable game play, incredible realism, and educational value will make it a winner for a variety of reasons and a variety of gamers. "
- Active Reviews

Tin Soldiers: Julius Caesar brings a completely new 3D engine into the battle, allowing users to zoom in, out, and rotate the map for a better view of the battlefield.
The artwork overhaul features over 100 different replicas of hand-painted miniatures, including the fearsome legions of Caesar himself.
On the inside of the game the AI has been overhauled as well to support a variety of battle formations while the legions of Caesar have been expanded from the normal block of four units to a more powerful block of six.
This allows you to replicate the power and strength the Roman legions possessed.
  • The complete conquests of Julius Caesar including his Gallic War campaign (58 B.C.E. to 50 B.C.E) and the Roman Civil War (49 B.C.E. to 44 B.C.E.) .
  • 14 battles including: Helvetii, Ariovistus, Britain, Gergovia, Nervii, Avaricum, Alesia, Ilerda, Dyrrachium, Pharsalus, Egypt, Zela, Thapsus and Munda.
  • Complete your conquest through a non-linear campaign.
  • Historic battlefields and units.
  • Fully rendered in beautiful 3D with free camera rotation.
  • Based on a unique miniature tabletop look and game play.
  • Fast action rules with support for legions and legion formation.
  • Command the entire army of Julius Caesar with an emphasis on tactical warfare.
  • Objective-based scenarios giving you the opportunity to defend, capture and assassinate your opponents.
  • Over 150 individually detailed units from Caesar’s famous Legion X to the tribes of Gaul.
  • Modern AI that is the master of tactical strategy – adjusts to three levels of difficulty
  • Internet/LAN multiplayer support.

Hussar Games' "For Liberty!"

Hussar Games' "For Liberty!" is a turn based strategy game covering the American Revolutionary War from 1775 - 1783 and the Hungarian Rakoczi Independence War from 1703 to 1711.
For Liberty!
For Liberty! is a weekly turn based game covering North American east coast and the Carpathian Basin in Central Europe The map will change as the seasons go by. There are 16 unit types of 5 nations included, each in authentic uniforms.
  • Campaign editor - create your own fictional or historical campaign.
  • 9 Campaigns and an all new bonus campaign giving Players 10 total campaigns.
  • Minimap, bigger and more varied battlefields in tactical battles.
  • Detail 3D rendered of maps and units.
  • Large map of the East Coast of North America / Central Europe with more than 3000 hexes.
  • Improved fatigue system in tactical battles.
  • AI enhancements on both the strategic and tactical levels.
  • Turn based gameplay both on the strategic and tactical level.
  • Manage important resources: recruits, horses, muskets, cannons, money and supply.
  • Detailed political systems that allow the player to influence political decisions.
  • Random events such as pirates, epidemics, betrayals, fires and many others.
  • 400 historical leaders.
  • Leaders are rated and can have up to three 3 special abilities with over 16 to choose from.
  • 16 different unit types: dragoon, infantry, rifleman, militia, indians, hussars, etc.
  • 7 stances on the strategic map: defense, attack, rest, siege, retreat, routed and training.
  • 4 kind of formations on the tactical map: skirmish, column, line and routed.
  • Realistic depiction of battles, units will not fight to the last man, battles are won by routing the enemy army from the field.
  • Towns can be pillaged to gain supply at the cost of losing production.
  • Multiplayer capability: hot-seat, PBEM and TCP/IP.
  • Players can select basic ruleset for new players and advanced ruleset for veterans.
  • Players can select between 3 different difficulty levels.

Titans of Steel: Warring Suns

"Contains a lot of depth... Matrix Games have another great title in their hands..."

- All About Games UK - 8/10

"Titans of Steel should definitely be on your wish list. A turn-based game that mech fans will really appreciate"

- Deaf Gamers - 8.5/10
Matrix Games has teamed with Vicious Byte to bring you something new and challenging.
Titans of Steel: Warring Suns™ is more than a combat game. It is also designed to be an open-ended role playing system for up to four battle squads using four separate races and pilots of either gender.
All pilots have a full statistics sheet and earn experience points which players can use to increase seven attributes and nineteen skills.
(Now available as a FREE download!)

John Tiller's Battleground Civil War

Relive the brilliance and excitement of John Tiller’s classic Civil War games in this updated compilation, John Tiller’s Battleground Civil War. Included in the compilation are the original titles that gave the Battleground battle system the fame that has endured over years and years of play.
Gamers can refight famous battles like Shiloh, Antietam, Bull Run, and Gettysburg with the fantastic realism and intuitive interface many fans of John Tiller’s gaming systems have come to expect and love.
  • Includes all of John Tiller’s famous original Civil War titles in one compilation: Battleground Antietam, Battleground Bull Run, Battleground Chickamauga, Battleground Gettysburg, and Battleground Shiloh.
  • Loads of original historical research on the battlefields and orders of battle makes each battle stand out from the rest in accuracy and realism.
  • Meticulous reconstruction of each battlefield in both 2D and 3D for an added layer of realism and historical accuracy.
  • 2D and 3D units supported along with multiple zoom levels so players can view the battlefield exactly as they wish.
  • Custom tune difficulty settings and optional rules to meet your liking.
    Each main battle includes many historical and what-if variants, as well as some smaller related battles such as South Mountain and Wilson's Creek. In total, this means dozens of scenarios (including the full multi-day battles) and hundreds of hours of quality Civil War historical gameplay!
  • ... and more!

John Tiller's Battleground Napoleonic Wars

John Tiller's Battleground Napoleonic Wars puts the player in command of the mighty armies of the Napoleonic era, combining the time-tested interface and turn-based game mechanics that made John Tiller’s original game designs famous.
With the choice of 2D or 3D battlefield view, dozens of scenarios and more historical information then can be found in most public libraries, John Tiller’s Battleground Napoleonic Wars brings gamers some of the most exciting battles and campaigns from this era.
  • Includes all of John Tiller’s famous original Napoleonic titles in one compilation: Napoleon in Russia, Prelude to Waterloo, and Waterloo
    Includes Age of Sail: Naval Combat in the Napoleonic Age.
  • Loads of original historical research on the battlefields and orders of battle makes each battle stand out from the rest in accuracy and realism.
  • Meticulous reconstruction of each battlefield in both 2D and 3D for an added layer of realism and historical accuracy.
  • 2D and 3D units supported along with multiple zoom levels so players can view the battlefield exactly as they wish.
  • Custom tune difficulty settings and optional rules to meet your liking.
  • Each main battle includes many historical and what-if variants, as well as some smaller related battles. In total, this means dozens of scenarios (including the full multi-day battles) and hundreds of hours of quality Napoleonic historical gameplay!
  • ... and more!

John Tiller's Campaign Series

The John Tiller's Campaign Series exemplifies tactical war-gaming at its finest by bringing you the entire collection of TalonSoft's award-winning campaign series.
Containing TalonSoft's West Front, East Front, and Rising Sun platoon-level combat series, as well as all of the official add-ons and expansion packs, the Matrix Edition allows players to dictate the events of World War II from the tumultuous beginning to its climatic conclusion.
  • Complete Unit, Map, and Scenario editors allows users to create battles from scratch. Users can now use the Rising Sun and West Front map editors to create maps from all five major climate zones.
  • New countries have been added. These are:
  • For Rising Sun: French Indochina, the Netherlands East Indies, Thailand, Nationalist and Communist China, and the Soviet Union.
  • For East Front: Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, and a Soviet force pool that can attack Allied Nations.
  • For West Front: Bulgaria, Nationalist and Republican Spain, Croatia, Iran, Iraq, Albania, Brazil, Ethiopia, and the Soviets (pro-ally and anti-western).
  • Not only can traditional Allied versus Axis be played, but scenarios can be created depicting an early Soviet/Western Allies confrontation, not only in Europe, but also in the Far East.
  • Hundreds of new unit types for almost every country to include Cossacks, operational trains, Chinese Junks and Sampans, river gunboats, captured equipment, siege mortars, river ferries, German landing barges, sea going warships (for the Baltic), amphibious tanks, mine clearing tanks, and dozens of pre-war models and prototypes.
  • Players can either fight single battles or else fight in a series of linked campaign battles against the AI.
  • Battles can either be fought on 3d maps using 3d icons, or else through the use of a more traditional 2d board game style of counters and maps.

UFO: Extraterrestrials

"Of all the X-COM-like games to be released after the original, UFO: Extraterrestrials is one of the better ones."
- UFO: Extraterrestrials review at Out of Eight
"It just worked. Period."
- UFO: Extraterrestrials Review at TSJOnline.com
"Overall the game is well done and will be very much enjoyed by fans of the classic X:COM games and anyone who enjoys tactical combats. The game retains the high replayablility factor of the classic games combined with updated graphics and smooth game play."
- UFO: Extraterrestrials review at Strategy Informer
"UFO: Extraterrestrials has largely managed to capture the elements that made X-COM such a classic and iconic game. ...there's a damn fine gaming experience waiting for you. ..."
- Gamepro.com Review
UFO: Extraterrestrials is a futuristic real-time/turn-based strategy blend set on the fictional planet of Esperanza in 2025. Having made a bloody first contact with a strange form of life from another planet, the player is thrust into the tough position of leading the defense of this isolated planet against the never-ending assault of these hostile invaders.
  • Advanced Artificial Intelligence.
  • Free Movement Standard – Can't get into a building? Use a heavy weapon to make your own entrance.
  • Weapon and Technology Advancement accomplished by Global Research and Base building.
  • Hire and allocate scientists for various research projects.
  • Examine aliens, develop better weapons, armor, grenades, med-kits, stim-packs, cannons, vehicles, tanks, hovercrafts, energetic shields, and interceptors.
  • Allocate technicians to build the various items that have been researched.
  • Prepare and properly equip your team and base to handle the various alien threats and incursions.
  • Build/sell hangars, medical sections, detection systems, labs, workshops, stores and SAM sites.
  • UFOPEDIA provides detailed information on: weapons, vehicles, carriers, robots, interceptors, aliens, base facilities, technologies, ammunition also provides useable on which ammo is effective versus which alien, damage capabilities, speed, cost, and usage.
  • Intercept and eliminate the alien fighters and transports before they enter the planets air space and reinforce their troops.

Kharkov: Disaster on the Donets

Kharkov: Disaster on the Donets is the latest strategy title from the award-winning team at Strategic Studies Group.
A synthesis of the very best elements of two critically acclaimed and top-rated game systems, Decisive Battles and Battlefront, and a successor to both, the new Kharkov: Disaster on the Donets brings to life a campaign of epic scale and dynamic battles on the Eastern Front of World War II.
  • Successor to the highly popular and award winning Decisive Battles and Battlefront engines, combining the best elements of both.
  • An innovative and fun area of operation system which limits unrealistic redeployments for both players, with changes triggered as local objectives are achieved and based on mystery variants to keep the enemy guessing.
  • Improved and simplified supply, movement and direct combat systems.
  • Improved combat tables that better model diminishing returns and new HQ bonuses that can affect Direct and Indirect Fire.
  • Improved strong points and new hedgehog rules.
  • Models both battalion and regimental combat.

Uncommon Valor

"Perhaps the most historically accurate game ever produced on the subject. UV is quite a game."

- Gamespy - 75%

"... this game is very challenging (but rewarding and highly addictive), but then so is real war"

- GameZone - 8.5/10

Uncommon Valor ™ is a completely new operational game covering the campaign for the South Pacific from May, 1942 to the end of December, 1943.
Air, naval and land battles are modelled with detail never before achieved in a game of this scale, while a streamlined interface keeps micro-management to a minimum!

War in Russia: Matrix Edition

War in Russia: Matrix Edition allows you to play up until July 1945, fighting for four years over the new improved map.
Arnaud Bouis and his dedicated team have once again improved upon Gary Grigsby classic wargame War In Russia.
Arnaud Bouis and team began this project back in May 2000, its aim being to fix the bugs to one of our favorite computer wargames and has done a great job. Please note that the version available at Matrix Games is also the same version available at Arnaud Bouis site.

Korsun Pocket

"The best wargame ever made for the PC. A monumental achievement in Game Design. It is the Mount Everest, the Beethoven's Ninth and the Moby Dick of PC Wargames, and it absolutely qualifies as a genuine work of art."
- PC Gamer - 93%
"Korsun Pocket takes the nerd out of strategy wargaming and presents a package that will be easily playable and enjoyable for gamers of all types and ages."
- GameRaiders - 81%
Korsun Pocket places you on the Russian Front in January 1944 in command of the German or Soviet forces and masterfully re-creates the savage and desperate fighting in what historians have said could have been another Stalingrad along the Dnepr River.
  • Superb new terrain and unit graphics reflect changing ground conditions.
  • New interface and game support elements.
  • Unique integrated move and fight combat system.
  • New combat system includes Overruns, Alert Units, Minefields, and Detachments and Unknown Units.
  • Play By Email and hotseat games with full in-game replay and auto-email of game turns.
  • Extensive tutorial for new players.
  • Full Map and Scenario Editor included.
  • Full campaign game plus historical scenarios.
  • Fearsome AI opponent controlled by SSG's legendary AI routines.

Larry Bond's Harpoon - Commander's Edition

"If you like naval warfare at ALL, consider buying Harpoon: Commanders Edition. It's a whole lot of REALLY good game"
- Review at GamersInfo.net

Larry Bond's Harpoon - Commander's Edition is the latest addition to the longstanding naval warfare simulation series that has brought dozens of awards and accolades from gamers and military personnel alike over the course of more than a decade.
Like its predecessors, Larry Bond's Harpoon - Commanders Edition allows players to assume the role of a fleet commander, making the same type of decisions he has to make, using the same type and quality of information he might expect to get in wartime.
  • 269 Scenarios in total spanning 1989 to 2008 time period.
  • 2900+ Ships, submarines, helicopters and aircraft.
  • Includes the WestPac Battleset scenario pack - all new scenarios not available with any other version of Harpoon!
  • WestPac Battleset includes:
  • o 6 new scenarios.
  • o Hundreds of new pictures.
  • o Refreshed art and sound for WestPac.
  • Mobile Armor, Artillery, Infantry and Base Defense Units are now more completely modeled.
  • Neutral and Unknown units.
  • Electronic Warfare upgraded (from Sensors to Seekers and ECM).
  • Improved aircraft intelligence.
  • Enhanced ability to handle high resolution display.
  • Updated/Expanded manuals.
  • ...and more!

War In The Pacific

"Great resource for War in the Pacific fan-created content and add-ons." - RogueUSMC's WitP Fansite

"If you are in the market for a seriously detailed WWII strategic simulation, especially one dealing with material far less frequently covered than the Western War, War in the Pacific will satisfy you like nothing else on the market." - Strategy Page

War In The Pacific: The Struggle Against Japan 1941-1945™ is a completely new strategy game, based on the award winning “Uncommon Valor” game engine.
The scale is 60 miles per hex and losses are individual vehicles, aircraft, guns and squads. Since half the planet Earth is covered by the titanic Pacific struggle, the game is massive in scope, covering thousands of ships tens of thousands of aircraft.
  • WitP covers the entire Pacific Theater of WWII from Dec 7th 1941 until June 30th 1946.
  • Huge game map - 148 X 148 hexes with each hex representing 60 nautical miles.
  • The armed forces of every major nation are represented.
  • The Japanese control their production.
  • Oil and Resources added to the game for production.
  • Complete player control of aircraft upgrades.
  • Course and Speed – Course and speed is now provided with spotting reports.
  • Divide Units – land and air units can be divided into sub units and recombined as needed.
  • Table of Equipment - An option has been added that allows the player to view the TOE for the selected ground combat unit.
  • Coastal Defense Units will now protect friendly mine fields.
    Air Dropped Mines - Starting in 1943 the Allied player may mine ports by using air dropped mines.
  • Air Dropped Supplies – Supplies may be air dropped onto any friendly hex.
  • Air Transport Pick Up Option – You can now fly from one base, pick up troops at another base and return them to the first base.
  • Target Selection – It is possible to select a target that is out of range so that you can set up a carrier strike the turn before.
  • Atomic Bombs – When available an atomic attack can be made on any city with industrial center.
  • New City Attack Option – The player can select a city to attack and the industry within that city to be targeted.
  • New Fire Bombing Mission - City attacks on Manpower have a chance of creating high fire levels that will cause damage to any and all industry within the city and has the possibility of creating a firestorm.
  • Kamikazes – After January 1944, if the Allies get too close to Japan, the Japanese player can form Kamikaze squadrons to smash into enemy ships and drive them away from the homeland.
  • New ASW Taskforce – Use the ASW Combat task force to locate and attack enemy submarines before they are able to fire their torpedoes.
  • New Escort Taskforce – Use the Escort task force to escort your damaged vessels back to a safe port.
  • Manchukuo Garrison Requirement - The Japanese player must keep a certain number of assault points in the Manchukuo area or the Soviet Union may be activated.
  • Political Points - Each day, each player accumulates political points which can be used to reassign assets to the various headquarters or to change leaders.
  • Preparation Points – Ground units can prepare to attack a given location by setting its future objective and accumulating preparation point prior to making the attack.
  • Ship Repair - Now you have a choice of where to send damaged ships for repair. Each side has a number of different ports to choose from and each port is rated for its own repair capabilities.
  • Special Ships - A submarine, PT or DD tender may help two ships per turn repair (they give a bonus equal to increasing the port size by 2). A repair ship may help four ships per turn repair.
  • Training of LCUs – Land combat units can now be trained, until they reach 75% experience.
  • New Set Speed Order – Take full control of your task force and pick the speed setting you want.
  • New Reaction Range Order – Rein in your aggressive commanders by setting the maximum range they are allowed to react.
  • New Unload/Don’t Unload Order – You decide if the taskforce will unload upon arriving at its destination. Now you can send that taskforce into a port to refuel without it unloading its cargo.
  • New Do not Refuel Order – Tired of having merchant ships suck up all the available fuel?
  • Now you can set them to Do Not Refuel and save that fuel for you war ships.
  • New Auto-Disband Order – With this set to on the taskforce will automatically disband when it reaches its destination saving. This is a great option when sending ships into port for repairs.

Legion Arena Gold

Legion Arena Gold combines the award winning Legion Arena with the Cult of Mithras expansion pack allowing you even more units to crush your adversaries with.
Fire Demons, Shadow Warriors and Ghost legions are just some of the beasts at your control with the expansion pack.
Organize your troops, give orders and unleash the fury of the legion.
  • 100+ different scenarios, with spectacular special effects like rain, night battle and snowy fields.
  • 2 complete campaigns: chose between the powerful Roman army and the merciless Gallic warriors.
  • Over 20 unique unit types including Legionaries, Praetorians, Elephants, and Naked Fanatics.
  • Deploy your troops and issue orders before battle.
  • Real time control in battle using Slitherine’s innovative order time system.
  • Real terrain effects on combat – cavalry are weaker in the woods, light infantry are weaker in the open.
  • Legion Arena Gold includes the Cult of Mithras expansion adding even more units, campaigns and battles!
  • ... and many more!

War In The Pacifiс - Admiral's Edition

This new expansion for the legendary War in the Pacific from 2 by 3 Games adds significant improvements and changes to enhance game play, improve realism, and increase historical accuracy.
With dozens of new features, new art, and engine improvements, War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition brings you the most realistic and immersive WWII Pacific Theater wargame ever!
  • An all new 40 nautical mile per hex map covering the entire Pacific theater and off-map bases.
  • Six new scenarios, including a new grand campaign with meticulously researched orders of battle.
  • Improved naval operations, including waypoints, mid-ocean intercepts, new ship classes and devises and a greatly improved ship upgrade system, engine vs. system damage, new ship art and realistic new port limits for ships, cargo and repairs.
  • Improved air operations, including more realistic CAP, more detailed and realistic dogfighting, an improved pilot skill and replacement system, persistent plane damage and more realistic plane maintenance, improved for of war, new aircraft art and over 500 airplane types.
  • Improved land operations, including transportation networks defined by hex-side, new operations modes for land units, dynamic zone of control, tactical movement, improved fog of war and overstacking rules for atolls and small islands.
  • Improved economy and industry to reflect more realistic operations as well as more historical balance.
    The most historical and detailed order of battle for the Pacific War ever put into a wargame!
  • A new scenario editor, built from the ground up to make scenario and mod-making easier, with expanded slot limits, text search and upgradable unit TO&Es.
  • Printed 196 page COLOR manual (boxed copy only).

Monday, March 2, 2009

Close Combat - Wacht am Rhein

Winter 1944, the Last Blitzkrieg. This is Close Combat, You are in Command!

[Translated from French] "On the whole, Matrix delivers a remarkable game to us, with plenty of vision, an enhanced ability to mod the game, and in-depth tactical action."
- Review on PC4war Magazine (Print Only) 9/10

"If you have at least a moderate interest in tactical strategy games, then Close Combat – Wacht am Rhein should fill your gaming quota."
- Review on Out of Eight 6/8

Based on Atomic Games’ award-winning Close Combat series, Close Combat: Wacht am Rhein brings together the classic top-down tactical gameplay from the original series and plenty of new features, expansions, and improvements! This remake based on Close Combat: Battle of the Bulge gives newcomers and veterans to the series alike a vastly improved and expanded version of the original experience. The Wacht am Rhein remake comes with a brand new Grand Campaign including a new strategic map with 64 gorgeous hand-drawn tactical maps, over 70 scenarios, tons of new interface and unit graphics, countless engine improvements, and much more!

In Close Combat: Wacht am Rhein, you take command of US or German forces and either retrace the last steps of Hitler’s army in one desperate attempt to turn the tide of the impending allied victory or ride to the rescue with General Patton and push back the German offensive to reclaim Bastogne.

Also included is a bonus “classic” version of the original Close Combat IV.


Things didn't look good for the German Army in late 1944. The allies had advanced as far as the West Wall and had taken back most of the conquests of the Blitzkrieg. Although the Montgomery's plan to end the war, Operation Market Garden, had failed there was still a palpable sense that the Allies were on the verge of a major victory. With things not looking good on the Eastern front either, Hitler decided to make one last gamble and attempt to cut off a significant portion of the Allied army. Throwing in what remained of his feared Panzer divisions and his last reserves, he drove through Belgium to Antwerp in what would be called Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein (translated as Operation The Guard on the Rhine or Operation Watch on the Rhine).

At first it looked as though Hitler’s plan had a chance of succeeding. Early in the operation the advance was reminiscent of the Blitzkrieg across Europe early in the war. Although undersupplied and under trained, US troops still fought valiantly and in many spots offered pockets of stiff resistance which despite the rapid German advance. The German advance was quick, but as the days wore on, the advance out-paced its own supply and stockpiles began to run low. The situation was made worse with poor roads throughout the Ardennes and difficult winter weather. Almost as quickly as the attack had started, the advance ground to a halt.

To add insult to injury, the 101st Airborne earned the nickname the “battered bastards of Bastogne” by putting up a unrelenting defense for this strategic point while vastly outnumbered and surrounded by heavily armored German forces. Refusing to back down, they prevented the Germans from occupying the important Belgium crossroads town and scored a major strategic and psychological victory for the Allies. Later, as the weather cleared, Allied air support was able to decimate German supply columns and advancing armor. This bought enough time for Patton’s armor and other reinforcements to arrive and begin the long slow reduction of the Bulge the Germans had created in the Allied line.

Now in this classic top down real time tactical simulation, you take command of either US or German forces to retrace these fateful days of the war. Attempt to turn the tide of the impending Allied victory or desperately defend Bastogne while riding to the rescue with General Patton’s 3rd Army. In this vastly improved rebuild based on the critically acclaimed and award winning Close Combat series, You are in command!

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