Commander - Europe at War Screens & Holiday Bargains
Press Release : Tuesday, 12 December 2006
Announced By : Slitherine Software
Slitherine Software and Firepower Entertainment are pleased to release the latest batch of screenshots for their upcoming WWII strategy game, Commander - Europe at War. The new screenshots show a variety of units that are available through research and give a first look at the production and research screens. Beta testing is also starting today as the game approaches completion.
Screenshots available as a zip from www.slitherine.com/files/commanderscreens_11_12_06.zip or as jpg's on our web site at http://slitherine.com/commander/screenshots.htm
Holiday Bargains
More good news - you can now get 50% off selected digital downloads from the Slitherine online store in time for the holidays!
Buy Chariots of war with Legion Gold and get 50% off!
http://store.digitalriver.com/store/slither/AddItemToRequisition/productID.55708400/quantity.1
Buy Cult of Mithras with Legion Arena and get 50% off!
http://store.digitalriver.com/store/slither/AddItemToRequisition/productID.55707900/quantity.1
The full catalogue can be seen at www.slitherine.com/sol/
About Commander - Europe at War
Commander - Europe at War is the first in a series of high level turn based strategy games. It is being jointly developed by Firepower Entertainment, DoubleThink Studios and Slitherine Software. 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.
Complexity: Medium
Field of Play: Turn Based Strategy
Setting: World War II
Unit Scale: Corps
Players: 1-2 Player
Internet Play: Hotseat, PBEM, Internet & LAN
Platform/OS: Java PC/MAC
Features
· Huge hex based campaign map covering the USA to the west, Africa to the south, Scandinavia to the north and the Urals to the east.
· 6 epic scenarios including the operation Barbarossa, DDay and the Grand Campaign
· Research over 50 inventions from 5 different technology areas
· 12 different unit types including Light Tanks, Heavy Tanks, Destroyers and Motorised Corps, each with their own strengths and weaknesses.
· Recruit and attach Historical Commanders to your units.
· Detailed and realistic combat that models supply, morale, terrain, leadership, equipment, training, strategic weapons and fog of war.
· Easy to learn, hard to master game play that is the cornerstone of Slitherine game design.
· Multiplayer via e-mail, hotseat, Internet and including optional timed turns and 7 difficulty settings.
· Use of Osprey publishing artwork in game, a leading publisher of military history books.
· Easily moddable script files that allow players to alter many aspects of gameplay including research, unit stats, terrain effects and many more.
Website - http://www.slitherine.com/commander/
About Slitherine
Created on the 4th of July 2000, Slitherine Software UK Ltd. is a privately funded and independent UK developer and publisher. It is a small and talented team who have been in the games industry since the early 1990's working on games such as T-Tex, Red Alert, Dune, Dune Emperor, Deus Ex and Urban Chaos on platforms from the Amiga, Lynx, SNES, PSX, GBC, Dreamcast to PC. Slitherine Software has recently launched the SOL download service to leverage the potential of the Internet.
For further information
press@slitherine.co.uk