Staten
Island, NY,
July 18th,
2006 - Matrix Games (www.matrixgames.com) and 2by3 Games (www.2by3games.com) today announced the
sequel to the acclaimed Gary Grisby?s World
at War. This new sequel, Gary
Grigsby?s World At War: A World Divided, adds a host of new features
to grow the engine well beyond the original game in terms of grand strategy.
A World Divided includes spies,
neutral country diplomacy, variable political events, unit experience and
scenarios that occur after the war as well as starting earlier than the
original.
The original game, recently awarded the Origins Vanguard
Unique Game of the Year Award, put players at the helm of one of the five major
nations during the Second World War. Managing supply lines, production, troop
movement, and resources, it had a simple and elegant design with variable levels
of difficulty and detail.
Gary Grigsby?s World at War: A World
Divided will take this design to the next level, adding
espionage, code-breaking, variable political events, unit experience and neutral
country diplomacy. These changes vastly affect the dynamics of play and add
entire new layers to the grand strategy mix of the original. Players will have
to learn to be more flexible with their tactics, facing more important decisions
on these new fronts.
In addition to the new features in Gary Grigsby?s World At War: A World Divided
is a completely new ?what-if? scenario that carries forward from the
end of the war into a conflict between the Western Allies and the
Soviet Union. Russia?s massive and experienced army is up against
the West?s well equipped forces and industrial might. In addition to simply
starting with this scenario, players have the option to jump right from the end
of their normal campaign game of WWII into this alternate history. This creates
a whole new set of strategic choices as players will have to think into the
future and plan for their war against the other super-power while still fending
off the Axis forces.
The overall ease of play is retained in Gary Grigsby?s World at War: A World
Divided. The game will ship with four tutorials, three campaigns,
and five different scenarios starting from 1939 and the invasion of
Poland and extending into the mid 1940s.
For more information, check the main Gary Grigsby?s World at War: A World
Divided Matrix Games website at www.matrixgames.com.
