Battlefront.com and IDDK/Crazy House announced that T72: Balkans on Fire!
has now officially reached “Gold” status and is ready for release. Production of
the finished goods (CDs and printed manual) begins immediately, and the game is
expected to ship to customers in late June/early July. Pre-orders are also
accepted immediately from />
The game is available for
only $35 plus Shipping & Handling. It comes with a fully printed 70 page
game manual with removable key reference card and 2 Game CDs. The game will not
be sold in stores, but – like all Battlefront titles - will only be available
via mail order directly from . Products ship out of
Battlefront’s US warehouse in Vermont and their European warehouse in Ireland
(no additional taxes or duties to European customers).
Videos
A
free playable demo will be released around the time of release in 4-6 weeks.
Meanwhile, a number of gameplay videos have been released today by
Battlefront.com!
Direct link to download videos:
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Multiplayer and future
plans
Battlefront.com and IDDK/Crazy House also disclosed today, that the
work on a multiplayer add-on is already underway. The add-on is planned to
include full online multiplayer support (the current release allows for single
player and LAN only) for up to eight players as well as 20 completely new maps.
At least one new playable tank is planned as well! The add-on is expected to be
ready for release at the end of the year.
GAME FEATURES
T72:
Balkans on Fire! is set in the violent period of civil wars which ravaged
Yugoslavia from 1991 to 1995. It puts the player as a Russian volunteer tank
commander right into the turret of some of Russia’s best tanks – the T-72B, the
T-55A and the T-34-85.
T-72 Balkans on Fire! uses a stunning 3D and
physics engine to produce state of the art effects and realism. Below is a list
of some of what awaits you inside!
• Three types of playable tanks
modelled: T-34-85, T-55A and T-72B
• Control individual crew stations
(Commander, gunner or driver)
• Wide variety of armored vehicles included as
well as infantry, artillery, engineering vehicles, helicopters and trucks
•
Command attached units (infantry and armor) up to a full tank platoon
•
Mechanized infantry can be transported inside trucks and APCs and on tank
hulls
• Detailed modelling of each vehicles fire control systems, main and
secondary weapons, ammunition types, engine management and transmissions,
starting and driving procedures
• Realistic night vision combat capabilities
– realistically modelled low light level and infrared sights
• More than 70
types of buildings and installations that can be damaged or destroyed
• Over
40 types of plants, trees and grass sway in the breeze
• High-quality
modelling of water surfaces and amphibious vehicle capabilities
• 5000+
polygons per vehicle including detailed bump mapping
• Scalable realism
settings
• Powerful mission and structure editor available
• LAN Network
multiplayer
Advanced Physics and Environmental Game Engine
o Vast
open spaces with draw distances of more than 2 km
o Topographic height
differences on maps of up to 800 m
o Realistic passage of time transitions
(day changes to night)
o Dynamic weather and environmental effects: smoke,
fog, rain, rainbows, dust, wind effects
o Deformable terrain – shell holes
and trenches dug out in real time
o Destroyable structures, vehicles and
vegetation
o Clouds cast shadows
o Optical lens flares and sun glare
effects
o Realistic ballistics – wind effects, shell aerodynamics and flight
characteristics, barrel wear and droop
o Shell impact angle calculations
o
Detailed armor penetration results
o Post-penetration shell path and damage
assessments
o High Explosive fragmentation dispersal calculations
o
Realistic vehicle and structure collision detection and damage
o Individual
internal and external vehicle system damage modelling including track damage,
engine overheats, fuel leaks, turret jams, crew casualties, bailouts and more
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