Matrix Games (>>)
and Koios Works (>>) announced
Koios Works’ third title, Panzer Command: Operation Winter Storm.
Koios Works is known for their work on the Tin Soldiers series, which
combined battles from ancient history with 3D strategy gaming. Panzer
Command: Operation Winter Storm will bring the same quality of the Tin
Soldiers series to the tactical scale within a World War II setting.
Panzer
Command: Operation Winter Storm is a
3D simultaneous turn based strategy game where the player commands either the
Soviet or German forces during the desperate attempt to reach the encircled
German 6th Army at Stalingrad. Each side has detailed 3D units
of all the historical vehicles and units, from tanks to riflemen. Two
campaigns (one German, one Soviet) tie the scenarios together, allowing core
units to progress from battle to battle, gaining experience and medals. Another
element is a point system which allows players to “purchase” additional units
for each mission in the campaign as well as replace losses, forcing decisions
on management of resources.
David Heath, CEO of Matrix Games said, “We are very
pleased to bring another fine Koios Works product to strategy fans everywhere.
Panzer Command: Operation Winter Storm has us all very excited and we
feel confident it will be a decisive success.”
The design
for Operation Winter Storm hopes to let first time users
sit down and start playing, while allowing hard-core gamers to enjoy the realism
and historical accuracy. All campaign battles can also be fought as
individual scenarios. The AI can control either side and a full
Play-by-Email system allows for head to head play. The unit and weapon
data as well as the unit art is store in easily accessible formats to enable
mod support and customized scenarios post-release.
Matrix
Games website at >>
has additional information on Panzer Command: Operation Winter Storm
and all of the upcoming Matrix products.
