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PT Boats: Knights of the Sea - Developer Diary Blog - Damage Modeling
Posted by Donster on: 2009-11-20 18:03:02 in category: Naval Combat News [ Print ]
Battlefront.com, an independent internet-based publisher for superior war and strategy games and one of the internets largest wargaming communities, and Akella, one of Eastern Europe’s leading development and publishing houses, have just posted the second part in the dedicated Developer Diary blog for their upcoming PT Boats: Knights of the Sea naval simulation!
This second entry in the Diary touches upon some of the aspects that players ask most often about: detailed ship damage modeling. PT Boats tracks damage from hits from different types of weapons as well as from object collisions, features distinct damage zones as well as internal damage effects, and also includes a repair management tool with which players can order their pixel sailors to focus on specific areas on board for repairs.
Click here to jump directly to the PT Boats Developer Diary.
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PT Boats: Knights of the Sea - Online Game Manual Released
Posted by Donster on: 2009-11-18 16:38:46 in category: Naval Combat News [ Print ]
Battlefront.com, an independent internet-based publisher for superior war and strategy games and one of the internets largest wargaming communities, and Akella, one of Eastern Europe’s leading development and publishing houses, have just posted online the full official game manual for their upcoming PT Boats: Knights of the Sea naval simulation!
Fans awaiting the international English release of the game are now able to read up on the game mechanics, and can familiarize themselves with the various controls and functions for both the direct control of ships and weapons, as well as the 2D and 3D tactical modes.
The game itself will be released, as usual, with a fully printed game manual for easy reference, and the online manual is made public ahead of the release as a teaser and service to the Battlefront.com community!
Direct link to the game manual.
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PT Boats: Knights of the Sea - Developer Diary Blog Opened
Posted by Donster on: 2009-11-13 16:42:04 in category: Naval Combat News [ Print ]
Battlefront.com, an independent internet-based publisher for superior war and strategy games and one of the internets largest wargaming communities, and Akella, one of Eastern Europe’s leading development and publishing houses, have just opened a dedicated Developer Diary blog for their upcoming PT Boats: Knights of the Sea naval simulation!
Said Martin van Balkom from Battlefront.com: “Many questions are reaching us from fans anticipating the title’s release, and the best way to respond to them all in detail is by a dedicated series of articles, touching upon many different aspects of the game, from various simulation effects and calculations such as ballistics, water and object physics, damage modeling and others, to the background and history of PT Boats.”
Click here to jump directly to the PT Boats Developer Diary.
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PT Boats: Knights of the Sea - Sea-to-Air Combat Video Released!
Posted by Donster on: 2009-11-12 18:18:00 in category: Naval Combat News [ Print ]
Air to surface combat plays an important role in any even halfway serious naval combat simulation, just as attacks from above are one of the biggest threats for any marine vessel in real life, even today. No surprise that PT Boats: Knights of the Sea features a rich and detailed simulation of air-to-surface combat in the game. This week's video release highlights the aerial action that takes place above the sea – watch as planes break apart on a critical hit, pilots bail out, or a Stuka dive bomber executes a perfect bombing run.
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Warship Combat: Navies At War PC Game Review
Posted by Donster on: 2009-11-06 18:04:47 in category: Naval Combat News [ Print ]
Review by Jim Cobb @ The Wargamer
If you enjoy naval wargaming, Navies At War is awesome, but prepared to be schooled by an AI that probably knows more tricks than you do.
Read The Review Here
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PT Boats: Knights of the Sea - Naval Surface Combat Video
Posted by Donster on: 2009-11-05 16:25:37 in category: Naval Combat News [ Print ]
Battlefront.com has released a new Naval Surface Combat Video from PT Boats: Knights of the Sea, the World War II naval combat simulation that's currently in development at Akella. PT Boats: Knights of the Sea features way more than just the tiny boats of the "mosquito fleet". In fact, in both tactical and strategic modes, you can direct full fledged naval battles of destroyers and other military vessels, on the sea's surface, below it, and above it. This week's video highlights the drama, special effects, damage calculations, crew simulation and other exciting and unique aspects of naval surface combat in PT Boats: Knights of the Sea!
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PT Boats: Knights of the Sea - Anti-Aircraft Combat Screenshots
Posted by Donster on: 2009-10-29 16:22:19 in category: Naval Combat News [ Print ]
Battlefront.com has released a new set of screenshots from PT Boats: Knights of the Sea, the World War II naval combat simulation that's currently in development at Akella. Today's screenshot set is the first of several theme sets to be released in the next weeks for the upcoming naval simulation. This week's theme is Anti-aircraft combat. No naval simulation would be complete without detailed treatment of aviation. From scout planes to sub-hunters, PT Boats: Knights of the Sea simulates all the important aircraft of the era.
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PT Boats: Knights of the Sea - New Screenshots
Posted by Donster on: 2009-10-22 17:22:38 in category: Naval Combat News [ Print ]
Battlefront.com, an independent internet-based publisher for superior war and strategy games and one of the internets largest wargaming communities, and Akella, one of Eastern Europe’s leading development and publishing houses, proudly present a set of completely new never before seen screenshots for the upcoming naval simulation PT Boats: Knights of the Sea!
The screenshots focus on the various in-game ambient and combat effects such as weather, time of day, smoke and physics.
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PC Game Review: Ironclads: High Seas
Posted by Donster on: 2009-10-15 18:30:29 in category: Naval Combat News [ Print ]
Moving American Civil War ironclads into the high seas has resulted in a stellar achievement. Find out why.
Author: Jim Cobb @ The Wargamer
A great irony is that the only company making American Civil War tactical naval games is Russian. Totem Games’ first effort was the under-rated Ironclads. That turn-based game focused on littoral actions and was marred only by the inability of ships to exchange fire simultaneously. Ironclads: High Seas moves the action a few miles from shore and uses a real-time system. Naval buffs may object that the ironclads weren’t ocean-going. The rebuttals are that some of those vessels could handle blue water and the actions are simply blockade engagements out of sight of land but not in mid-ocean
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PT Boats: Knights of the Sea - 2 New Trailers
Posted by Donster on: 2009-10-15 17:47:47 in category: Naval Combat News [ Print ]
Battlefront.com, an independent internet-based publisher for superior war and strategy games and one of the internets largest wargaming communities, and Akella, one of Eastern Europe’s leading development and publishing hourses, proudly present two brand new never before seen video trailers for the upcoming naval simulation PT Boats: Knights of the Sea!
Click here to jump directly to the PT Boats Video page to watch trailers..
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Akella Announces 'PT Boats: South Gambit' - Screens/Video
Posted by Donster on: 2009-10-09 17:56:58 in category: Naval Combat News [ Print ]
Akella announces the large-scale add-on South Gambit to the naval tactical simulator PT Boats: Knights of the Sea.
The expansion is being developed by the in-house Akella's studio which has created the original game.
In the add-on the player will command a lethal torpedo boat in very heart of two new theaters of war. The new missions contain battle in the Mediterranean and transport British troops and supplies to Libya and Tunis, escort convoys to besieged Malta as it was in historical operations "Harpoon", "Vigorous" & "Pedestal". The gameplay in the Black Sea includes night raids to the enemy bases and artillery attacks to Nazis in Yalta and Anapa.
The long listing of authentic warships, boats, weapons and aircrafts will be amplified with the legendary Soviet attack plane IL-2, German torpedo bomber He-111H-6, Italian cruiser Condottieri and many more.
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Ironclads: High Seas v1.2 Demo and Patch
Posted by Donster on: 2009-10-09 17:23:44 in category: Naval Combat News [ Print ]
Totem Games has released an updated demo of Ironclads: High Seas, a steam-ship period tactical naval simulator focusing on fleet-scale battles in real time. A v1.2 patch is also available. Click Here for changelog via Gamers Hell. 2.96 MB (Patch) 168.6 MB (Demo)
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Battlefront.com Signs PT Boats: Knights of the Sea
Posted by Donster on: 2009-10-01 17:22:24 in category: Naval Combat News [ Print ]
Battlefront.com, an independent internet-based publisher for superior war and strategy games and one of the internet's largest wargaming communities, and Akella, one of Eastern Europe's leading development and publishing houses, proudly present PT Boats: Knights of the Sea!
PT Boats: Knights of the Sea is currently in localization stage and will be ready for release later this year, 2009. The english language version will be available in North America and Europe only from www.battlefront.com, via direct download or as a hardcopy with fully printed manual and DVD box by mail for $45 (plus S&H if applicable). A free demo will be available around the time of release as well.
Said Martin van Balkom from Battlefront.com: "When I first fired up the demo for the game, there must have been a loud popping sound that my eyes made! The ambience, the wave effects, the lighting, and last but not least the ship models are breathtaking. After diving into the game I realized that the detail in the simulation doesn’t end with the visuals, and it was instantly clear that this was a game we just had to publish. Battlefront’s large wargaming community loves well made realistic and detailed simulations and strategy games, and PT Boats provides both of that in a unique mix of high speed boating action, intriguing tactical challenge and hardcore naval strategy."
Said Svetlana Gorobets from Akella: "We are happy to work with Battlefront.com. Huge expertise that the company has in the field of wargaming convinces us that the product is in trusted hands of highly qualified professionals who will bring it to great number of gamers in North America, Western Europe and Asia. PT Boats: Knights of the Sea is the next great product from naval line-up that Akella is famous with, and we hope that lots of efforts and knowledge which we’ve put into the game will bring a lot of fun to the community."
The official game site with more details about the game, screenshots, videos, discussion board and future announcements is located at www.battlefront.com/ptboats.
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Naval Simulator "Ironclads: High Seas" Available now!
Posted by Donster on: 2009-09-21 16:39:34 in category: Naval Combat News [ Print ]
3D tactical naval simulator "Ironclads: High Seas" available now!
A steam-ship period tactical naval simulator focusing on fleet-scale battles in real time. Manage financial and strategic aspects while planning your squadron's structure. Scramble your fleet to gain sea supremacy.
The game allows you to set up battles squadron groups, their formations and management, with realistic ship models and characteristics, as well as advanced ballistisc and weapon models.
Choose your ships, increase the experience of your crews and send your squadron into the high seas. Order a battle "Line Astern" or "Crossing the T" formation, and experience power of iron and a steam!
Ironclads: High Seas is available via digital download for $35 US only at Shareit.com. More game info is available at the official Totem Games Website.
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Totem Games "Ironclads: High Sea" Demo Released - UPDATE!
Posted by Donster on: 2009-09-05 13:47:52 in category: Naval Combat News [ Print ]
Totem Games has released a playable demo of Ironclads: High Sea (Thx:GamersHell), a steam-ship period tactical naval simulator focusing on fleet-scale battles in real time. The game allows you to set up battles squadron groups, their formations and management, with realistic ship models and characteristics, as well as advanced ballistisc and weapon models. You can choose your ships, increase the experience of your crews and send your squadron into the open seas. 68.2 MB
UPDATE: Totem Games today released an updated demo for Ironclads: High Sea, after fixing a graphics problem with video cards GeForce series 6,7. You can download a patch for the demo HERE via Totem Games (280 KB). The links below have been updated to the repaired demo.
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Silent Hunter 5 First Impressions
Posted by Donster on: 2009-08-27 18:33:32 in category: Naval Combat News [ Print ]
We dived beneath the murky Atlantic Ocean in this first look at Ubisoft's upcoming submarine sim.
By Luke Anderson, GameSpot UK
Announced just before GamesCom 2009 kicked off last week, submarine sim Silent Hunter 5 takes players back to the cruel, cold waters of World War II's Battle of the Atlantic. The game surfaced at GamesCom, and we checked it out at Ubisoft's booth.
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Ubisoft Announces Silent Hunter 5 Exclusively for the PC - Screens & Trailer
Posted by Donster on: 2009-08-17 18:41:45 in category: Naval Combat News [ Print ]
Today, Ubisoft announces the fifth iteration of the highly acclaimed submarine simulation series with Silent Hunter® 5. Developed by Ubisoft Romania, Silent Hunter 5 is the next installment of the best-selling submarine series of all-time and will be available for the PC in early 2010. Silent Hunter 5 ventures into uncharted territory and takes players behind the periscope of a German U-boat to take on the Allied Forces in famous battles across the vast Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. For the first time in the history of the series, players can live the life of a submarine captain from a first-person view and lead a crew in a critical campaign.
"Silent Hunter®" is the most award-winning submarine series of all time, with nearly 1.5 million copies sold worldwide. This franchise's previous release, "Silent Hunter®: Wolves of the Pacific", made a lasting solid impact on the franchise's growing fan base after it was released to worldwide critical acclaim, including being named 2007's "Simulation Game of the Year” by PC Gamer. The Official Silent Hunter 5 Website is online, albeit it is just more or less an intro page for now.
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First Impressions: Distant Guns II: Jutland Ship Pack 1
Posted by Donster on: 2009-08-11 18:42:34 in category: Naval Combat News [ Print ]
Jim Cobb at The Wargamer takes a look at what's included in the Ship Pack 1 expansion to Jutland, including some surprising alternative history.
The one branch of the military services the US kept up to date before the outbreak of World War I was the Navy. (Thank you, Teddy Roosevelt and Admiral Dewey.) Since Storm Eagles Studios released Jutland, fans have clamored for an American presence. Developers Jim Rose and Norm Koger have delivered in a big way. Under the hypothetical assumption, America enters the war in 1916.
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Jutland Ship Pack 1 Released
Posted by Donster on: 2009-08-05 19:12:56 in category: Naval Combat News [ Print ]
Ship Pack 1 featuring a number of US Warships from 1916 and 1917 has been released, along with four interesting campaigns of alternative history.
Storm Eagle Studios has announced the release of its expansion for Jutland, Ship Pack 1. Ship Pack 1 includes eight new dreadnaught ship classes from US Atlantic Fleet for 1916 - 1917. This expands the total number of warships available in Jutland to almost 1000. New battleship classes include the New York, Wyoming, Florida, and Delaware. New destroyer classes include the Obrien, Cassin, Monaghan, and Paulding. New scenarios for the US have been created along with two new hypothetical 1916 campaigns featuring the "what if" case of the US entering the war in 1916.
In addition to the two hypothetical campaigns of early entry of the US into the war, there are also two hypothetical campaigns with the US entering as German allies in 1916!
Ship Pack 1 is a digital download only release and retails for $29.95. More information can be found at the Official Website.
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Ironclads: High Sea - New Gameplay Video Released
Posted by Donster on: 2009-08-05 18:40:47 in category: Naval Combat News [ Print ]
Totem Games has released a new gameplay video from Ironclads: High Sea, a steam-ship period tactical naval simulator focusing on fleet-scale battles in real time (Thx:GamersHell). The game allows you to set up battles squadron groups, their formations and management, with realistic ship models and characteristics, as well as advanced ballistisc and weapon models. You can choose your ships, increase the experience of your crews and send your squadron into the open seas.
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PT Boats: Knights of the Sea - 8 New Screenshots
Posted by Donster on: 2009-07-16 16:43:42 in category: Naval Combat News [ Print ]
Another set of new screenshots for PT Boats: Knights of the Sea is now available to illustrate the World War II naval combat simulation that's currently in development at Akella.
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Ironclads: High Sea Gameplay Video
Posted by Donster on: 2009-07-02 17:31:41 in category: Naval Combat News [ Print ]
Totem Games today has posted on its website the first gameplay video from Ironclads: High Sea, a steam-ship period tactical naval simulator focusing on fleet-scale battles in real time. You can view the thirty-six second "Flash" video HERE.
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Storm Eagle Announces Ship Expansion for JUTLAND - Screens
Posted by Donster on: 2009-06-26 17:52:06 in category: Naval Combat News [ Print ]
The World War I naval sim will soon receive an expansion.
Source: The Wargamer
Storm Eagle Studios has announced the first ExpansionPack for it's award winning WWI Naval Game JUTLAND.
Jim Rose, CEO of Storm Eagle Studios, said "The 1916-17 US North Sea Fleet provides an excellent starting point for the first Expansion of JUTLAND. Historical gamers have long wondered if an early US entry into WWI would have ended WWI by the end of 1916. Now they have the chance to find out!"
Jutland Ship Pack 1 - US North Sea expands the available ship model database to nearly 1000 highly accurate, well reached, historical ships to re-fight the high seas battles of WWI.
Jutland Expansion - Ship Pack 1 US North Sea 1916-17 Official Web Site.
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Ironclads: High Sea Screens
Posted by Donster on: 2009-06-22 17:35:19 in category: Naval Combat News [ Print ]
Totem Games has released a new batch of screenshots from Ironclads: High Sea (Thx:GamersHell), a steam-ship period tactical naval simulator focusing on fleet-scale battles in real time. The game allows you to set up battles squadron groups, their formations and management, with realistic ship models and characteristics, as well as advanced ballistisc and weapon models. You can choose your ships, increase the experience of your crews and send your squadron into the open seas.
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Storm Eagle Studios Releases Distant Guns 1.5 and Demo
Posted by Donster on: 2009-05-19 18:43:23 in category: Naval Combat News [ Print ]
Storm Eagle Studios is proud to present the updated version of the 2006 Wargame of The Year Distant Guns!
Distant Guns 1.5 Pro has been created with both the look and feel of the award winning DISTANT GUNS! and the ground breaking simulation capabilities and the next generation render engine of JUTLAND!
This long awaited update of 2006 Wargame of the Year delivers all the rich features from our recently released title JUTLAND. Higher detailed models, more realistic battle space, game options, etc. Distant Guns 1.5 is available by download only. Not available in stores. Find out more at Storm Eagle Studios.
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