Strategy and Wargaming

1942, war rages as Germany and its allies continue the colossal invasion of the Soviet Union, which seems to be on the brink of collapse. An increasingly isolated Great Britain is the last bastion of resistance in Europe, and the armies of the Axis seem unstoppable. But the USA have entered the fight! The Allied High Command debates the opening of a new front: it’s time to reverse the tide…

This is the news all Panzer Corps fans were waiting for, no doubt: Panzer Corps: U.S. Corps is going to be released on Thursday May 26!

Panzer Corps: U.S. Corps is composed of three different DLCs, each one with its unique theatre of operations and scenarios, but all linked in a colossal branching campaign with complete unit carry over!

Start with brave but inexperienced “rookies” in the sands of North Africa, then assault the shores of Italy and fight your way up the peninsula, and eventually land on Normandy and take part to the final push for Germany! Learn how to wisely employ your troops to save your veterans for the next battles!

Get more information on Panzer Corps: U.S. Corps from its official product page.

Developer Cats Who Play have revealed  a new single-player RTS project, Syrian Warfare. You can vote for Syrian Warfare on the games Steam Greenlight page. Steam Greenlight is a system that enlists the community’s help in picking some of the new games to be released on Steam. Syrian Warfare is projected to be released Autumn 2016. Here’s some game info:

Our planet has seen to many wars, and that’s a sensitive subject for all of us. That’s the way the world wags, and every day we see consequences of numerous conflicts taking place in faraway lands. We see them in the news, we see them in the refugees at our borders.

This war has been going on for a long time, and it’s hard to say when it will be over. We got so used to it that news from Syria has become trivial. We’ve even already forgotten how it all started, and where the roots of the terrible terror lie – the terror that swept across Europe in recent years.

Syria is all over the news, and it’s become a subject of many documentaries. We, however, want to show the story through the lens of the game, and don’t let the word “game” mislead you. This game does not claim to be a history lesson, but it shows the course of the war in all its seriousness through the major milestones, from the first days till the latest important victories over terror.

Syrian Warfare is:

• Real Time Strategy game with a high degree of realism.
• Detailed simulation of modern weapon systems.
• Close to reality tactical actions of different types of troops.
• Game based on a true story.
• Realistic graphics.

It’s is not a cheap actioner, but rather a game claiming to look and feel like a non-fiction doc. Following the game progress will bring you to better and clearer understanding of the hornet’s nest that has been stirred up in the Middle East. Understanding of how it all started and how all sides of the conflict tend to act now. We do understand the seriousness of the subject and we are not afraid to take on it.

Watch the official announcement trailer and view some screenshots on the official Syrian Warfare webpage.

New Trailer Shows Soviet Stand Against Fascist Aggression

Paradox Interactive and Paradox Development Studio today announced the start of the pre-order for Hearts of Iron IV, the latest grand strategy game about one of the worlds most destructive conflicts. World War II is at your fingertips as you guide your nation, plan your research, build you forces and design sweeping battle plans that will put the world at your feet.

To illustrate the alternate history possibilities of Hearts of Iron IV, Paradox has released a trailer that posits a Japanese attack on a heretofore triumphant Soviet Union. Watch it here.

If you are among those prepared to heed the call of war, eager generals can sign on today. There are three game editions available for Hearts of Iron IV:

• The Cadet edition is a standard Hearts of Iron IV release, but a pre-order will come with a new icon for the official Paradox forums and a new wallpaper.
• The Colonel edition includes everything the Cadet version does, and also one extra icon and a special Tank Pack to add variety to the vehicles running through your enemy lines.
• The Field Marshal edition includes everything from the lower ranked versions as well as an exclusive forum avatar and an expansion pass that will include the first two Expansion DLC packs for Hearts of Iron IV, whenever they are released.

Every pre-order comes with additional rewards no matter which version you choose to buy:

• German March Order – music pack, composed by Andreas Waldetoft.
• Allied Radio – music pack, composed by Tobias Gustafsson.
• Hearts of Iron: War Stories Gamebook – a branching interactive narrative where the player’s choices matter. War Stories is written by Aaron Rosenburg and features a young British RAF pilot during the Battle of Britain.

In addition everyone who purchases Hearts of Iron IV will receive a free DLC, the Poland: United and Ready National Focus Pack. This DLC gives Poland a unique national focus tree , several 3D vehicle models, 2D art and additional leader portraits, fleshing out the experience of playing as the nation. The Poland: United and Ready DLC will be available for all players, no matter when they choose to purchase a copy of Hearts of Iron IV.

Hearts of Iron IV is the latest version of one of Paradox Development Studio’s most popular series. Take control of any nation in the world and guide it through humanity’s most trying hours. With a new and improved battleplan system, you will be able to direct sweeping movements of troops through steppes, deserts and jungles. Area and mission based systems take the micromanagement out of naval and air combat.

For prices in your region, please check the Paradox Store or your preferred digital retailer. For more information please visit the Hearts of Iron IV website.

Above the Clouds, Below the Seas, In the Factories

With the release of Hearts of Iron IV only weeks away, the developers behind Paradox’s newest grand strategy wargame want to imprint on your mind the scale of the task that lies ahead for desktop generals around the world.

The newest video developer diary emphasizes how Hearts of Iron IV will be the total strategy game for a total war. Victory will depend on your armies, but not on them alone.

Hearts of Iron IV is the latest version of one of Paradox Development Studio’s most popular series. Take control of any nation in the world and guide it through humanity’s most trying hours. With a new and improved battleplan system, you will be able to direct sweeping movements of troops through steppes, deserts and jungles. Area and mission based systems take the micromanagement out of naval and air combat.

And, as you would expect from a Paradox game, history is only a rough guide. You can rewrite the past through your daring charge to Berlin through Denmark, or a desperate assault on the Japanese home islands.

Hearts of Iron IV will be available on June 6, 2016.

For more information on Hearts of Iron IV, check out the games official website.

Since its initial release, Tigers on the Hunt has been able to capture the essence of old classic wargames. Employing hundreds of units and a vicious AI, Tigers on the Hunt has been further implemented by the community with tons of new content, including ASL-oriented mods and custom scenarios!

Today developer studio Siliconsoft Systems Inc.is very proud to announce their first update, bringing the game to version V1.0.2.7! This new version brings a lot of improvements, making the game more immersive than ever!

With this update, a Leader may fire Bazooka (or a Pazerschreck, Panzerfaust and PIAT), AFV have a better performance in taking objectives upon hills and now is possible to transfer Support Weapons/Ordnance between two personnel units in the same hex!

Be sure to check the entire changelog here!

You can download the update from here.

Get more information about Tigers on the Hunt from its official product page.

One of the best grand strategy games created by Ageod has reached a new milestone!

Wars of Napoleon is now available on Steam, and finally you’ll be able to unleash the power of the Grand Armee on this platform!

Four historically accurate scenarios with different starting points will lead you into one of the most turbulent periods in Europe’s history, covering over 10 years of military campaigns, from 1805 to 1815!

And if this wasn’t enough, you could try to succeed where even Napoleon failed: with a what if scenario covering the French invasion of Great Britain!

Play with one of seven major nations: France, Great Britain, Prussia, Russia, Austria, Spain, the Ottoman Empire, and experience a detailed diplomacy system recreating the intricate balance of power of the time!

A very large map of Europe with over 4,000 regions and also special areas like the West Indies, North America, Persia and India will be the landscape for your plans of domination!

Will you answer when Destiny calls you?

Get more information about Wars of Napoleon from its product page.

We are happy to announce that Matrix Games lands on Bundle Stars!

Starting from today a number of our games will be sold on the Bundle Stars store at a very special discount price!

If you are of a mind to save don’t miss this amazing offer. A whole Matrix Games and Slitherine bundle comprising of three different tiers with so many titles at an incredibly cheap price. Three games for 1.99$, seven for 3.99$ and eight for 7.99$!

The details of the bundle are as follows:

Tier 1: $1.99

• Battle of the Bulge
• Time of Fury
• Pride of Nations

 Tier 2: $3.99 (including Tier 1!)

• Close Combat Panthers in the Fog
• Vietnam ‘65
• Ravenmark
• Legions of Steel

Tier 3: $7.99 (Including Tier 1 and Tier 2!)

• Pandora First Contact

The Bundle offer is valid until May 14th!

But it’s not all, folks. Be sure not to miss these amazing discounts on some of our other titles:

• Battle Academy – 75% off!
• Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front – 75% off!
• Battle of the Bulge – 33% off!
• Buzz Aldrin’s Space Program Manager – 50% off!
• Distant Worlds: Universe – 50% off!
• Last Days of Old Earth – 15% off!
• Order of Battle: Pacific – 40% off!
• Vietnam ’65 – 50% off!
• Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon – 35% off!

All the discounts will be valid for 72 hours. By buying these titles on Bundle Stars you will receive Steam keys and you will need to activate the products on Steam.

What are you waiting for? Don’t miss this unique opportunity and visit the Bundle Stars store now!

“Napoleon has humbugged me, by God; he has gained twenty-four hours’ march on me” — The Duke of Wellington

1815. Quatre Bras, a small village with no more than 4 houses located in Belgium. But this peaceful place will assume a key in determining the Europe’s fate.

Here, the Armée du Nord commanded by Marshall Ney will face Wellington’s Anglo-Allied Army. The goal of the French is clear: if they achieve to achieve control of the crossroads, they will prevent the Prussians from linking up with the British army and creating a force too large for even Napoleon to smash.

There cannot be any room for the runner-up in this race against time!

Quatre Bras is the first expansion for the critically-acclaimed Real Time Strategy game Scourge of War: Waterloo. Like the original game, the aim of this DLC is to recreate a single, epic battle with a stunning level of detail and realism!

Fan of the series will be pleased to find all of the features (and more!) that have made Scourge of War: Waterloo one of the best simulators of Napoleonic warfare around!

Command your troops for the entire Quatre Bras fight, during five scenarios covering all the critical actions that happened during the battle, in a historical 5 mile x 5 mile battlefield map!

An Extensively researched and precise order of battle will allow you to experience different levels of command and responsibility, from a single division to the whole Army Corps!

Get more information about Scourge of War: Quatre Bras from its official product page!

The game will also be available on Steam.

The titanic struggle between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union is here!

Decisive Campaigns: Barbarossa, one of the most acclaimed wargames available for the Eastern Front, comes to Steam with its full array of innovative features and new elements!

“Winner of Grogheads “Digital Wargame of the Year” award, liked by Rock Paper Shotgun and with a ‘you need to play this game’ advice from the Three Moves Ahead podcast, Decisive Campaigns: Barbarossa is not the usual turn-based wargame.

Along with a highly accurate, historically-realistic setting, this title employs a vibrant Chain of Command system where your decisions truly impact all three Theatres of Operations. Although still crucial, war is no longer merely dependent on military skills. As the Germans you’ll actually be summoned to Berlin to report to the Führer, you’ll have to personally discuss operations with top generals like Guderian and von Rundstedt and you’ll even be contacted by shady politicians like Goebbels and Göring. Playing the Soviet side you will be Stalin himself: fighting your own paranoia and using commissar Krushev to execute traitorous commanders.

Today, the development studio VR Designs is proud to announce that this innovative masterpiece has been brought to Steam!

For this important milestone, the game has been optimized and updated with numerous balance improvements and additions, included a new map artwork and counters!

The divisions have been deployed, and orders have been sent. Now it’s up yo you, General!

Grab Decisive Campaigns: Barbarossa now!

New to the game? Watch this series of amazing videos and tutorials!

“The wolves will eat well this winter” – Anonymous Finnish officer, during a battle in the area of Suomussalmi

Only a few years have passed since Finland gained its independence in 1917 and the events of the following Civil War have led to a country that is recovering from fresh wounds. But the trials for this young Nation are not ended. The Soviet Union, considering that the Finnish-Russian borders were too close to Leningrad, demanded them to be moved westward and for the dismantling of all the fortifications that the Finnish had built in the Karelian Isthmus.

Following the Finnish rejection of these terms, the Soviets bombed Helsinki and invaded the country with over 400,000 soldiers. The Finnish Army could not possibly match the assaulting forces in terms of manpower and materiel and Finland’s destiny seemed already decided.

On the contrary, this was the beginning of one of the most epic defensive campaigns ever fought. Described by Harold Macmillan as “Thermopylae every day” and fuelled by Finnish Sisu, this was the start of the Winter War!

After Order of Battle: US Marines, developers The Artistocrats are coming back with a new DLC, but this time we move to the Far North.

Order of Battle: Winter War is set during the war between Finland and Soviet Union, fought after only three months the Russian invaded Poland in agreement with the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.

This new expansion for Order of Battle includes the Winter War (1939-1940), the Continuation War (1941-1944) and the Lapland War (1944-1945). Players take control of the Finnish Army and, according to the shifting tides of war, against troops from Germany or the Soviet Union.

The game has reached the Beta Phase and we invite all the players to join and to help us in giving the final touches!

You can apply for the Beta here!

Get more information about Order of Battle: Winter War from its product page!

The game will be available also on Steam.