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Combat Mission: Shock Force Unconventional Warfare – blog entry
Company: Paradox Interactive
Date: 30 May 2007
New York, USA (May 30, 2007) – To illustrate the aspect of unconventional warfare in Combat Mission: Shock Force, new screenshots showing off the feature have been released today.
In addition to the screens, developer Battlefront has updated the CMSF blog with a full entry dedicated to the subject. This is an excerpt:
“Even though Combat Mission Shock Force is focusing on a future hypothetical conventional war, it would not be complete without the inclusion of some basic elements of unconventional warfare. It is an unfortunate fact that the lines between conventional and unconventional warfare are blurring today. Partly due to the strength of the western forces in the area of conventional warfare, unconventional methods are more and more the big equalizer for the opposing force.
As game designers the challenge for us is to add the various elements of unconventional warfare, such as IEDs (improvised explosive devices) or spies, in a realistic way, while preventing them from unbalancing the rest of the simulation. The imbalance could swing either way – if not powerful enough, unconventional elements might be a mere nuisance, only adding micromanagement for both players without any real purpose. If too powerful, players might be tempted to overuse unconventional tactics, thus pushing the limits on what the game is designed to simulate. And that is a conventional warfare setting with an unconventional component, not the other way around.â€
Read the full entry here:
http://www.battlefront-newsletter.com/Blogfront/tabid/55/Default.aspx
Combat Mission: Shock Force is set for a worldwide release on July 27, 2007.
For more information about the game go to www.battlefront.com/products/cmsf or contact:
About Paradox Interactive
Paradox Interactive has been a leading publisher and developer of strategy games for the PC platform since 1999. Well-known worldwide for their strategy titles, the company has a particularly strong presence in Europe and the US. The steadily growing publishing portfolio includes in-house developed titles such as critically acclaimed franchises Europa Universalis and Hearts of Iron; as well as third party titles that include Rush for Berlin in North America, Galactic Civilizations II in Europe and upcoming worldwide release of Combat Mission: Shock Force.
The experienced development team has just released Europa Universalis III, which has won numerous awards worldwide. Visit www.paradoxplaza.com for more information.
About Battlefront.com
Battlefront.com is an independent developer and online publisher of Superior War and Strategy Games, and home to one of the largest and fastest growing wargaming communities on the net. The current portfolio of games sold via battlefront.com and through other publishers includes a lot of award-winning titles, such as the Combat Mission series, Strategic Command, TacOps (a commercial version of the official US Army training tool), the tank simulation T-72:Balkans on Fire, the air combat strategy game Down in Flames, and the "realistic" Sci-Fi mechanized combat online game DropTeam. Upcoming titles from Battlefront include Theatre of War by 1C Company,
Histwar: Les Grognards and of course the new Combat Mission flagship game
Shock Force. Find out more at www.battlefront.com and join the online community!
In addition to the screens, developer Battlefront has updated the CMSF blog with a full entry dedicated to the subject. This is an excerpt:
“Even though Combat Mission Shock Force is focusing on a future hypothetical conventional war, it would not be complete without the inclusion of some basic elements of unconventional warfare. It is an unfortunate fact that the lines between conventional and unconventional warfare are blurring today. Partly due to the strength of the western forces in the area of conventional warfare, unconventional methods are more and more the big equalizer for the opposing force.
As game designers the challenge for us is to add the various elements of unconventional warfare, such as IEDs (improvised explosive devices) or spies, in a realistic way, while preventing them from unbalancing the rest of the simulation. The imbalance could swing either way – if not powerful enough, unconventional elements might be a mere nuisance, only adding micromanagement for both players without any real purpose. If too powerful, players might be tempted to overuse unconventional tactics, thus pushing the limits on what the game is designed to simulate. And that is a conventional warfare setting with an unconventional component, not the other way around.â€
Read the full entry here:
http://www.battlefront-newsletter.com/Blogfront/tabid/55/Default.aspx
Combat Mission: Shock Force is set for a worldwide release on July 27, 2007.
For more information about the game go to www.battlefront.com/products/cmsf or contact:
About Paradox Interactive
Paradox Interactive has been a leading publisher and developer of strategy games for the PC platform since 1999. Well-known worldwide for their strategy titles, the company has a particularly strong presence in Europe and the US. The steadily growing publishing portfolio includes in-house developed titles such as critically acclaimed franchises Europa Universalis and Hearts of Iron; as well as third party titles that include Rush for Berlin in North America, Galactic Civilizations II in Europe and upcoming worldwide release of Combat Mission: Shock Force.
The experienced development team has just released Europa Universalis III, which has won numerous awards worldwide. Visit www.paradoxplaza.com for more information.
About Battlefront.com
Battlefront.com is an independent developer and online publisher of Superior War and Strategy Games, and home to one of the largest and fastest growing wargaming communities on the net. The current portfolio of games sold via battlefront.com and through other publishers includes a lot of award-winning titles, such as the Combat Mission series, Strategic Command, TacOps (a commercial version of the official US Army training tool), the tank simulation T-72:Balkans on Fire, the air combat strategy game Down in Flames, and the "realistic" Sci-Fi mechanized combat online game DropTeam. Upcoming titles from Battlefront include Theatre of War by 1C Company,
Histwar: Les Grognards and of course the new Combat Mission flagship game
Shock Force. Find out more at www.battlefront.com and join the online community!
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