Soldner Coming in May - Open Beta announced

World wide release in May - Open Beta announced Rottenmann, 18th of March - “The hotly-awaited, tactical multiplayer shooter, SÖLDNER – Secret Wars, will be available in the U.S. on the 4th of May and in Europe on the 27th of May”, Gerald Kossär, International Marketing Director, JoWooD Software Productions AG is pleased to announce. In order to steal the crown of this genre, the planned Open Beta, as well as the international marketing and PR campaign have made this date a strategic necessity., The massive potential of SÖLDNER- Secret Wars will be achieved with the involvement of all our partners : Encore (USA), Bigben International (Germany, France, BeNeLux, UK), Digital Bros/Halifax (Italy), Nobilis (Spain), etc. The starting point for involving the fans of the genre was the SÖLDNER trailer, which has been available for worldwide distribution since Friday 12th of March. (http://soldner.jowood.com/). The developer ‘Wings Simulations’, a 100% daughter-company of JoWooD Productions Software AG, has made particular efforts during the development process to work in partnership with the gaming community. This has enabled the realisation of unparalleled features in this internationally loved genre. gamespy.com : ".....the culmination of the best features from those games and quite a few original concepts could make it into a huge hit. A mass array of weapons and vehicles, very powerful character kits and customizable gameplay will make this game the new standard." This is demonstrated by the inclusion of the enormous weapons arsenal, the gigantic vehicle park, the numerous Skins, the Commander Function - which alone adds great tactical depth, and the many Server options, all of which make for many different game variations. This has already been acknowledged by the community, as Gamespy.com commented: "... the culmination of the best features from those games and quite a few original concepts could make it into a huge hit. A mass array of weapons and vehicles, very powerful character kits and customizable gameplay will make this game the new standard." Teut Weidemann, Managing Director of Wings Simulations and Lead Designer on SÖLDNER, considers himself lucky to provide the many SÖLDNER - Secret War fans with the Open Beta, four weeks before the release. “This way, everyone can finally savour the tactical multiplayer games and experience a new dimension of team-based battles.” Andreas Tobler, CEO of JoWooD: "This final release date has been determined in cooperation with our distribution partners in the respective territories in order to maximise Söldners hit potential in terms of PR and marketing effords."