ARMORED ASSAULT (Brand new game developed by the WarBirds III team) is in development and will gold master on November 22, 2002.
DESCRIPTION OF ARMORED ASSAULT, Ground Battle of WWII
SELLING POINTS
1. Unparalleled realism in terrain that includes high-density 10-meter 3D terrain graphics taken from real world satellite data.
2. Thirty Six realistic offline missions to prepare you to battle online like Leningrad, Kasserine Pass, Patton in Lorraine, Bridge at Remagan, D-Day, and Malta air ground attack.
3. Historically accurate World War II, tanks, ground vehicles, fighters, bombers, and ships.
4. Includes over 49 aircraft, 11 bombers, 10 tanks and ground vehicles plus 4 ships
5. Hundreds of people can play online in the iEntertainment Network’s massively multiplayer virtual battlefield.
6. Join a squad and participate in historical online battles like Invasion of Malta, and Tunisia Attack
7. Groundbreaking physics, clouds and revolutionary special effects combine to immerse you into iEntertainment Network’s massively multiplayer battlefield.
MARKETING COPY
Armor Simulation puts you in the driver’s seat of a powerful World War II tank ready to crush your opponents. Battle it out with hundreds of players from around the world in one of several killer online arenas. Choose your arena by deciding which battleground you are ready to conquer next. Lead your forces into battle and destroy your enemy’s bases with a wide variety of weapons of mass destruction. Over the Internet hundreds of players connected simultaneously from around the world. Players can join in training arenas, team combat, or even participate in large-scale historical recreations of famous World War II ground battle events.
TANKS and GROUND VEHICLES
T34, Pershing Tank M26, 76mm Sherman M4A3, T34/85, FireFly, M3GMC, M4A1, M16, M5, PzKpfwIVAusf-H, PzKpfwIVAusf-D, PzKpfwIVAusf-G
AIRCRAFT
Ju52, Ju88-C, Ju88-D, Ju87-D, Ju87-D5, B25
TERRAIN
Belgium
GROUND OBJECTS
Huts, Outpost, Villages, Towns, Cultural Icons (rocks, trees, bushes ect)
OFFLINE MISSIONS
Training missions:
· Movement: Strictly basic course in how to start stop and maneuver a typical tank. (Sherman)
· Advanced movement: Overcoming obstacles, gearing and using gears to climb hills. (Sherman)
· Basic Gunnery: Short range targets using the main gun. (Sherman)
· Intermediate Gunnery: Medium to long range targets using an adjustable site. (Mk V)
· Advanced Gunnery: Medium to long range targets using a fixed site. (Sherman)
· MG Gunnery: Bringing down soft targets using the machine gun. (Sherman)
· Fish in a Barrel I: Gunnery Practice using a non-moving line of half-tracks. (Mk V)
· Fish in a Barrel II: Gunnery Practice using a moving line of half-tracks. (Mk V)
· Fish in a Barrel III: Gunnery Practice using a moving line of half-tracks in a moving tank. (Mk V)
Instant Action:
· Square off: Spawn as one of five friendly tanks attacking five enemy tanks in open terrain.
· Highlands Attack: Spawn as one of five friendly tanks attacking five enemy tanks in hilly terrain.
· Siege I: Attack the enemy city.
· Siege II: Defend your city.
· Siege III: Defend your encircled city form attacking hordes of tanks while ducking anti-tank a/c.
· Ambush: A re-supply convoy of U.S. halftracks is heading down the mountain pass. Your German tank is set in the high ground for an attack. Take them out.
· Full Court Press: St. Lo German armor is on the retreat. Fly over with your wingmen and take out the retreating German armor.
· Operation Iron Fist
· Stem the tide
· Stuka Attack
· Liberate Paris
· Panzer Ambush
· 1v1 Air Attack
· 2v2 Air Attack
· Air Attack
· Bomber Ambush
· Malta Assault
· Sea Attack
· Tunisia Attack
· Tunisia Invation
· Battle of Britain
· B17 Tailgunner
Battles:
· Leningrad: Hunker down in the city as the Panzers start rolling in. Take out as many of the enemy as you can and hold your sector.
· Kasserine Pass: Attack he entrenched Allied lines. (Mk V)
· Patton in Lorraine: Arracourt - US armor comes of age against a panther brigade
· Bridge at Remagan: Race to capture a bridge and hold against counterattack
· D-Day: U.S. armor has just landed on the Normandy beachhead. Panzers are called up to attack the advancing army.
· Malta air ground attack: A German Panzer division is on the run. Fly over with your wingmen and take out the retreating armor.
ARMORED ASSAULT SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
· Windows 95/98/ME/XP/2000
· Pentium III, 450Mkz.
· 256 MB RAM, (recommended 384 MB RAM)
· DirectX 8.1
· 32 MB 3D card required with hardware T&L
· A joystick (we recommend using a flight control system consisting of a joystick, throttle, and optionally rudder pedals. Several manufacturers make models of their flight control systems for the PC.)
· A 14.4K or faster connection to the Internet