February 20, 2008
Strategic Command 2: Patton Drives East
Announced
Battlefront.com and Fury Software are thrilled to
announce the second Expansion Pack for "Strategic Command 2: Blitzkrieg" titled
"Patton Drives East". A new game section has just been opened at:
"Patton Drives East" allows players to explore
the historically possible what ifs of WWII such as:
- What if the Western Allies and the Soviet
Union went to war after defeating the Axis - Could America liberate a Europe subjugated by
the Axis - What if the Western Allies had accepted a
surrender from Germany and together they would fight against the USSR?
This expansion incorporates a list of new
features including:
- a new and bigger map, now 172×46 tiles,
- a much larger North America stretching from
Florida and the Gulf of Mexico all the way to the Rocky Mountains, - enhanced and unpredictable AI via new decision
events and global variables, - new unit graphics to reflect equipment that
would become available post WWII, - campaign scorecards
- and much, much more…
"Patton Drives East" is scheduled to be completed
this summer 2008, and will be released, as usual, for download and/or mail-order
only at www.battlefront.com.
The exact release date as well as pricing are still to be announced.
Strategic Command 2 Patton Drives East will
require the original Battlefront.com version of Strategic Command 2 Blitzkrieg
to be installed and licensed on your computer in order to run!
Patton Drives East Campaigns
- 1944 Shattered Alliance – Germany surrenders
to the Western Allies following the debacle of the Battle of the Bulge and
together, under the leadership of General George S. Patton, they turn their
focus on the USSR in order to wipe Communism from the face of Europe forever.
- 1945 Patton Drives East – Following the
surrender of Germany, Patton is given the green light to lead the Western
Alliance in an attack on the USSR and push the Communists back across the Oder
and all the way to the gates of Moscow. - 1945 Stalin Drives West – With the defeat of
the Axis powers Communist Russia and the Western Allies go to war against each
other. Allied forces in Europe must starve off conquest by Russia until
American reinforcements arrive from across the Atlantic. - 1947 Russians Are Coming – Following the end
of WWII and after much demobilization of its armed forces in Europe, the
United States and its Western Allies were shocked by a sneak attack from the
Soviets that saw it overrun the Western occupation zones, conquer Belgium and
reach the coasts of France within 2 weeks. The UK isle stands alone and is all
that separates the USA from a full scale invasion of American shores. - 1948 Berlin Crisis – Having failed to
successfully blockade Berlin Stalin was not about to let the Western Allies
control what had been paid for in Russian blood. If the Americans and their
Capitalist partners thought they could keep the Communist Party from
dominating all of Europe, they were wrong.
Bonus Alternate WWII History Campaigns
- 1941 Seelowe – Having swept the English
Channel of mines and successfully dealing a series of critical blows to the
Royal Navy as well as the RAF, German military planners put to work their
original plan for the invasion of England. Can the remnants of the Royal Armed
Forces stop the German war machine or will there be goose stepping in London
before the year is out? - 1943 Sledgehammer – The Western Allies, having
forgone reinforcement in North Africa and canceling Operation Torch, are
prepared to launch D-Day a year earlier than planned but with the intention of
capturing a major port, either Cherbourg or Brest, from the outset. Is it a
port too far? - 1946 Case Neptune – After Germany had
performed a successful Sealion in ’41 and subsequently forced Russia to the
bargaining table in ’44, the United States and the remnants of the Royal Navy
and British Expeditionary Forces launch a bold invasion to retake the British
Isles. On the Eastern front the Soviets break their armistice with Germany and
attack from the Urals in hopes of reversing their earlier humiliation on the
battlefield.