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| Strategy First Signs Cuban Missile Crisis: The Aftermath Software publisher Strategy First, Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of Silverstar Holdings, Ltd., and Russian publisher 1C Company are liked to announce the signing of Cuban Missile Crisis: The Aftermath, developed by G5 Software. Only the fittest will survive in this vastly different interpretation of the actual events. This game puts a new spin on one of the most tumultuous and tense periods in world foreign relations and assumes that all went horribly wrong said Jay Podilchuk, Producer at Strategy First. We are extremely happy that North American gamers will now have the chance to play Cuban Missile Crisis: The Aftermath, said Nikolay Baryshnikov, International Sales Director at 1C Company. As this title is already extremely popular amongst European gamers, I?m sure it will receive a warm welcome overseas. Cuban Missile Crisis: The Aftermath thrusts players into a world ravaged by the military-political confrontation between the USA and USSR in 1962. The game offers a different interpretation of the events that followed the famous global standoff over the small island nation. In Cuban Missile Crisis: The Aftermath, the two cold-war powerhouse nations unleash their nuclear arsenal on the world, leveling Cuba and turning it, along with the majority of the world, into a radioactive desert. The remaining world citizens thus find themselves in a war fighting for their very survival? Cuban Missile Crisis: The Aftermath? is a real-time strategy game combined with a turn-based global strategy mode, forcing players to use tactical troop movements while managing their resources and armies. With all the gameplay one has come to expect from the Blitzkrieg engine, gamers? that enjoyed such games as ?Sudden Strike and Blitzkrieg are going to jump right into this title. In Cuban Missile Crisis: The Aftermath, not only will players? be able to enjoy all their familiar tactics, they will be introduced to way more metal as they field post WWII armaments and weapons of mass destruction! Features ? Varied types of weapons and equipment - helicopters, rockets, reconnaissance troops, etc. ? Radioactive contamination zones that have an influence upon military equipment and troops. ? Alternative history timeline which assumes that the actual Cuban Missile Crisis provoked a nuclear disaster in 1962. ? Combines both turn-based strategy mode and Blitzkrieg's real-time strategy mode. ? Dozens of missions, through four sides of the conflict (USSR, French and German Alliance, China, American and British Alliance). ? Maximum usage of Blitzkrieg engine potential. ? Use maps to place, group and position your forces for a strategic attack. ? In the turn-based strategy mode, every single turn is limited, adding realism to the whole experience of the game. ? Non-critical additions, such as optional missions, add depth to the gameplay. ? Radioactive contamination zones that have an influence upon military equipment and troops. write your comments about the article :: © 2005 Game News :: home page |