Events, or “crucibles”, will often force you to choose between your men and the mission. Whilst tactics and positioning are still important, your relationships with the men under your command are pushed to the forefront of Burden of Command.
Green Tree Games are looking to address that issue with their debut title Burden of Command. Wargaming as a whole can often be a rather clinical affair, with the men and units under your command feeling more chess pieces than people. There is no set release date, but it was one of the titles mentioned in Matrix’s Next Year’s Release. Wars of Succession will come with 5 scenarios, a slew of characters and faction specific units and as is always the case with AGEOD players can expect a well researched title, filled to the brim with detail and period based flavour. Fans of the period will likely be more than happy that it’s finally getting the digital love it deserves. There’s no word on when in 2018 Desert War 1940-1942 will land, but in the meantime there is a beta you can sign up to.ĪGEOD are back at it again and this time they’ve set their eyes on the War of Spanish Succession and The Great Northern War in the early 1700s. This operational level title promises “a challenging AI opponent capable of "changing its mind" based on the human player's actions”, a generous scenario list featuring several alternate history “what-if” scenarios and the ability to utilize “Command, Special Forces and electronic warfare (EW) assets to influence the battles”. Desert War 1940-1942 will put players at the head of British, German and Italian forces in the fight for Libya and Egypt. I hope you’ve packed your sun cream, because Brian Keller is taking us on a trip to the sandy deserts and beaches of North Africa. No date in 2018 has been specified but Flashback Games have already stated in Q&A a blog post that they’re confident Panzer Corps 2 will be released this year. Brought to us by Flashback Games ( PG Forever, Panzer Corps, Warhammer 40k Armageddon) it’s suffice to say that even with engine change Panzer Corps 2 will likely remain faithful to its predecessor. However, at some point the devs then opted to start the game anew (hence the delays) on Slitherine’s in-house, 3D Archon engine (an evolution on Battle Academy’s Engine) due to its comparative flexibility in terms of scripting, DLC and modding.ĭetails are still scarce on Close Combat: The Bloody Fist, but we do know that it will be returning players to the well trodden grounds of WW2’s western front.Īnother classic making the jump over to 3D, Panzer Corps 2 will be utilising the now very popular Unreal 4 engine.
The series’ ancient 2D Close Combat engine has been thrown out and was originally replaced by Unity 3D. For those of you how’ve forgotten or are simply unaware, Close Combat: The Bloody Fist promises to be a much needed step forwards for Matrix’s venerable series. Matrix has seen fit to dangle the carrot before us once again in a post on their site literally called Next Year’s Releases.
Before you say anything, yes I am aware this was on 2017s guide as well.