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Battlefront.com
Battlefront.com is a video game developer and publisher. Battlefront specialises in war-related games, including turn-based and real-time strategies, as well as simulations of air, land and naval military vehicles. Apart from publishing the self-developed '' Combat Mission'' series, the company publishes games created by other studios (such as 1C Company), including '' Strategic Command'' and ''Theatre of War'' series. History The company began life as Big Time Software when Charles Moylan and Steve Grammont decided to form an independent game company. They produced the successful and unique '' Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord'' to critical acclaim in 1999. The fledgling company utilized an online sales model and published a manifesto on its website pledging dedication to its fanbase. The company continued to grow as subsequent titles in the CM series were released, and other publishers began to partner with BTS. A name change to battlefront.com, coinciding with the domain nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Moylan
Battlefront.com is a video game developer and publisher. Battlefront specialises in war-related games, including turn-based and real-time strategies, as well as simulations of air, land and naval military vehicles. Apart from publishing the self-developed '' Combat Mission'' series, the company publishes games created by other studios (such as 1C Company), including '' Strategic Command'' and ''Theatre of War'' series. History The company began life as Big Time Software when Charles Moylan and Steve Grammont decided to form an independent game company. They produced the successful and unique '' Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord'' to critical acclaim in 1999. The fledgling company utilized an online sales model and published a manifesto on its website pledging dedication to its fanbase. The company continued to grow as subsequent titles in the CM series were released, and other publishers began to partner with BTS. A name change to battlefront.com, coinciding with the domain nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Grammont
Battlefront.com is a video game developer and publisher. Battlefront specialises in war-related games, including turn-based and real-time strategies, as well as simulations of air, land and naval military vehicles. Apart from publishing the self-developed '' Combat Mission'' series, the company publishes games created by other studios (such as 1C Company), including '' Strategic Command'' and ''Theatre of War'' series. History The company began life as Big Time Software when Charles Moylan and Steve Grammont decided to form an independent game company. They produced the successful and unique '' Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord'' to critical acclaim in 1999. The fledgling company utilized an online sales model and published a manifesto on its website pledging dedication to its fanbase. The company continued to grow as subsequent titles in the CM series were released, and other publishers began to partner with BTS. A name change to battlefront.com, coinciding with the domain name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strategic Command (video Game Series)
''Strategic Command'' is a series of computer video games developed by Fury Software and Battlefront.com, and published by Excalibur Publishing. Since the premiere of '' Strategic Command: European Theater'' in 2002, seven titles and five expansion packs were released, with the seventh game, '' Strategic Command American Civil war '' Released in 2022 ''Strategic Command'' games are turn-based strategies set in World War II ,World War I and American civil war. The first two games took place in the European Theatre of World War II, while the third one focused on the Pacific Theatre. The fourth game takes place on a map of the whole world. Except for the first title (which featured a hex map), the games are played on maps divided into squares ("tiles"), with the player assuming control over either Axis, Central Powers or Allied, Entente Cordiale states of World War II and World War I Common elements ''Strategic Command'' games are all turn-based strategies, set in World War II ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Combat Mission
''Combat Mission'' is the name of a successful series of computer wargames simulating tactical battles. The series has progressed through two distinct game engines. The original game engine, referred to as 'CMx1' by the developer, Battlefront.com, powered a trio of games set in the Second World War. ''Combat Mission: Shock Force'' was released in July 2007 as the debut of the 'CMx2' game engine. The ''Combat Mission'' games are a mixture of turn-based gameplay and simultaneous real-time execution. The game environment is fully three-dimensional, with a " Wego" style of play wherein each player enters their orders into the computer simultaneously during pauses in the action, and then are powerless to intervene during the action phase. More familiar turn-based games use an "I-go/You-go" system of play. History Charles Moylan worked on several of Avalon Hill's computer projects, including ''Flight Commander 2'', '' Achtung Spitfire'', and ''Over the Reich''. In 1997 he was unoffici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Combat Mission (computer Game Series)
''Combat Mission'' is the name of a successful series of computer wargames simulating tactical wargames, tactical battles. The series has progressed through two distinct game engines. The original game engine, referred to as 'CMx1' by the developer, Battlefront.com, powered a trio of games set in the Second World War. ''Combat Mission: Shock Force'' was released in July 2007 as the debut of the 'CMx2' game engine. The ''Combat Mission'' games are a mixture of turn-based gameplay and simultaneous Real-time computer graphics, real-time execution. The game environment is fully 3D computer graphics, three-dimensional, with a "Time-keeping systems in games#Simultaneously executed and clock-based turns, Wego" style of play wherein each player enters their orders into the computer simultaneously during pauses in the action, and then are powerless to intervene during the action phase. More familiar turn-based games use an "I-go/You-go" system of play. History Charles Moylan worked on seve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Down In Flames (video Game)
''Down in Flames'' is a computer video game for Microsoft Windows, developed by American studio Dan Verssen Games and published by Battlefront.com in 2005. Closely based on a card-driven tabletop game of the same name, ''Down in Flames'' is a turn-based simulation of dogfights between World War II fighter planes. Some parts of the game also involve escorting and intercepting bombers. The game features aircraft of Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. An expansion pack, ''Eastern Front'', was released in 2006, adding Polish and Soviet planes. Gameplay ''Down in Flames'' is closely based on a dedicated deck card game of the same name, first released in 1993 by GMT Games. It is a turn-based simulation of dogfights between World War II fighter planes. Such battles are combined into campaigns. In a single dogfight, each player controls either one or two pairs of fighters, with each pair consisting of a leader and a wingman. At the start of each battle, the players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balkans On Fire!
''Iron Warriors: T-72 Tank Command'', known as ''T-72: Balkans on Fire!'' in Europe, is a tank-driving simulation by Russian game developers IDDK/Crazy House and published by Battlefront.com. Summary The game is set during the Yugoslav wars of 1991–1995. The player is a Russian volunteer tank commander who is there to aid the Serbs. The player can use the T-72B (Ob'yekt 184), the T-55A (Ob'yekt 137G) and the T-34-85 The T-34 is a Soviet medium tank introduced in 1940. When introduced its 76.2 mm (3 in) tank gun was less powerful than its contemporaries while its 60-degree sloped armour provided good protection against anti-tank weapons. The Chri .... The game has realistic physics, including the tank engine's complexity being simulated as well. The player can switch between the different tank positions, such as the driver, the gunner, the machine-gunner, and the commander. Several players can play in multiplayer mode and occupy different stations in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theatre Of War (video Game)
''Theatre of War'' is a real-time tactical strategy game centering on the decisive battles in the European Theatre of World War II, European Theatre of World War II 1939–1945. The game allows the player to control armed forces of France, Germany, Poland, The USSR, United Kingdom or the United States (combined in actual campaign) in over 40 missions. Players will command a special task force composed of different kinds of units, including tanks, APCs, field guns, mortars, various infantry regiments and will also have an opportunity to call for artillery and air support. With a focus on unit detail and combat realism, would-be generals are faced with authentic battle scenarios, taken straight from actual World War II records and maps. The game was developed by 1C Company and released for purchase via the Internet on April 19, 2007. It received two sequels, ''Theatre of War 2'' and ''Theatre of War 3''. Reception References External links Official ''Theatre of War'' websi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 In Video Gaming
The year 2000 saw the release of numerous video games as well as the launch of the PlayStation 2. Critically acclaimed games originally released in 2000 include sequels such as ''Chrono Cross'', ''Baldur's Gate II'', ''Diablo II'', ''Dragon Quest VII'', ''Final Fantasy IX'', ''Metal Gear: Ghost Babel'', ''NFL 2K1'', ''Resident Evil – Code: Veronica'', ''The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask'', and ''Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2'', along with new intellectual properties such as ''Deus Ex (video game), Deus Ex'', ''Jet Set Radio'', ''Perfect Dark'', ''Skies of Arcadia'', ''The Sims (video game), The Sims'' and ''Vagrant Story''. The year's best-selling home video games worldwide were ''Pokémon (video game series), Pokémon'' games for the third year in a row (1998 in video games, since 1998), while the highest-grossing arcade game in Japan was ''Virtua Striker 2''. Hardware releases The list of game-related hardware released in 2000. Top-rated games Game of the Year awards The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afrika Korps
The German Africa Corps (, ; DAK), commonly known as Afrika Korps, was the German expeditionary force in Africa during the North African campaign of World War II. First sent as a holding force to shore up the Italian defense of its African colonies, the formation fought on in Africa, under various appellations, from March 1941 until its surrender in May 1943. The unit's best known commander was Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. History Organization The Afrika Korps formed on 11 January 1941 and one of Adolf Hitler's favourite generals, Erwin Rommel, was designated as commander on 11 February. Originally Hans von Funck was to have commanded it, but Hitler loathed von Funck, as he had been a personal staff officer of Werner von Fritsch until von Fritsch was dismissed in 1938. The German Armed Forces High Command (', OKW) had decided to send a "blocking force" to Italian Libya to support the Italian army. The Italian 10th Army had been routed by the British Commonwealth Wes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 In Video Gaming
2005 saw the release of many sequels and prequels in video games, such as ''Resident Evil 4'', '' Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30'', '' Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening'', ''Mario Kart DS'', '' Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time'', '' Need for Speed: Most Wanted'', and '' Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones'', alongside prominent new releases including ''Brain Age'', '' F.E.A.R.'', ''Forza Motorsport'', ''God of War'', ''Guitar Hero'', ''Nintendogs'', ''Shadow of the Colossus'', and ''Sniper Elite''. The seventh generation of video game consoles also began with the launch of the Xbox 360 on November 22nd 2005 The year's best-selling video game worldwide was ''Gran Turismo 4'' for the PlayStation 2. The year's most critically acclaimed title was ''Resident Evil 4'' for the GameCube and PlayStation 2. Critically acclaimed titles Metacritic (MC) and GameRankings (GR) are aggregators of video game journalism reviews. Trends In 2005, the total U.S. sales of video game hardware, soft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vehicle Simulation Game
Vehicle simulation games are a genre of video games which attempt to provide the player with a realistic interpretation of operating various kinds of vehicles. This includes automobiles, aircraft, watercraft, spacecraft, military vehicles, and a variety of other vehicles. The main challenge is to master driving and steering the vehicle from the perspective of the pilot or driver, with most games adding another challenge such as racing or fighting rival vehicles. Games are often divided based on realism, with some games including more realistic physics and challenges such as fuel management. Definition Vehicle simulation games allow players to drive or fly a vehicle. This vehicle can resemble a real one, or a vehicle from the game designer's imagination. This includes vehicles in the air, on the ground, over water, or even in space. Different vehicle simulations can involve a variety of goals, including racing, combat, or simply the experience of driving a vehicle. These games nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
