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Pacific Storm Allies (PC-DVD)
Street Date: 25th May 2007.
Excalibur Publishing Limited brings you Pacific Storm Allies from Buka Entertainment Enterprises and developed by Lesta Studio. Set in the Pacific during World War II, play either as the United Kingdom, United States or Imperial Japan and experience a dramatic sequence of large-scale naval and air operations. Pacific Storm Allies brings together 3 genres in 1 game! Strategic Wargame, RTS and Simulation.

Strategic Wargame: deploy large fleets, manage resources,
develop technology, engage in diplomacy.

RTS: Fight out large scale air and sea 3D RTS battles.

Simulation: during the RTS battle, take direct control of ships and aircraft!

The Follow Up to the Ground Breaking Pacific Storm
With Pacific Storm being a huge success all around the world, Buka Entertainment has created a standalone sequel for this unique title which successfully blends RTS and Action elements together. Pacific Storm: Allies offers completely new experiences for those who enjoyed Pacific Storm and many intense hours of gameplay for those who are new.

Playing either for the United Kingdom, United States or Imperial Japan as you walk through a dramatic sequence of large-scale World War II, Pacific Theatre, naval and air operations. Develop weaponry and technologies to improve your units, move your fleet and deploy it in the battlefield and send them into combat. Be the general at headquarters commanding the entire force or the pilot and fly one of the planes! Enjoy the exceptional depth and scale of the strategic mode, superior authenticity of the tactical mode and exciting dynamics of the simulator.

Pacific Storm: Allies gives you new units to construct, new historical locations to visit, a diplomatic system that allows you to form alliances and a brand new version of the engine that brings better graphics than ever... The improved multiplayer system will push the experience of playing with people over the internet or on the same local network to the top of the realism tree. Every scenario, map, and element has been created based on historical archives. Those who love WWII history will love this game.

Your fleet in Pacific Storm: Allies includes battleships, aircraft carriers, destroyers, cruisers, missile cruisers, submarines and torpedo boats as well as tankers and transports. The aerial war is conducted using fighters (at first piston-powered and in later stages jet fighters), attack aircraft, torpedo bombers and strategic bombers. There are 86 different types of unit, all carefully modeled from WWII-era aircraft and ships, in the game. Also, you can develop new technologies and create new weapons systems, which may almost instantly overturn the global balance of power. About 100 technological improvements (upgrades) enhancing combat effectiveness of warships and military aircraft are available. In addition to the strategic mode with its 127 different Pacific zones and 40 naval bases, you can play 20 historical battles, including the Battle of Midway, the attack on the Japanese admiral Yamamoto's plane and the battle for Guadalcanal.

Main Features
· Pacific Storm: Allies organically combines three genres into one coherent whole in one game: strategy, tactics and aircraft simulator. After attacking your enemy on strategic level you may switch to tactical level and if you want you can take direct control of almost any of your units.
· Realistic 3D models: now the game offers 45 types of ships, 80 types of aircraft, 25 types of guided missiles and many other game objects.
· Special unit editor where you can create new units as well as modify old ones is available on strategic level.
· Large-scale naval and air operations on the global map of the Pacific including Australia, Eastern part of North America, Oceania and part of India from 1940-1948. Possibility to change history during the Historical campaign.
· Experience system. The crew now become more experienced with every battle. New possibility of forming elite squads has also been introduced.
· Beautiful Pacific 3D environments and terrain (up to 2000 square miles). Realistic weather effects (fog, wind, rain) and change of day.
· Stunning special effects including nuclear bomb explosions and astonishing ocean backgrounds.
· Many tactical missions with the possibility to choose the side to play for: Japan, US, or Allies. Tactical battle deployment mode in which one can create any battle on one of the 50 tactical Pacific maps, choose weather conditions and time of day, as well as units and ammunition; Using this tool one can reconstruct almost any WWII Pacific battle of WWII.
· Besides strategic Historical Campaign (composition of forces at the start is close to actual history) and Free Campaign (composition of forces is simplified) available in original game, Allies introduce Arcade Mode which greatly simplifies the strategic and tactical part of the game.
· Ability to develop new technologies including increasing the power rating of aircraft engines to guided missiles technology, biological and nuclear weapons.
· Switching from strategic to tactical level (and back) keeping all battle parameters, unit numbers and their ammunition and characteristics, time of day, weather conditions.
· Improved game control in the strategic mode allowing effective base management, mission planning and supply management. Rich time control options (slow motion, acceleration and controlled pause).
· Multiplayer for 8 players with 3 game modes: tactical battle deployment mode, simulator mode and cooperative mode where two players can join forces in a mission.

Key features and enhancements over the original Pacific Storm:
· Besides Japan and the USA, Pacific Storm: Allies brings in new allies and axis nations for each side (Germany for Japan, the UK and the Netherlands, and the USSR for the USA). To achieve victory you will need to co-operate with the new nations both in war and diplomacy.
· A hit location system, which realistically shows the damage dealt to ships and aircraft will now directly influence the unit's function.
· Diplomacy has also been added to the game; with its help you can arrange a joint nations operation or trade technology and units.
· Long range ground, water and air based ballistic and cruise missiles now can be launched at a strategic level.
· New mod system allows you to create different versions of the game: add new units, change units' skins, create new maps, missions and even new special effects. One can change the balance and visual look of the game. Numerous new technological upgrades will give users more freedom in creating different weaponry and modifications.
· New direct ship control (3d person view) allows the player to control the movement of his ships and its weapons (major and minor calibre, air defence turrets, torpedoes); and the possibility to control aircraft with a mouse and an enhanced list of supported joysticks.
· Improved Multiplayer with 3 modes: Battle Planner (4 players), Dogfight (8 players) and Historical (2 players co-operative).
·Brand new version of the graphics engine.

Minimum System Requirements:
OS: Windows 2000/XP
Processor: Intel Pentium 4 2000 MHz or similar
RAM: 512 Mb or higher
Video: DirectX 9-compatible 3D accelerator with 128Mb of video memory
(NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 or ATI Radeon 9800)
HDD Free space: 3 GB of free space
Peripherals: Keyboard, mouse
DirectX: 9.0c or higher
Sound: any DirectX-compatible sound card
DVD drive

Please note: the developers can only guarantee the correct operation of this title on graphic chips made by either NVIDIA or ATI.

Recommended System Requirements:
OS: Windows XP SP2
Processor: Intel Pentium 4 3000 MHz and higher
RAM: 1024 Mb or higher
Video: 3D accelerator with 256 Mb video memory
(NVIDIA GeForce 7600 or ATI Radeon X1600 and higher)
HDD Free Space: 3 GB of free space
Peripherals: Keyboard, mouse, joystick
DirectX: 9.0c or higher
Sound: any DirectX-compatible sound card
DVD drive

Attention: This title works best on PCs with one of the following OS: Microsoft Windows™ 2000 (SP 4) and Microsoft Windows™ XP (SP 2). In order for the game to work on Windows 2000/XP, the user must have administrator's rights on the PC where Pacific Storm Allies is installed.

Price: £29.99
Street Date: 25th May 2007.