Dévoilé au printemps dernier, Slitherine vient de confirmer la date de sortie de Afrika Korps, la première extension stand-alone de Panzer Corps. Première extension, si l’on exclue les sept packs de scénarios consacrés au front de l’Est sortis ces derniers mois, et qui mis bout à bout offrent l’équivalent d’un bel add-on. Rendez-vous est donc fixé le 31 juillet prochain pour découvrir, y compris en VF, le fameux théâtre d’opération de l’Afrique du Nord vu sous l’angle de ce remake du tout aussi fameux Panzer General.
Pour plus d’infos et quelques captures d’écrans sur Panzer Corps et Afrika Korps, voyez d’une part notre test de Panzer Corps et d’autre part le site www.panzer-corps.com, ou cette page chez Matrix.
Notez aussi que dans la foulée Slitherine devrait adapter Panzer Corps pour Mac et pour iPad, vers l’automne prochain. Un Allied pack est aussi prévu pour la fin 2012.
Communiqué
Epsom, UK, July 5, 2012 – Slitherine (www.slitherine.com) and Matrix Games (www.matrixgames.com), along with The Lordz Games Studio (www.thelordzgamesstudio.com) and Flashback Games are excited to announce the upcoming release of Panzer Corps: Afrika Korps, the next title in the Wargame of the Year series, Panzer Corps. The release date has been set for July 31, 2012.
Panzer Corps: Afrika Korps will be available as an expansion to existing owners of Panzer Corps and as a stand-alone game to new players.
The war now moves to the hot and unforgiving deserts of North Africa, where the vaunted Afrika Korps begins their 1941 offensive into Libya and Tunisia to push to the Suez Canal and secure the oil-rich fields of the Arabian Peninsula. With the British Army and her allies standing in the way, players will have to fight hard to ensure victory. If all goes well it may even be possible to advance on Britain’s crown jewel: India.
Panzer Corps: Afrika Korps comes packed with 24 new scenarios that take place in North Africa, the Middle East and India, as well as several new engaging multiplayer scenarios through Slitherine’s PBEM++ network.
Players can look forward to more than 20 new units, ranging from gliders and flamethrower tanks to motorcycle infantry and minefields. Moreover an excess of 70 existing units have been re-skinned for desert camouflage. The Germans won’t be standing alone in their fight, as Italian units can now join the player’s core force to carry through the campaign to earn experience and equipment upgrades.
The modder’s community will also now have new units and tile-sets available for use in their scenario-creating escapades. The changes to the modding tools are not only confined to new units and tiles though. A wide array of new options have also been included: more advanced scripting, a number of new AI orders, heroes configuration, unit placement randomization and much more.
Panzer Corps: Afrika Korps is both; an expansion for the existing Panzer Corps owners and a full stand-alone game that does not require Panzer Corps for new players.
Features
A brand-new Afrika Korps campaign with 24 new scenarios and several MP scenarios.
More than 20+ new units added including gliders, flamethrower tanks and much more.
More varied and dynamic scenarios.
New desert-related weather types, terrain tile sets and unit camouflage.
Improved AI.
The Library extended with the most prominent WW2 airplanes.
Your core force can now contain allied units, such as Italians.
Brand new music tracks.For more information on Panzer Corps: Afrika Korps, visit its official product page on the Slitherine or Matrix Games site.
About Panzer Corps: Afrika Korps
Welcome to the desert!
The year is 1941 and you will lead the German Afrika Korps, and it`s Axis allies, into Libya and Tunisia during the North African Campaign of World War II.
The reputation of the « Deutsches Afrikakorps » or « DAK » was synonymous with that of its first commander Erwin Rommel, now it is up to you to overwhelm the Allied forces in North Africa, secure the Suez Canal and take hold of the oil rich lands of the Arabian peninsula, maybe even invade the underbelly of the British Empire and threaten its crown jewel: India.
Panzer Corps: Afrika Korps is an expansion for existing Panzer Corps owners and a full stand-alone for new players. With more than 20 new units, 24 new scenarios, new dynamic and varied scenarios and weather types, players will have their wits and tactics tested in this turn-based strategy game of the award-winning Panzer Corps series!
Liste des scénarios
Reconnaissance in Force, Ras el Mdauuar, Brevity, Battleaxe, Dash to the Wire, Second offensive, Gazala Line, Malta, Alam Halfa, Suez Canal, Palestine, Syria, Iraq, Basra, Persia, Caucasus, Arabia, East Africa, On Road to India, British India, El Alamein, Kasserine Pass, Mareth Line, Tunisian Bridgehead
