Steel Division: Normandy 44
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Developer(s) | Eugen Systems |
Publisher(s) | Paradox Interactive |
Engine | IRISZOOM |
Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
Release | May 23, 2017 |
Genre(s) | Real-time strategy, Strategy video game |
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Steel Division: Normandy 44 is a real-time strategy video game being developed by Eugen Systems and published by Paradox Interactive, due to be released on May 23, 2017.[1][2]
Setting
Steel Division will take place in Northern France during the Second World War. The game is set during the battles fought between the Allied and Axis powers as the Allies push out of their invasion beachheads on the north coast of France. A wide variety of military forces will be represented, including those of the United States, United Kingdom, Nazi Germany, France, Poland, and Canada.[3]
The game is set to feature 15 original maps at launch, although the total number of playable maps will be larger due to each one being able to scale in size depending on the number of players allocated. Certain maps will include amphibious gameplay elements in which specialist units can traverse both land and water, thereby allowing strategic objectives such as bridges to be bypassed.[4]
Gameplay
In the game, the player will take control of historical units based on the divisions that fought in the days and weeks following the Allied invasion of Normandy in 1944. The player will choose a set of units before the start of a match, and then they can call in units from the selected deck during the battle. The matches will be subdivided into three phases, with more powerful units only becoming available after a certain point in the game. Steel Division: Normandy 44 will feature three single player campaigns, and up to 10 v 10 online multiplayer battles.[5]
The game will include 18 playable divisions at launch, divided equally between the Allies and Germany:[6]
Allies
- 101st Airborne Division (United States)
- 2nd Infantry Division (United States)
- 3rd Armored Division (United States)
- 6th Airborne Division (United Kingdom)
- 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division (United Kingdom)
- Guards Armoured Division (United Kingdom)
- 3rd Infantry Division (Canada)
- 2nd Armored Division (Free France)
- 1st Armoured Division (Poland)
German Armed Forces
- 3rd Fallschirmjager Division (Luftwaffe - Air Force)
- 91st Luftlande Division (Heer - Army)
- 352nd Infantry Division (Heer)
- 716th Infantry Division (Heer)
- 21st Panzer Division (Heer)
- 116th Panzer Division (Heer)
- Panzer Lehr Division (Heer)
- 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend (Waffen-SS)
- 17th SS-Panzergrenadier Division (Waffen-SS)
Technical
Steel Division will be released for Windows PC and will use Eugen's IRISZOOM engine.
References
- ^ "Enlist Today for the Steel Division: Normandy 44 Release in May". Gamasutra. April 4, 2017.
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(help) - ^ "Steel Division: Normandy 44 'Briefing' trailer reveals May launch date". PCGamer. April 5, 2017.
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(help) - ^ "Steel Division: Normandy 44 is a 'real-time tactical' time machine to World War II". Destructoid. March 6, 2017.
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(help) - ^ Paradox Interactive forum Accessed on 2017-04-24.
- ^ "Steel Division: Normandy 44 Announced". Paradox Forums. March 1, 2017.
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