10/1/2009
PT boats: Knights of the Sea to be published by Battlefront.com
Battlefront.com
, an independent internet-based publisher
for superior war and strategy games and one of the internets largest wargaming
communities, and Akella,
one of Eastern Europe's leading development and publishing houses, proudly
present „PT Boats: Knights of the Sea"!
„PT Boats:
Knights of the Sea" is dedicated to a small group of little known - but perhaps
some of the most daring - naval combatants of World War II: the torpedo boat
crews. Commanding small, fast and agile boats, known as the „mosquite fleet",
they proved extremely dangerous to bigger vessels due their speed and agility -
and the on-board torpedo launchers! More than once in the history of WWII, a
handful of those little deadly boats helped decide the course of an entire
battle and executed seemingly impossible missions.
„PT Boats:
Knights of the Sea" is a full-blown naval simulation, and more: combining key
elements of a strategic, tactical and action simulator, the game allows the
player to control each crew member separately - or command whole groups of
ships in a strategic layer!
Leading small
crews on tiny ships against a much stronger opponent will let you experience
the intricacies of naval combat in its most immediate form. Flexible options
will allow you to fully customize the game's difficulty, and you will be able
to choose to focus on specific areas of your ship (such as manning a specific
gun), or command the big picture.
All ships and
weapons are recreated using authentic historical documents. All game objects
use real-life physics, and you will be able to experience such beautiful and
realistic sea and ambiance effects as never seen before in a PC game.
Said Martin van
Balkom from Battlefront.com: „When I first fired up the demo for the game,
there must have been a loud popping sound that my eyes made! The ambience, the
wave effects, the lighting, and last but not least the ship models are
breathtaking. After diving into the game I realized that the detail in the
simulation doesn't end with the visuals, and it was instantly clear that this
was a game we just had to publish. Battlefront's large wargaming community
loves well made realistic and detailed simulations and strategy games, and PT
Boats provides both of that in a unique mix of high speed boating action, intriguing
tactical challenge and hardcore naval strategy."
Said Svetlana
Gorobets from Akella: „We are happy to work with Battlefront.com. Huge
expertise that the company has in the field of wargaming convinces us that the product is in trusted hands of highly
qualified proffessionals who will bring it to great number of gamers in
North America, Western Europe and Asia. „PT Boats: Knights of the Sea" is the next great product from naval
line-up that Akella is famous
with, and we hope that lots of efforts and knowledge which we've put into the
game will bring a lot of fun to the community."
„PT Boats" fully
supports DirectX 10 and multi-core processors. System requirements and
the recommended system configuration is listed below.
„PT Boats:
Knights of the Sea" is currently in localization stage and will be ready for
release later this year, 2009. The english language version will be available
in North America and Europe only from www.battlefront.com, via direct
download or as a hardcopy with fully printed manual and DVD box by mail for $45
(plus S&H if applicable). A free demo will be available around the time of
release as well.
The official game
site with more details about the game, screenshots, videos, discussion board
and future announcements is located at www.battlefront.com/ptboats