man of war
Men of War (originally known as Outfront II A3) is an upcoming video game and the sequel of the 2004 Real time tactics game Soldiers: Heroes of World War II, developed in partnership with Best Way by Digitalmindsoft and published by 1C Company, 505 Games and Aspyr Media. [...] Like the game’s predecessor, the single player campaign takes place during World War II and features battles set in Europe and Russia and the new locations Greece and North Africa, across three different campaigns for the Allies, Germans and Soviets. [1]
View company contact information for Men of War on IMDbPro. [2]
Following the diverse range of vehicles featured in Soldiers, Men of War is set to feature over fifty units including tanks, APCs and heavy artillery. [1]
Each campaign has its own structured timeline bringing a different story of the war to life spanning across Russia, North Africa, Ukraine, Greece, Germany, Italy and the Pacific. [3]
Seemingly content living the life of a derelict, former mercenary Nick (Dolph Lundgren) agrees — reluctantly and only after he is offered a large fortune from two mining company executives — to gather up a unit of fellow soldiers of fortune and fly to the island of Jakarta in order to convince local peasants to give up their land. [4]
A former Special Ops soldier leads a group of mercenaries to an island in the South China Sea: their mission is obtain the rights to the unusual treasure that the island beholds. [...] The production notes tell that director Perry Lang co-wrote the script with his friend John Sayles. [2]
The German and British campaigns will be set in the Northern Africa theatre; The German Afrikakorps will fight in Greece (Battle of Crete), Libya (Tobruk) and Tunisia, while the British “Desert Rats “, will fight through Operation Torch. [1]
The single player campaign features a fully customizable user interface so players are able to set-up their command layout as they please. [3]
The Russian campaign will span the early battles of the Eastern front, through to the start Russian counter-offensive. [1]
Scenes come and go quickly due to some unbelievably rapid editing, some other scenes seem placed out of order, some linking footage seems to have been cut out, and a few sequences are blurry and out of focus. [2]
Men of War is set to feature Japan as new multiplayer faction. [...] Given the community’s anticipation of the Japanese faction, the developers decided to include the Japanese as a bonus multiplayer faction, allowing for a better developed North African campaign. [1]
Warships protect the movement over water of military forces to coastal areas where they may be landed and used against enemy forces; warships protect merchant shipping against enemy attack; they prevent the enemy from using the sea to transport military forces; and they attack the enemy’s merchant shipping. [5]
Sources:
[1] Men of War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[2] Men of War (1994)
[3] IGN: Men of War
[4] Men of War (1994) on MSN Movies
[5] man-of-war definition | Dictionary.com